Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on May 6th 2003 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as An Baintreach Mná, Con McGinley's, Con McGlinchey's, The Widow's, The Widow.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Johnny Loughran's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
|:cA|GEcE GE~E2|GEcA ~G3A|GEcE GAcd|egge d2:|
|:ed|cdef ~g3e|~a3e gage|cdef g2ge|aege d2:|
Source: Cathal McConnell : "Long Expectant Comes at Last"
Transcription: g.m.p.
# Posted on May 6th 2003 by gian marco
A different version of this tune, in D, is featured on Altan's 'Blackwater' - something like this:
M:4/4
k:D
dB|AFdF AdAB|AFdF efdB|AFdF ABde|fedf e2:|
:dB|defg ~a3f|~b3f ~a3f|1 defg ~a3f|bfaf egfe:|2
~g3e ~f3e|dgfe dc||
# Posted on May 9th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature
...and I forgot to say - they call it Con McGinley's.
# Posted on May 9th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature
Aha! I knew I'd heard it before somewhere...
# Posted on May 10th 2003 by Dow
a 'true C' tune...
for more on this go to:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1644/comments (The Cloon or Throw It Across (reel)
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by birlibirdie
Sorry I duplicated this @ http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4562, but at least they're in different keys.
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Dow
Here's another transcription of the tune: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/6247
# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by slainte
Closely Related Tune
Jessie over the Bridge, or Over the Bridge to Bessie: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3968
# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by slainte
A very similar tune called "Over the Bridge to Peggy" seems to be listed in O'Neill's.
# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by slainte