Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on February 24th 2003 by Bannerman.
This tune has been added to 115 tunebooks.
Also known as Hare's Foot, Hare's Paw, The Hare's Paw, The Hare’s Paw, Hares Paw, The Hares Paw, Jim Kennedy's, Jim Kennedy's Favorite, Jim Kennedy's Favourite, Kennedy's, Kennedy's Favourite, Low Park, Lowlands Of Scotland.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Hare's Paw, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
~G3B A2GA|BE~E2 GED2|GFGA BABd|1 (3efg fg edBA:|2 (3efg fg ~e3f||
|:g2fg edBc|d2 ed Bd d2|1 g2fg edBd|
(3efg fg ~e3f:|2 e3f edBd| (3efg fa gedB||
The Hare's Paw
I got this one from Clare concertina player, Dymphna O'Sullivan. It's a very simple but nice reel and was very popular with Céilí Bands (The Glenside played a great version of it during the Champions reunion concert at the Fleadh Nua in 2001). At our sessions it's usually played between Sailor on the Rock and Sunny Banks (recently added to this site).
# Posted on February 24th 2003 by Bannerman
Also known as "Kennedy's Reel"
... You can find a recording of it under this name (available on CD now) in "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O'Keeffe." The CD notes about that tune that it "is named after a travelling fiddler who taught tunes to 'Bill the Waiver,' Denis Murphy's father." Denis Murphy, of course, being the great Kerry fiddler around about Padraig's time.
# Posted on May 8th 2003 by pchaffee
Is in 'The Northern Fiddler' under the name 'Low Park'
# Posted on July 16th 2005 by prouse
They'll Be Good Yet
Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban play this on their new cd, "They'll Be Good Yet." Kitty's on a C concertina, so the Hare's Paw comes out in F, which makes for a great fiddle setting as well.
X: 1
T: Hare's Paw, The
D: They'll Be Good Yet, Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: F
~F3A G2 FG|AD D/D/D FDCD|~F3G AGAc|dfec dcAG|
~F3A G2 FG|AD D/D/D FDCD|~F3G AGAc|dfec d3 e||
f2 ef dcAB|c2 dc Acde|f2 ef dcAc|dfec d3 e|
f2 ef dcAB|c2 dc A~c3|~d3e dcAc|dfec dcAG||
Transposed back to G gives the following:
X: 1
T: Hare's Paw, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
~G3B A2 GA|B~E3 GEDE|~G3A BABd|egfd edBA
~G3B A2 GA|B~E3 GEDE|~G3A BABd|egfd e3 f||
g2 fg edBc|d2 ed Bdef|g2 fg edBd|egfd e3f|
g2 fg edBc|d2 ed B~d3|e3f edBd|egfd edBA||
# Posted on February 6th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts
They'll be good yet
Kitty actually plays on a standard C/G concertina, like everybody else. Not a particular 'C concertina'. The above notation is not exactly as played on the CD.
# Posted on March 25th 2006 by <>-_-_-<>
A mite closer to o'Keeffe:
Read the B2B, E2E, etc. as rolls - I despise ABC roll notation when it plays out...
X: 1
T: Hare's Paw, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|G2GA B2Bd|B2BA E2ED|G2GA BABd|efgf edBA|
G2GA B2Bd|B2BA E3D|G2GA BABd|egfd e2ef|
|gfaf gfed|Bdfd B2ef|gfaf gfed|Bdef e2ef|
|gfaf gfed|Bdfd B2ef|bgaf gfed|efgf edBA|
--DtM
# Posted on July 3rd 2007 by Dan the Man
ComhaltasLive #215 - 1: Brid Harper and Danny O’Mahoney
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_215_1_brid_harper_and_danny_omahoney/
and the dots: http://media.comhaltas.ie/notation/cltunes/TheHaresPaw.pdf
# Posted on September 18th 2007 by swisspiper
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_271_1_finbar_mcgreevy_and_fiona_doherty/
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/hares_paw/
# Posted on September 16th 2008 by Ramiro
The Lowlands of Scotland
Found a slightly different version of this in 'The Fiddler's Tune-Book':
X: 1
T: Lowlands of Scotland, The
C: Trad.
S: The Fiddler's Tune-Book; Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies; p.28, No.115.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 300
R: reel
K: Emin
|: A | GFGA BEE2 | Bcdc BEE2 | GFGA BABd |1 eged edB :|2 egfd e2e ||
| f || gfga edBd | d2ed Bdd2 | gfga edBd | egfd e2ef ||
|| gfga edBd | d2ed Bdd2 | bgaf gefd | egfd edB ||
The setting is given as:
|: Em4 | Bm2 Em2 | G2 Bm2 | C D Em Bm | Em4 :|
|| G4 | D2 Bm2 | C2 G2 | C D Em2 ||
|| G4 | D2 Bm2 | Em2 A72 | C D Em2 ||
# Posted on July 16th 2009 by mrkelahan