Patsy Touhey's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 28th 2002 by Trinil.

This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.

Also known as Pat Touhey´s, Pat Tuohey's, Pat Tuohey´s, Patsy Toughey's, Patsy Touhy's, Patsy Tuohey's, Patsy Tuohy's, Touhey's Favorite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ace And Deuce by Ace And Deuce
• Aleanna by Aleanna
• Ballinasloe Fair: Early Irish Music In America by Various Artists
• Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Matt Molloy by Matt Molloy
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Spirit by Dervish
• The Boston Edge by Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly And John McGann
• The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
• The Liffey Banks by Tommy Potts
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
• The Unseen Dance by Evergreen
• Three Months In Winter by Cuchulainn
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell

X: 1
T: Patsy Touhey's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dc||BE ~E2 BAFE|D2 FD ADFD|BE ~E2 BAFA|(3Bcd eg fddc|
BE ~E2 BAFE|DAFA DAFA|BE ~E2 BAFA|(3Bcd eg fddA||
d2 fd adfd|(3Bcd ef gfec|d2 fd adfd|(3Bcd eg fddc|
d2 fd affd|(3Bcd ef g2 fg|afge fdec|(3Bcd eg fd d2||

Patsy's

I read through this reel about a year ago and added it to my "to learn" list; realized again yesterday that I really do like it. We've stuck it with Glass of Beer and a whole series of reels after that.

I'm turning that first E into a EDE triplet; also I have a different version of the B part that I might integrate... so more soon!

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by Trinil

I like this reel, but there is always contention about whether to repeat the parts or not. It's usually written with no repeats, but I have a recording of Joe Burke playing it with Charlie Lennon, and he does repeats... I usually play it with a couple of other 'e-minor' tunes like The fermoy Lasses and Toss The feathers, say.

# Posted on October 30th 2002 by Ottery

Matt Molloy has a different version, in which the B-part stays in E dorian instead of shifting down to D major. Something like this:

e2fe befe|deed aded|e2fe befe|defa geed| .....

This is only a rough approximation from memory, so don't go learning it. It's on his 1st (I think) solo album, with Donal Lunny.

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by ragaman

Alternate B

Here's the other version of the tune that I have, I could almost post it as a separate one, no? Looks close enough to what you were saying, David. I'll have to go listen to that album... cheers.

BE (3EDE BAFE|D2 (3FED ADFD|BE (3EDE BAFA|(3B^cd eg fded|
BE (3EDE BAFE|D2 (3FED ADFD|BE (3EDE BAFA|(3B^cd eg fde2||
e2 (3gfe bege|defg agfg|e2 (3gfe 'bege|defa geed|
e2 (3gfe Bege|defg ae (3fga|'bgaf gefd|(3B^cd eg fe e2||

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by Trinil

Patsy Tuohey's

Last year I learned a very graceful version of this tune from Paul Dooley, a lovely fiddler in Ennistymon. Something like this:

X: 1
T: Patsy Tuohey's
S: Paul Dooley
Z: Hiroyuki Yamada
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 300
R: reel
K: Edor
BE ~E2 BAFA|D2 (3FED ADFA|BE ~E2 BAFB|1 ABde fedc:|2 ABde fedf||
e2 ge bege|defg afdf|e2 ge bege|defa geed|
e2 ge bege|defg a2 ga|(3bag af gedA|(3Bcd eg fdcd||

He told us in the workshop that he usually plays this tune between Tommy Peoples' reels (http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1100, http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/192) Lovely set, but I need to practice this one and T Peoples' Bm one more. Not easy for a mediocre whistle player.

# Posted on June 4th 2004 by slainte

Pat. Touhey's

Listen to Joe Derrane and Séamus Connolly play this tune: http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/reviews/mp3s/bostonedge9.mp3

# Posted on September 10th 2005 by slainte

By the way, what's the last tune in the clip? It really sounds familiar.

# Posted on September 10th 2005 by slainte

Patsy touhey's

in the album "the unseen dance" by evergreen, it is performed twice.
I like the second version better, where it is played as a guitar and lute duet.

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by Osher