The Crooked Road To Dublin

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 7th 2001 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 194 tunebooks.

Also known as Crooked Road To Dublin, The Crooked Road, Smiles & Tears Of Erin.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1891-1945 Disc 1 by Michael Coleman
• Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
• An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
• An Fhidil, Sraith 2 by Sean Keane, Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin And Seamus Creagh
• Ceilizemer: Shalom Ireland by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band And Driving With Fergus
• Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
• Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
• Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
• Fiddle And Concertina Player by John Kelly
• Flower Of The Red Mill by Sarah Blair
• IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
• Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
• It's A Hard Road To Travel by Andy McGann And Paul Brady
• Killultagh by Killultagh
• McGreevy And Cooley by John McGreevy And Seamus Cooley
• Miles From Dublin by Dan Carollo
• Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
• Samhradh by Abisko
• Seisiún Na H-Éireann 2006 Festival CD by Various Artists
• Sweet Liberty by Garva
• The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
• The Celtic Fiddle Of Liz Knowles by Liz Knowles
• The Crooked Road by Eamon De Buitlear Agus Ceoltoiri Laighean
• The Dawn by Baal Tinne
• The Factory Turn by Damian O'Brien And Oliver Loughlin With Arty McGlynn And Kevin Brehony
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• The Iron Behind The Velvet by Christy Moore
• The Liberty Tapes by Paul Brady
• The Piper's Apron by Tommy Keane
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Session by Na Connerys
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• Throw Away The Keys by Brian Mac Aodha
• Trad by Colcannon
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Turas by Turas
• Two Champions: Irish Traditional Music At Its Best. by Sean McGuire And Joe Burke
• Under The Moon by Martin Hayes
• Where Else Would You Be by The Pub Scouts

X: 1
T: Crooked Road To Dublin, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|G2 BG FGAF|(3GGG Ac BdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdcA dBcA|
|GBAG FGAF|GBAc BdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdcA d2 Bc|
|d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 agfe|d~g3 fgag|fdcA dBcA|
|d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 afga|bgaf gbag|fdcA BGAF|

The Crooked Road to Dublin

Sometimes referred to simply as the Crooked Road, this tune certainly weaves a crooked path through what at first sounds like a straight forward melody. Martin Hayes elaborates on that path on his cd Under the Moon, one of the best versions of this tune I've come across.

# Posted on August 7th 2001 by Will CPT

Quite Redeemed

This is also one of my favorite tunes, this tune is a little more dificult than it looks.

# Posted on August 7th 2001 by Mad Baloney

The Crooked Road to Dublin

My transcription from
Andy McGann & Paul Brady : "Masters Of Irish Music"
F|G2(3GGG FGAF|G2FG AdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdce (3dcB cA|
G2(3GGG FGAF|G2FG AdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdce d2cA||
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 agfd|dg~g2 fgag|fdce d2cA|
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 a2ga|(3bag gf gbag|fdcA d2cA||

# Posted on January 16th 2003 by gian marco

Aka Smiles and Tears of Erin

I picked this one up as Smiles & Tears of Erin, from either vol1 or 3 of CRE.

- Chris

# Posted on May 26th 2005 by ramblingpitchfork

Im very confused!! Is teh midi a different tune?:s

The midi file looks and sounds nothing like the sheetmusic :s

Eh?

# Posted on January 17th 2006 by bassetrox

That's funny...I'm hearing the Convenience Reel (aka The Boys of Sligo) on the midi. Must be a software glitch.

# Posted on January 17th 2006 by Will CPT

I'm aware no two persons ever play a particular tune in the same way, but I find Will's transcritpion of this tune rather awkward, especially in the first part. The basic version of the tune you'd come across in many different places is something like this:

K: Gmaj
G3G FGAF|G2FG AdcA|G2AG FGAg|1 fdcA dBcA:|2 fdcA d2Bc||
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 agfe|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA d2Bc|
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 a2ga|bgaf gbag|fdcA d2cA||

I suspect this is related to these well-known tunes:
The Steampacket: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/690
The Abbey Reel: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/477

The Abbey Reel into the Crooked Rd will make a nice set.

# Posted on April 12th 2006 by slainte

Kieran, I can see why the setting I posted might tie a whistle or flute player's fingers into knots in the A part. But it works fine on fiddle. One of the things I'm enjoying about learning flute is how it helps me rethink many tunes, playing with certain phrases, placing rolls, etc. Very different from fiddle.

# Posted on April 12th 2006 by Will CPT

Will, do you mean I have to learn fiddle? I can't afford one, and I have to have my cracked flute repaired first.

I'm now listening to John Blake and Lamond Gillespie's beautiful flute & fiddle duet playing. They both play a version very similar to the one I transcribed. I believe it's fun to play the very first bar like that, even on the fiddle.

# Posted on April 12th 2006 by slainte

When I play fiddle with a fluter or whistle player, I usually choose notes and phrasing to better fit with them. I'd do that in this case too.

Stick with flute and whistle. Don't get me wrong--I enjoy playing fiddle very much, but flute is every bit as fun and rewarding (and to me feels more natural, far less awkward).

# Posted on April 12th 2006 by Will CPT

tune & midi do not match. I like them both but I do not know which is proper by the name. anyone know?

# Posted on February 10th 2008 by t4kne