Lucy Cassidy

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 13th 2011 by Johnny Jay.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Diamonds by Rapalje
• Flight Of The Green Linnet - Celtic Music: The Next Generation by Various Artists
• Land Of Light by The Tannahill Weavers
• Single Track Road Trip by Carol Anderson And Martin Macdonald
• Tarruinn Anmoch by Roddy Campbell
• The Ale Is Dear by Clandestine
• The Best Of ... by The Tannahill Weavers

X: 1
T: Lucy Cassidy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: ag|f2 af e2 de|fA A2 BGGB|GBdG gfed|cdec A2 ag|
f2 af e2 de|fA A2 BGGB|GBdG gfec|Acec d2 :|
|:fg | a2 df afdB | GBdG BGGB | GBdG gfed | cdec A2 fg |
a2 df afdB |GBdG BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|
|: a2 | AdfA dfAd | fA A2 BGGB | GBdG gfed | cdec A2 a2 |
AdfA dfAd | fA A2 BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|
|: fg |adda aAda | AaaA BGGB | BGdG gfed | cdec A2 fg |
adda aAda | AaaA BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|

More of a hornpipe...

This tune was composed by George McIntyre and is really a hornpipe although I've added it here as a reel.

So, please interpret same as you see fit.

In the second last bars of each half, the last note differs, i.e. "c sharp" and "d" respectively. I'm not too sure why (This is a version I pinched elsewhere) but either will work very well.

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Johnny Jay

Half a tune.....................

This tune has 4 parts, not only 2. Could you add the other 2 parts before the sheet music comes up, please ?

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Kenny

Has been popular up here for a few years.
I'm surprised it wasn't here already.
I just picked it up with the C# in both sections
Most times I hear a third and fourth variation part.
Like this but in D:
http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/tmp/Tune18534.pdf

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Bren

Oh, Kenny got in before me. Perhaps you could be so kind as to do the transposed abc John?

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Bren

Parts 3 & 4....

|: a2 | AdfA dfAd | fA A2 BGGB | GBdG gfed | cdec A2 a2 |
AdfA dfAd | fA A2 BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|
|: fg |adda aAda | AaaA BGGB | BGdG gfed | cdec A2 fg |
adda aAda | AaaA BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|

Haven't been able to check this, but am pretty sure it's right.

Your 7th bars are wrong - should be GBdG, same as in the 3rd, not GBdB.

Your second part is wrong - should be :

fg |: a2 df afdB | BGdG BGGB | GBdG gfed | cdec A2 fg |
a2 df afdB | BGdG BGGB | GBdG gfec | Acec d2 :|

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Kenny

Hi Kenny,

Thanks for that. I've (hopefully) amended the tune corrctly now.

I'll just post the original notation which I submitted here for info.
According to J C's, this was an arrangement by Barbara McOwen but it's obviously "nae recht"


X:1
T:Lucy Cassidy
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Dmaj
|: ag|f2 af e2 de|fA A2 BGGB|GBdG gfed|cdec A2 ag|f2 af e2 de|fA A2 BGGB|GBdB gfec|Acec d2 :|
|: fg|a2 fa aAfa|AaaA BGGB|GBdB gfed|cdec A2 fg|a2 fa aAfa|AaaA BGGB |GBdB gfed|Acec d2 :|

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Johnny Jay

Sorry...

2nd bar and 6th bar, 2nd part above - should be GBdG - not BGdG.

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Kenny

Thanks... sorted,

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Johnny Jay

Hope I'm not stating the obvious, but to a piper the essence of this tune is in the phrasing, particularly in the 3rd and 4th parts. The first two parts are ok as a fiddle reel, but in the 3rd and 4th parts I believe that having the 'dots and cuts' in the right places is an essential element of the composition.

# Posted on December 19th 2011 by celticrichie