Molly Ban

reel

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on May 5th 2003 by emily_bmore.

This tune has been added to 114 tunebooks.

Also known as Fair Haired Mary, Fair Haired Molly, Fair-haired Mary, Fairhaired Mary, Gorman's, Little Molly, Molly Bawn, Molly Bawn (White-Haired Molly).

Recordings of a tune by this name:

3(three) by Birkin Tree
A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
Accordion Music From The Soul by Finbarr Dwyer
Baker's Well by Baker's Well
Bakerswell by Bakerswell
Bean Chairdin by Dympna O'Sullivan
Blue Room by Orion
Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
Contentment Is Wealth by Matt Molloy And Sean Keane
Cuisle by Angela Deane
D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
Days Of Doolin by Dulsert
Down The Old Plank Road by The Chieftains
In Session by Eoin O'Neill
Jigs And Reels by The Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band
Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
Linkin' O'er The Lea by Maggy Murphy
Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
N� Keen Affair by Paddy Keenan
Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
Over The Edge by Moher
Providence III by Providence
Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
Singing Men Of Ulster by Singing Men Of Ulster
That's The Spirit by James Keane
The Eagle's Whistle by Michael Tubridy
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Leitrim Thrush by Neil Mulligan
The Pure Box by Colin Nea
The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
The Wide World Over by The Chieftains
Traditional Irish Music Played On The Uilleann Pipes by Robbie Hannan
Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy Carty And Conor Tully
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Under The Moon by Martin Hayes
When The World Was Wide by Trouble In The Kitchen
Wish You Were Here by Boys Of The Lough
Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Bothy Band

I could sing this version in my head before I got it under my fingers at a session in Baltimore, since it is the last reel on Track 6 of Old Hag You Have Killed Me. However, all the versions I could find on the internet were in Ador, Gmix etc. So I transposed to Em, & with a lot of help from Will Harmon (who plays the tune in the same key, yay!), I'm officially posting my first tune in ABC that I learned BY EAR. Hope it doesn't disappoint.

Here's Will's setting too:

|EBBA B2 AG|(3FED AD BDAF|EBBA ~B3 c|dBA=c BEED|
|EBBA B2 AG|(3FED AD BDAF|EBBA ~B3 c|dBA=c B~E3||
|e2 Be (3eee fe|d~B3 d2 Bd|e Be (3eee fe|dBA=c B~E3|
|e2 Be (3eee fe|dB (3BBB ~d3 e|~f3 e defe|dBA=c BEED||

Thank you again Will!!

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by emily_bmore

This is just a great little tune, and I love the transition a la Bothy Band from Road to Lisdoonvarna (as a reel) into Molly B�n in Em. Good posting Em!

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by Will CPT

Shoot

Shouldn't those be C#'s? Should I have made it Edor? This is much harder than it looks.

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by emily_bmore

Key Signature

Always, always, always test your ABCs in some software before submitting a tune to The Session.

At the last stage of the submission process you are asked to make sure that everything is correct. Do not press confirm unless you know that everything is absolutely right.

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by Jeremy

Jeremy, for some reason, Emily couldn't get the abcs to work with the conversion software. And when she asked me for help I missed the Em/Edor confusion, so it's as much my fault as anyone's. Mea culpa...and sorry for causing extra work on your end.

There's a handy little table for determining modes at http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/modes.htm
anyway we could post it here at thesession.org?

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by Will CPT

But, but....

It's true, even when I pasted Will's setting into the convert-o-matic, it wouldn't come up. I'm sorry.

See, but I'm looking at several reels, Cooley's, Drowsey Maggie, Cup of Tea, Morning Dew, Pigeon on the Gate, Roscommon, Ships are Sailing, all of which state they are in Em, with 2 sharps. There are others in the same book, ie Dunmore Lasses, Fermoy Lassies, which only have one sharp & say they are also in Em.

I'm sorry. I need remedial ABC transcription... it won't happen again. :(

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by emily_bmore

Key sigs

In the tune submission process, on the page where you select the key signature, there's a 'help" tab. Clicking on this will bring up a short list of common keys and the amount of sharps in each one.

So, for example, there's a little graphic of a music stave with just the F sharp labelled "G maj", "E min", "D mix", "A dor" etc. and another showing F and C sharp labelled "D maj", "B min", "E dor", etc.

It's handy for figuring out exactly what mode a tune is in. So, if you know the root note is E, but the tune is played with both F and C sharp, a look at this little chart will show "E dorian" as the most likely contender.

Actually, it wouldn't matter that much if you chose Dmajor or Bminor or any other mode with both sharps; the sheetmusic and soundfile would still come out correctly. The ABC notation can always be changed to show the true key signature but the sheetmusic and soundfile are fixed.

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by Jeremy

Evil tune books repeatedly saying 2 sharps = Eminor

Yes, I did see your cheat sheet, & still, my head was filled with tunes with 2 sharps that I had been misled to believe were in the key Eminor.

(121 Favorite Irish Session Tunes by L.E. McCullough *cough*) It will never happen again.

I'm sorry the sheetmusic & midi file are fixed, it totally totally s***ks, also b/c I worked sort of hard on this.

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by emily_bmore

Aw, not to worry, Emily, it's a great first try and look at how much you learned out of it! If it's any comfort, it happens quite a bit, especially to us ignorant melody players, both here and out in the meat spaces. George Keith (upon whose hem I am not worthy to stitch; Brad thinks it's cute I have a crush on the man's playing, but hell, he's good) in Boston is famous for yelling out keys of tunes and constantly calling out the wrong ones...

Zina

# Posted on May 6th 2003 by Zina Lee

Thanks Zina. When we meet in meat space, just please don't tease me by playing all Cnats in this tune, or I'll be crushed.

# Posted on May 6th 2003 by emily_bmore

I'm kind of thinking she must be killed.

# Posted on May 6th 2003 by cuchulain54

Oh god, Em, does that mean I need to learn this tune? LOL Does anyone else go through spurts of learning tunes and then not learning tunes for a bit, and then going back to learning tunes? I've been trying to get out of a dry spell of no tunes with Christmas Eve, I suppose I could learn this one as well. Suppose I'll just have to martyr myself to it.

Hey, Cuch, at least we're showing up at the Harmon Memorial Blowout Session. Ahem. Ahem.

zls

# Posted on May 6th 2003 by Zina Lee

Well Will has been fooling about with it on whistle, & I learned it by ear for pete's sake, it's not exactly the Acrobat (or some other notoriously hard tune). Tell you what, give me a tune to learn to put with this one, ie Road to Lisdoonvarna (reel) & we'll call it square, plus we'll have a nice set to play.

PS I can vouch for cuch's whereabouts that week at some bigass beer & cheese fest with some heavy hitter ITM peeps. If it was in my backyard, I'd stay home too.

# Posted on May 7th 2003 by emily_bmore

Ril Gan Anim

This somehow reminds me of the Ril Gan anim reel...
too bad I can't ABC it ;)

# Posted on June 3rd 2006 by Trip-

Search Ril Gan Ainm, I have put it as an alternate title for one tune named Timmy People's as that is what it is.

# Posted on June 3rd 2006 by Unseen122

Do you guys really know what "Ril Gan Ainm" means? I believe you do, but I'm puzzled.

# Posted on June 4th 2006 by slainte

I'm also wondering who "Timmy People" is :-D

# Posted on June 4th 2006 by Dow

or who the Timmy People *are* :-D

# Posted on June 4th 2006 by Dow

They're people who support
and affirm Timmy.

# Posted on June 4th 2006 by Laitch

It was a typos I meant Tommy. "Ril Gan Ainm," is the second tune on the first track of Danu's "Up in the Air" Album, it is played by Benny McCarthy and in Eb.

# Posted on June 4th 2006 by Unseen122

Slainte, I admire your faith in them :-)

# Posted on June 6th 2006 by Dow

It seems you have to tune your tina in Eb to play along with the CD.

# Posted on June 6th 2006 by slainte

And I wonder who Tommy People is. I know a great fiddler called Tommy Peoples.

# Posted on June 6th 2006 by slainte

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Happy now?

# Posted on June 6th 2006 by Unseen122

Martin Hayes plays it in GDor in Under the Moon.

# Posted on February 20th 2007 by Ger the Rigger