Mother's Delight

reel

Key signature: Ddorian

Submitted on August 27th 2001 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
• Anything Strange? by Ditte Fromseier Mortensen
• Ar Y Ffin by Delyth Jenkins
• Bohola by Bohola
• Bohola (3) by Bohola
• Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• In Company by Tom Walsh
• Merry Bits Of Timber by Emer Mayock
• Natural Progression by Sam Proctor
• North Amerikay by Dale Russ And Finn Macginty
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• The Blue Idol by Altan
• The Connachtman's Rambles by Martin O'Connor
• The Last House In Ballymakea by Junior Crehan
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan
• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

X: 1
T: Mother's Delight
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
DE|:F2 FE F2 DE|FDGE FECE|Ddd^c defe|
decd ABcA|d2 dc AGAB|c2 cG E~C3|Dddc AGAB|cAGE EDDE:|
|:FAdA FD (3DDD|EGcG EC (3CCC|FAdA FDDF|
|EDCE D2 DE:|

Mother's Delight

Here's the same reel as posted earlier but in D dorian. I thought this version was worth posting as a variation on the earlier post. This comes from the playing of Cait Reid in San Francisco.

# Posted on August 27th 2001 by Will CPT

D dorian vs. E dorian

Lovely redition, Will. Have you ever heard the tune played in E Dorian? Does it belong in E dorian? I transposed it up for the sake of those people wedded to the D whistle. But whenever I've heard it at session (started by someone other than myself) it has been in D dorian at which point I've simply switched to a C whistle.

# Posted on August 30th 2001 by Brendan

Played by Frankie Gavin

On his album w/Alec Finn c. 1977

# Posted on April 24th 2003 by pchaffee

Here's Bohola's version

X: 1
T:Mother's Delight
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:Bohola
Z:John Norvell
K:DDor
DE |: FEDF Gz EG | FEDF GFEF | D2 d2 defe | decd ABcA |
dedc A3B | cBcA E/2F/2G FE | D2 dc AGAB |1 cAGF EDDE :|2 cAGF EDDE |
|: FAdA FDDF | EGcG ECCE | FAdA FDDF | EDCE D3E |
FAdA FDDF | EGcG ECCE | FAGE FEDC |1 A,DEF D3E :|2 A,DEF D2DE |]

# Posted on April 7th 2007 by John-N

Mother's Delight

This is the version I ended up playing learnt by ear from the playing of Frankie Gavin.

X: 1
T: Mother's Delight
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
DE|:~F2 FD ~G2 GE|~F2 FD GECE |Ddd^c defe|~d2 dc ABcA|d^cd=c ~A2 AB|
cBcG ECCE|Dddc dcAB|~c2 GE ~D2DE:|:FAdA FD ~D2|EGcG EC ~C2|FAdA FD ~D2 |
|EDCE ~D2 DE |FAdA FD ~D2|EGcG ECCE|~F2 EF DCA,C|1 DFEC ~D2 DE:|2 DFEC ~D3||

# Posted on December 26th 2007 by AngusF

A friend e-mailed me this interesting version in G, with lots of accidentals. I think it's the Donegal version, recorded by people like Paul Shaughnessy and, I think, John Doherty.

X: 1
T: Mother's Delight
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d4 |: Bdgd BGGB | Ac=fc A=FFc | Bdgd BGGB | A/2c/2A ^FB AGGc |
Bdgd BGGB | Ac=fc A=FFc | _B2BA Bd=fd | cA^F=B AGGA :|
|: [D2_B2]BA [G2B2]GA | ~_B3d cBAB | Ggga g^fga | =bg{b}af defd |
gagf d^cde | =fdc_B A=F~F2 | Gg g/2g/2g dg=bg | =fdcA =BGGA :|

# Posted on April 24th 2008 by Dow

Paul O'Shaughnessy has recorded two distinct versions of the tune. The G version above is on "Within a Mile of Dublin." Yes, he cites John Doherty as the source.

# Posted on April 25th 2008 by slainte

Mother's Delight

Yes, that version was transcribed from John Doherty on Bundle and Go, the mutual acquantance tells me.

# Posted on June 23rd 2008 by mutatis mutandis