Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on November 6th 2007 by OsvaldoLaviosa.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as John Byrne's Favourite Cake.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Noel Hill's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
|:fB (3BBB fBde|fB (3BBB fBde|fB (3BBB fBcB|A2 af eAce:|
|:fBbB eAce|f2 bf eAce|fBbB eAce|feaf eAce:|
|:f2 fe fdde|faaf ~e2 de|f2 fe fdde|faaf e4:|
Noel Hill's (2) by De Dannan
From "De Dannan: Hibernian rhapsody" album, track 1, there are 3 reels named "Noel Hill's" (reels), this is the 2nd one:
1. = Mary McMahon's
2. this Noel Hill's
3. another Noel Hill's
# Posted on November 6th 2007 by OsvaldoLaviosa
It sounds like a version of Sleepy Maggie http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/787
# Posted on November 7th 2007 by Dr. Dow
This has become popular at my local session, introduced by session.org member ciansdad. I learnt the following version off him (thanks ciansdad)
X: 1
T: John Byrne's Favourite Cake
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
S: Noel Hill, Clare (concertina)
D: Tape of concert in Dublin '91
Z: Bernie Stocks
K: Bmin
f2Bf fece | fBBf eAce | fB~B2 fece | fBaf eAce :|
|: fBbB fBBe | fBbf eAce | fBbB fBBe | fBaf eAce :|
|: f2fe fdde | fedf eAce | f2fe fdde | fdaf eAce :|
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Dr. Dow
I also found this transcription from the De Dannan album at Henrik Norbeck's website:
X: 1
T: no name
R: reel
H: Related to "Jenny's Chickens", #75
H: and to "Sleepy Maggie", #650
D: De Danann: Hibernian Rhapsody
Z: id:hn-reel-691
M: C|
K: Bdor
fB~B2 fBce|fB~B2 eAce|fB~B2 fBcB|A2af eAce:|
|:f2bB fBce|f2bB eAce|f2bB fBce|1 f2af eAce:|2 f2af e2de||
|:f2fe fdde|fdaf e2de|f2fe fdde|1 f2af e2de:|2 feaf e2de||
# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Dr. Dow