The Boogie

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 5th 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.

Also known as The Durrow.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...And They Danced All Night by North Cregg
• 25 Years Of Celtic Music (Disc 1) by Various Artists
• Bosca Bideach by Micheal Darby O Fatharta
• Gleanntan by Sliabh Notes
• Hangin' At The Crossroads by Ceili Bandits
• Into The Night by Tulca Mor
• Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
• Live At Martyrs' by Gan Bua
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• Melodeon by John Gannon
• Time On Our Hands by SiobhᮠPeoples And Murty Ryan
• Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham

X: 1
T: Boogie, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
(3GFE|DEFA (3ded cd|(3B_BA F=B AFEF|DEFA dfec|(3dcB AF EGFE|
DEFA dcde|fd (3dcd (3B_BA FA|eAce gece|dAFA (3dcd:|
|:cd|eA (3AGA EA (3AGA|eAce (3gbg fg|fd (3dcd Ad (3dcd|(3fed af (3ded cd|
Be (3ede Beed|Bdef (3gbg fg|aAce gece|dAFA d2:|

This is quite a common tune here in Sydney. It was composed by John Nolan. I e-mailed him to ak his permission to post this and he kindly wrote back, telling me that he would send me a hand-written manuscript so that I'd be posting the correct version, or at least the one that was originally written. There are a few different settings of this reel, one of which was recorded by Terry Bingham under the name "The Durrow Reel". However, I have transcribed the manuscript directly into ABC as written by John Nolan himself, plus all the box-friendly triplet ornamentation. At the bottom it says "written by: John Nolan copyright 1978", so take heed any public performers/recorders or whatever. The name "Boogie" was the nickname of the keyboard player in his band, Keith Sammut.

# Posted on April 5th 2003 by Dow

Reel of Bogie

I remember hearing (&learning) this tune from a recording of Billy McComiskey. He called it the Reel of Bogie and then launches into the Contraversial.Was not aware that it was a contemporary effort-but it fits so well into the tradition that you'd hardly know it. Great tune, Dow thanks for the info.Keep it up!

# Posted on April 7th 2003 by Greenwiggle

Greenwiggle, the person who taught this reel to me I assume got it from you originally I also learnt it as "The Bogie Reel", but that is the wrong title - there's a different tune called that by the way.

# Posted on April 7th 2003 by Dow