Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on November 30th 2002 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 113 tunebooks.
Also known as Coen's Memories, The Cottage In The Glen, The Cottage In The Grove, Napoleon Crosses The Rockies, Paddy Canny's, Raymond Roland's, Tommy Coen's, Tommy Coen's Memories.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Crosses Of Annagh, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
|:eAAG A2(3Bcd| e~g3 edBA|~G3B A~E3|DEGB AGED|
(3EFG BG A2(3Bcd| e~g3 edBA|GABd gedB|GABG ABcd:|
|:e~a3 bage|aeba gedB|dBde ~g2bg|agba ~g2fg|
e~a3 bage|aeba gedB|GABd gedB|GABG ABcd:|
This one is the same tune as Tommy Coen's (http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/558). But, I prefer this version simply because it's flute- and whistle-friendly.
# Posted on April 15th 2003 by slainte
I play the same version on the flute.
# Posted on April 15th 2003 by gian marco
The Crosses of Annagh, The Cottage in the Grove
Here's the transcription of a session-friendly setting of the tune:
K: Ador
EAAG A2Bd|eggd edBA|~G3B ABGE|DEGB AGED|
EAAG A2Bd|eggd edBA|GABd gedB|1 GABG A3G:|2 GABG A2Bd||
ea~a2 bage|a2ba gedB|d^cde g2ga|bgaf gedg|
ea~a2 bage|a2ba gedB|GABd gedB|1 GABG A2Bd:|2 GABG A3G||
Harry Bradley recorded a similar version based on the setting which appears in Breathnach's Ceol Rince. According to Paul McGrattan, the title "The Crosses of Annagh" refers to a placename in West Clare, which produced a number of well-known musicians.
# Posted on March 14th 2005 by slainte
"Down the Broom" ~ it's all relative
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on January 22nd 2002 by Josh Kane.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/514
# Posted on October 25th 2006 by ceolachan
According to the Fiddler's Companion, this is a composition of Tommy Coen's, who called it "Coen's Memories". He also wrote Christmas Eve.
# Posted on May 16th 2007 by Dow
The Fiddler's Companion has some incorrect pieces of information, so you can't be sure if this is really East Galway fiddler T. Coen's composition. "kilfarboy" would have more reliable info.
# Posted on May 16th 2007 by slainte
Alan Ng's irishtune.info says the same, but you're absolutely right, Slainte, it doesn't mean it's correct. I really like the Fiddler's Companion as a resource, but there are a lot of errors and bad links etc.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by Dow
Yes, of course, I know some other sources say this is a composition of Tommy Coen, and that's very likely. But this tune has similariries to some older tunes including "Down the Broom," and it is also associated with other well-known musicians such as travelling piper Felix Doran, the Casey's (Bobbey, Scully, and Thady) from the Crosses of Annagh, West Clare, etc. etc... So, it's also possible that this is just a variant of a traditional tune which has become associated with Coen for some reason. I think the similarities between this tune and "Chrismas Eve" is pointed out somewhere in the Fiddler's Companion.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by slainte
I assume you mean the similarities between this one and "Down The Broom"??
Yes, they are very similar. That doesn't mean one necessarily has to be related to another though. It's the same with people. I'm sure there are some other people in the world who are unfortunate enough to look like me, but I'm not necessarily related to them...
This tune gets played In both keys at our session in Sydney - Ador and Edor (Matt Molloy and De Dannann versions respectively). Down The Broom also gets played regularly. There is also a similar tune called "Lady Birr", which we got off the Fisherstreet album, but has also been recorded by Lunasa. Do you know that one, Slainte?
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by Dow
When I get sick of this tune and Down the Broom, I'll learn other similar tunes in Ador. The Rainy Day is first in my list. I probably won't bother to learn Lady Birr because I'm not a fan of the big band.
As for the keys, I most often hear this tune played in Edor by fiddlers or banjo player while I always like to play it in Ador as a mediocre keyless flute player. In East Galway and Clare, some people would play it in Gm. And it would sound nice in Dm too.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by slainte
Cottage in the Grove
Eamonn Cotter recorded an excellent version of this tune on track 4 of his solo flute album "Traditional Irish Music from County Clare" (CDED 001). His part II is quite similar to Molloy's part II of Crosses of Annagh on track 3 of Molloy/Brady/Peoples, but part I is substantially different--more like the part I of McGovern's Favourite that Michael Clarkson plays on Wooden Flute Obsession III. It's unfortunate that most of Cotter's recordings are on Shaskeen CDs, where he virtually never plays solo, and that his solo CD, which is one of the finest examples of flute playing in my collection, was privately published and not widely available.
# Posted on March 13th 2008 by rabrams
You can watch Mary MacNamara and Martin Hayes play this tune in Gm together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABSf0AcdVQ
I guess E. Cotter's version is very similar to their version except for the key.
# Posted on March 13th 2008 by slainte