Delia Crowley's

reel

Key signature: Emixolydian

Submitted on March 7th 2004 by violynnsey.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as The Laurel Groves, Scully Casey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
• Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
• Castle Ceili Band by Castle Ceili Band
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Cherish The Ladies by Peg McGrath, Kathleen Smyth, Mary Mulholland
• Continental Reel by Birkin Tree
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• From West To East - Live Sessions by Various Artists
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
• John Williams by John Williams
• Maeve Donnelly by Maeve Donnelly
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Notes From My Mind by Seamus Connolly
• Reeds And Rosin by Todd Denman And Dale Russ
• Seoda Ceoil by Various Artists
• Step Into The Beat: Modern Irish Dance Music by Ellery Klein And Ryan Lacey
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• Taking Flight by Bobby Casey
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Lark's March by Patricia Clark
• The Last House In Ballymakea by Junior Crehan
• The Merry Sisters Of Fate by Lunasa
• The Pipers' Gathering 2005 by Various Artists
• The Singing Kettle by Chulrua
• Tobar An Dúchais by Brid O'Donohue
• Tobar An Dúchais: Solo Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Music From County Clare by Bríd O'Donohue
• Trip To Fanore by Eugene Lambe
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent

X: 1
T: Delia Crowley's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emix
c2BA GE~E2|GEBA GEGB|ceBA GEEA|~F3D FGAe|
ceBA GE~E2|GEBA GEGB|ceBA GEEA|~F3D FGAc|
K:Emaj
BeeB ebge|(3fga fe d~B3|edeg bgeb|fafe f2 (3Bcd|
efga bgeg|(3fga fe d~B3|~c3B cdef|gbaf geec|

Delia Crowley's

This tune I learned from a recording of the outstanding fiddler Maeve Donnelly. The first part of the tune is in E Mixolydian and the second part is in E Major (with the D#s) - unfortunately, I had to list the key as "A Major" because there was no choice for E Mixolydian in the submission form, and I have no clue as how to write a natural sign in ABC notation! Maeve plays this as the last tune in a medley of three tunes, which I will post soon. The first tune in the set is "The New Road," followed by "The Yellow Tinker" and then "Delia Crowley's."

Enjoy!

Lynnsey

# Posted on March 7th 2004 by violynnsey

Nice sounding

Lynn - are there any repeats in this tune? Eigth bar - sixteenth? It looks and sounds great. - Is this originally from Scotland?

# Posted on March 7th 2004 by 2situla

ABC notation

Lynnsey, a natural sign is designated by an "equals sign" (=) before the note. So a B natural note would be =B.

# Posted on March 8th 2004 by radriano

Thanks for the ABC help - I'll remember that for future posting!

As to the question of repeats, I believe that this is a single reel - at least, that's the way Maeve Donnelly plays it on her recording. I wrote it down how she plays it, so no repeats.

I'm not sure as to the origin of the tune. It could very well be Scottish - it sort of sounds that way, doesn't it? Maybe others have more info about this tune than I do...

# Posted on March 10th 2004 by violynnsey

The Laurel Groves?

What a great tune! I've just found these on the net. Pretty sure it's the same tune, just a different setting:

T: The Laurel Groves
S: John Kelly (Clare)
K: D
B2AG FDDE|FDAD BDAD|B2AG FDDF|ED=CD EFGE:|
d3f a3f|g2fg eBB2|d3f a3f|g2fg egfe|
d3f a3f|g2fg eBB2|B3A Bcde|f2eg fdd2||

T: Scully Casey's
S: Seamus Connolly
K: D
B2AG FDDE|(3FGA DF ADFA|B2AG FDDE|1 E=CC2 EFGA:|2 E2ED EFGA||
dcde f2ed|gefd eBBA|Addc defd|(3gag fg efge|
dcde f2ed|gefd edBe|(3dcB cA Bcde|f2af fedA||

If they are the same tune I think I prefer Maeve Donnelly's key and setting.

# Posted on March 10th 2004 by Dow