Paddy Fahy's

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on February 2nd 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.

Also known as Another Paddy Fahy, Paddy Fahey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
• A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Various Artists
• A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
• A River Of Sound by Various Artists
• A Thousand Miles by Filska
• Accordion Music From The Soul by Finbarr Dwyer
• Across The Waves by Cherish The Ladies
• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Aontas by Aontas
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Banjoed by Dessie Kelliher
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
• Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Bothar Gan Briseadh/Down The Line by Calua
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Ceol More by Tony McManus
• Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
• Chasing The Dawn by Jenny Crook And Henry Sears
• Clare Accordion by Seamus Walshe
• D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
• Drive The Cold Winter Away by Horslips
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• Father Charlie by Father Charles Coen
• Fiddle Fair: Declan McCarthy's Baltimore by Various Artists
• Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
• Footprints by No I.D.
• For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
• Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
• Foxglove by Moving Cloud
• Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
• Galway's Own by Joe Burke
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
• Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
• Hawthorn by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
• Here Among Strangers by SÍucra
• Hills Of Clare by Joe Fitzgerald
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• In Your Ear by Seamus Egan
• Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Carty
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Knot The Metronome by Runt O'the Litter
• L'Anche À Deux Cordes by Frank Sears, Sebastien Deshaies Et Marc Benoît
• Land's End by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
• Legacy by The Dunne Family
• Links by Silver Arm
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Live In Ennis by The Bowhouse Quintet
• Long Distance by Nancy Conescu And Friends
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• Mapless Journey by Kathy Buys
• Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
• Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Memories Of Galway by Seamus Walshe
• Merry Bits Of Timber by Emer Mayock
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• Musical Delights From Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1998
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• O'Malley's Music by Various Artists
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy And Bridget And Their Great Friends 2 by Various Artists
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Potsticks by Sean Moloney
• Ragairne Revelling At Night by Seamus Begley
• Samhradh by Abisko
• Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
• Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Shame The Devil by Turlach Boylan
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• Soh It Is by Craobh Rua
• Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
• Star Of Ireland by Finbarr Dwyer
• Steam by John Williams
• Stepping Stones by Juniper
• Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
• Strayaway by Caoimhin Vallely
• The Best Of Irish Jigs And Reels Vol.1 by Various Artists
• The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
• The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
• The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
• The Factory Turn by Damian O'Brien And Oliver Loughlin With Arty McGlynn And Kevin Brehony
• The Hop Down by Breda Keville
• The Irish Girl by Robin Bullock And Michel Sikiotakis
• The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
• The Lonesome Touch by Martin Hayes
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Times We've Had by The Irish Tradition
• The Well Tempered Bow by Liz And Yvonne Kane
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• The Windy Gap by Laurence Nugent
• They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
• Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
• Tracin' by Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
• Track Across The Deep by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
• Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Up She Flew by Dana Lyn
• Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
• Wild Blue by Eileen Ivers
• Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb
• With Complements by Patsy Reid
• With Every Breath by John Wynne
• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

X: 1
T: Paddy Fahy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
cBGF DEFD|G2DG BcdB|cBGA Bcde|f2ed cedB|
cBGF DEFD|G2DG BcdB|cBGA Bcdc|BGFD ECCB:|
|:c2ge fdcd|cBGF DEFD|Gc~c2 gceg|fdcB Gc~c2|
Ecde fedc|_BdGA B3c|dggf defa|g^fdc =BG (3Bcd:|

This tune is played in every key there is, pretty much. I like Martin Hayes' version in C, and have adapted it (w/o all the variations) for transcription purposes. It appears on "The Lonesome Touch" and is entitled "Another Paddy Fahy's". This tune also appears on Tony McManus' "Ceol More" played in E major (using capo). His version is basically the same with a slight difference in the 2nd part:

|:c2ge fdcd|cBGF DEFD|Gc~c2 gceg|fdcd cBGF|
Ecde efdc|BdGA _B=BcG|dg~g2 defa|gfdc BGFD:|

I think the thing I like about Martin Hayes' version is the F# in the final bar.

There are plenty other transcriptions of this on the net. JC's Tune Index has them all:-

#159 "Paddy Fahey's No.3" - in A major
#160697 "Paddy Fahey's #2" - in C major
#533 "Paddy Fahy's" - in D major
#755 "Paddy Fahy's" - in G major

The last 2 are from Henrik Norbeck's.

# Posted on February 2nd 2003 by Dow

This version is unlike those by Moving Cloud on Foxglove, or Joe Burke on The Bucks of Oranmore. Similar versions are played by Jason O'Rourke on The Bunch of Keys and by Annemarie McCormack on Ace and Deuce. The descending triplet at the end of each part on these recordings is what hooked me into learning this cheerful reel.

# Posted on November 19th 2004 by joesmith

We've started playing this in D now in our session, for the flutes.

# Posted on May 30th 2005 by Dow

Also on Kevin and Sean Moloney's duet album. Paddy Carty is cited as the source.

# Posted on May 10th 2008 by slainte