Key signature: Gdorian
Submitted on August 9th 2001 by martin t.
This tune has been added to 175 tunebooks.
Also known as Dowd's, Dowd's Favorite, O'Dowd's, O'Dowd's Favourite.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Dowd's Favourite
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gdor
F|DGGA BABF|DFF2 DFCF|DGGA BABd|cAfA AGG:|!
A|B2dB fBdB|B2dB cAFA|B2dB fBdB|cAFA BGGA|!
B2dB fBdB|B2dB cAFA|BAGF Ggge|fdcA BGG|]!
z|gdd2 g2ag|fcc2 fcAc|gdd2 g2ag|fdcA BGG2|!
gdd2 g2ag|fcc2 fcAF|GABc dgge|fdcA BGG|]!
This tune is also played by Tommy People's on his Iron Man album.
# Posted on April 18th 2003 by pchaffee
Good version also by Kathleen Collins who uses an unexpected ornament in the third part. At first I thought she was putting in triplets on the ds and cs, but slowing it down I realized she was adding a d grace note before two d quavers (likewise on the c), with the bow really digging in triplet style for the grace note. Reproducing it changes the expected bowing direction so is initially tricky to do (especially if like me you're all primed to put a triplet in at this spot). Here's the last bar of her b part and all of her c part:
fdcA BGBd|]!
|gd {d}dd gbag|fc {c}cc fgaf|gd {d}dd gbag|fdcA BGBd|!
gd {d}dd gbag|fc {c}cc fgaf|gafg efde|cAfc AGG|]!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by Ger the Rigger
Using double stops
Peter Knight of Steeleye Span does a nice version with double stops on Ten Man Mop. The second note is usually higher or lower by a fifth, giving it a "fiddly" sound. Here's the a part:
DGGA B2GB|A~F3 CFA,F|DGGA [D3B3]B|{c}BAGA {c}BA[DA]F |!
DGGA B2GB|A~F3 CFA,F|DGGA [D3B3]d|cA[Af]c [Ae]GG2 |!
# Posted on October 8th 2006 by McBriss
Andy McGann's 3rd part
Andy McGann's setting of this is nice, too. Particularly the 3rd part. The 2nd part is also much more interesting than that posted here. You can hear it on the Tribute to Michael Coleman CD
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/47
or find a printed transcription in Miller and Perron's Traditional Irish Fiddle Music. However, I'd advise ignoring the wierd 4th part there which was devised by Randy Miller.
# Posted on January 23rd 2007 by kris
haha dow...ds lol
sorry dow. we love you really. you are a legend
# Posted on February 19th 2008 by frafyduck