Brendan McMahon's

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on September 15th 2003 by JSC_from_IL.

This tune has been added to 104 tunebooks.

Also known as Coffey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Flower Of The Red Mill by Sarah Blair
• Made In Cork by Patrick Street
• Maiden Voyage by Various Artists
• Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• Skylark by Skylark
• The Kinnitty Sessions by Lunasa
• Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong

X: 1
T: Brendan McMahon's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:B3 A BAGB | A2 FA DAFA | B3 A BAGB | ABde fded |
B3 A BAGB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 E F2 dB | AFDE FEE2 :|
|:G3 F GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 F GBdB | AFDE FEEF |
G3 F GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 E F2 dB | AFDE FEE2 :|

A nice rainy tune.

It is not the same tune as that on the Skylark recording listed above.

# Posted on September 17th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature

Lunasa Version

Lunasa plays this tune in the key of A minor on The Kinnitty Sessions recording.

# Posted on March 12th 2004 by Bill Reeder

So what's the common key then?

# Posted on September 22nd 2005 by Phantom Button

Oo, let me guess. The one that Lunasa *doesn't* do it in.

# Posted on September 22nd 2005 by Dow

So it's Bb then?

# Posted on September 22nd 2005 by Phantom Button

Eh?

Well, anyway, I was playing through this tune last night and suddenly noticed its similarity to the Curragh Races http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1760. Perhaps they're related.

# Posted on December 30th 2006 by Dow

The tune on Skylark and The Maiden Voyage albums is actually "The Mountain Lark"

see

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7862

# Posted on June 24th 2009 by niall_kenny