The Steeplechase

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on December 21st 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.

Also known as A Hard Road To Travel, Carrigaline, The Milestone, The Rock Of Cashel, Steeplechase.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
• Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
• An Fhidil by Various Artists
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Celtic Reign by Celtic Reign
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
• Dog Big And Dog Little by Ben Lennon, Seamus Quinn, Gabriel McArdle, Ciaran Curran
• Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• In Session by BoneZone
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
• Just As The Sun Was Setting by John Drury
• Master Cape Breton Fiddler by Jerry Holland
• Rhythm And Rhyme by Tamalin
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Red Wellies by The Red Wellies
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Singing Kettle by Chulrua
• The Steeplechase by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Steeplechase, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
c2 CD EG G2 | Addc dfed | c2 cG ABcA | G2 EC DCA,C |
G,C C2 EG G2 | Addc dfed | cBcG A2 cA | GEDF EC C2 :|
c2 ec gceg | gedc AGAB | c2 ec gcec | Addc dfed |
c2 ec gcec | cdec d2 cd | eg g2 ea a2 |1 gedc AGAB :|2 gedf ec c2 |

The Steeplechase

Requested by "dogface" . A fiddle tune , more than anything, recorded by Paddy Killoran, Andy McGann, Burke & Daly, among others. Andy McGann called it "A Hard Road To Travel", and it's in O'Neill's as "Carrigaline".

# Posted on December 21st 2003 by Kenny

McGann version @ http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1461

# Posted on December 21st 2005 by Dow