Miss McGuinness

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 1st 2003 by granama.

This tune has been added to 47 tunebooks.

Also known as Jim Coleman's, Miss Mcguiness, One-Armed Bandit, Take Your Choice.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• As I Carelessly Did Stray... by Harry Bradley
• At The End Of The Day by Dervish
• Broken Hearted I'll Wander by Dolores Keane, John Faulkner And Eamonn Curran
• Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
• Cooley's House by Conor Keane
• Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
• Days Of Doolin by Dulsert
• Decade by Dervish
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• Fluters Of Old Erin: Flute, Piccolo And Whistle Recordings Of The 1920's And 30's by Various Artists
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
• Live In Palma by Dervish
• Piper's Rock by Various Artists
• Song For Ireland by De Danann
• Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
• The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Coleman Country Ceili Band by The Coleman Country Ceili Band
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Piper's Apron by Tommy Keane
• The Thorn Tree by Grainne Hambly
• To Welcome Paddy Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• Turas Ceoil by Marcas O'Murchu
• With Every Breath by John Wynne
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Miss McGuinness
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:dG~G2 dGBd | efga bage | dG~G2 dGBd |1 egdB BAAB :|2 egdB BGGz ||
|:agab g3f | egdg egdg |1 agab ~g3f |edgd BAA2 :|2 b3g a3g | edef gage ||

Although not particularly common in sessions, this tune has been recorded by, among others Michael Coleman and Matt Molloy. Quite a number of different settings exist, the one posted being approximately that on the Coleman Recording.

The following two settings are from an abc collection (transcriber unknown). The first, which is not dissimilar to the version above, is from Matt Molloy. The second, which differs substantially, is credited to Paul Carton(?):

1.
dG G2 BG (3Bcd|g3a bage|dG G2 BG (3Bcd|egdB BA A2:|
a2 af g3f|egdg egd2|a2af g3f|edgB BAA2|
a2 af g3f|egdg egdg|b2 bg a2ag|edef g3e||

2.
dGG2 dGBd|dBge dBB2|dGG2 dGBd|(3gfe) dB BAA2:|
(3fga af g3e|dbB2 defg|(3fga af g3e|dBGA BAA2|
(3fga af g 3e|dBB2 dega|bagb afge|dBGA BAA2||

# Posted on February 1st 2003 by granama

Miss McGuinness

Here's my version of the tune:

K: Gmaj
dG~G2 BGBd|efga bage|dG~G2 BGBd|1 egdB BAAB:|2 egdB ~A3z||
~a3b g2ag|egdg egdg|~a3b g2ag|egdB BAA2|
~a3b g2ag|egdg egdg|b3g a3f|edef gedB||

It's basically the same as the one recorded by Jackie Daly, Kevin Burke and Conal O'Grada, I believe. As *quirl* has pointed out, it's probably related to Scots tune "The Night We Had the Goats": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1393

# Posted on August 28th 2005 by slainte