John Naughton's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 2nd 2003 by geoffwright.

This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
Across The Waves by Cherish The Ladies
Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
Hawthorn by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
In Safe Hands by Various Artists
Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
The Humours Of Derrybeha by Pat O'Connor
The Lonely Stranded Band by Charlie Piggott, Miriam Collins And Joe Corcoran
The Lonesome Touch by Martin Hayes
Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

John Naughton's Reel

From Mary MacNamaras' Traditional Irish Music From East Clare

# Posted on December 2nd 2003 by geoffwright

John Naughton's (reel)

I found a little mistake in the 7th bar of the B part:
|ba (3ggg agef| instead of |ba (3aaa agef|

good tune.

# Posted on December 2nd 2003 by gian marco

Yes, Gian, that would tie in with the imitation of previous bars.

# Posted on December 3rd 2003 by geoffwright

This sounds to me like one of the dorian settings of the Eel In The Sink http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1446.

# Posted on May 14th 2006 by Dow

Here it is as Martin Hayes plays it on "The Lonesome Touch". It's in Fmaj rather than G and he plays it all in 16 bars.

X: 1
T: John Naughton's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
GAGF DFCD|F2 AFcF AF|GAGF DFCe|fdcA AGGF|
G3 F DFCD|F2 AFcF AF|GAGF DFCe|fdcA AGGg||
gfdg g2ag|fdcd fdcg|gfdg g2fg|affg a ~f3|
gfdg gfdg|fdcA FGAc|d ~g3 f3g|fdcA AGGF||

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by Ger the Rigger

Ger, that's a completely different tune, and someone else has already transcribed the tune from the same source here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1406/comments#comment208959

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by slainte

Hi Slainte, I beg to differ. I initially thought it was a different tune too, so I transposed them both into the same key (Fmaj) and set the dots side by side. On a bar by bar comparison there are too many identical bars for them to be different tunes. They're variants of the same tune.

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by Ger the Rigger

'Fraid I'm with Slainte on this one.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Dow

Still, even if I'm wrong (and i was wrong once before...about 10 years ago as i recall) our discussion has now linked these two reels together for anybody who comes looking for Martin Hayes' version of John Naughton's. My work here is finished.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Ger the Rigger

The tune turns up in different form/modes: The Humours of Quilty (PJCrotty/James Cullinan) which in itself is a version of Junior Crehan's Old Grey Gander (CRE vol2, 222) whihc Liam O Flynn recorded as WIllie Clancy's (on LOF1). The Eel in the sink is yet another variant.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by kilfarboy

Watch young Mary MacNamara and Martin Hayes play this tune together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABSf0AcdVQ

They actually recorded this tune together in 1990s, but they aren't this great: Mary MacNamara is just as good, but Martin Hayes already sounds jazzy on the CD.

# Posted on March 4th 2008 by slainte