The Cocktail

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 17th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as An Manglam.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• It's No Secret by Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O Drisceoil
• Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
• Kitty Lie Over by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• Long Expectant Comes At Last by Cathal McConnell
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• The Three Piece Flute by Desi Wilkinson
• Trian by Trian

X: 1
T: Cocktail, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: DFFE D2 fe | dF F2 AFEF | DFFE D2 ed | cAAG EFGE :|
| A2 A2 eA A2 | eA A2 BG G2 | A2 A2 eA AB | =c2 AG EFGE |
A2 A2 eA A2 | eA A2 BF G2 | A2 A2 abag | fgef dBAF |

The Cocktail

An unusual tune this, but I like the change of key (mode ?) in the second part. At a Willie Clancy school flute class years ago Roger Sherlock played a tape of Northern flute players Gary Hastings and Gerry O'Donnell playing this reel, and it's since been recorded by Desi Wilkinson, Liz Carroll, and is on the last "Beginish" CD, where they point out the obvious similarities to the "Dublin Reel".
It has a strange feel to it , and I hope I've transcribed it properly - sounded OK on ABC.

# Posted on May 17th 2003 by Kenny

Yes, sounds right!

Nice to see this tune appear and it's more or less the way I play it having learned it from Gary Hastings c.1980. I believe Gary learned it from McConnell who probably learned it from the late Eddie Duffy, himself a great old flute-player. It has taken a while to get beyond the border and into general circulation. So it's no longer quite the party piece it used to be. Marcas O Murchu and McConnell himself have also recorded it.

# Posted on May 19th 2003 by LongNote

A version of this tune appears on Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's 'Kitty Lie Over', under the name of An Manglam (a direct translation of the English title - presumambly in the bibular rather than the anatomical sense). Caoimhín mentions in the sleeve notes that he may have misremebered a few notes, but the setting is as follows:

M:4/4
K:D
FE|:DFFE ~F3E|DF~F2 AFEF|DFFE ~F3d|cAAB GABG:|
A4~A2GE|A2GA BGEG|A4~A3B|cBcG EG~G2|
A4~A2GE|A2GA BGEG|A2a2a3g|fdef dBAF||

# Posted on November 8th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature

i disagree with quirls transcription of the Caoimhin's version (i'm not gonna bother with the accent above the i). on the cd, the last measure goes | cAAG EFGE :| like listed in the first version posted. it was hard to tell which one was right, but when you listen to that last note of the first part going into the A of the second part, the interval is definately a 4th, and not a 2nd.

# Posted on August 8th 2005 by daiv

i hate to be nit picky, but my ear hears it is "=cBcG". both of them natural, of course. i do really think quirl did a good job of transcribing, because for some reason i couldnt get this tune at all, even slowed down. but there were just one or 2 things i noticed that i hear differently.

# Posted on August 8th 2005 by daiv