Tommy Gunn's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 3rd 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Celebrated Opera, The Celebrated Opera, The Opera.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bad Turns And Horse-Shoe Bends by Harry Bradley
• Contentment Is Wealth by Matt Molloy And Sean Keane
• Marie And Martin Reilly by Marie And Martin Reilly
• Molly's Revenge Four by Molly's Revenge
• Providence III by Providence
• The Hidden Fermanagh by Various Artists
• The Windy Gap by Laurence Nugent
• Three Bean Salad by Three Bean Salad

X: 1
T: Tommy Gunn's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D2 DE FEFA | DFAF EDB,E | D2 DE FEFA | BdAF EGFE|
D2 DE FEFA | DFAF EDB,E | D2 DE FEFA | Bd AF EF D2|
|:d2 dc dAFA | DFAd egfe | d2 dc dAFA | BdAF EF D2 :|
a2 fa g2 eg | fedf edBd | a2 af g2 ge | fedf ecdf|
a2 fa g2 eg | fedf edBd | dfaf g2 eg | fgfe dcdB|
Adfd e2 ge | fedf edBd | Adfd efge | fedf e2 dB|
Adfd e2 ge | fedf edBd | Adfd efge | fdec dBAF|

Tommy Gunn's

Recorded by Matt Molloy & Sean Keane, this reel is associated in Ireland with Fermanagh fiddler Tommy Gunn. Harry Bradley has it on his 1st solo recording, and a lilted version of it appears on the recently released "Hidden Fermanagh" CD. It has also been recorded under the title the "Opera" reel, and sometimes "The Celebrated Opera Reel", and is thought originally to have been an American tune of some kind.

# Posted on April 3rd 2004 by Kenny

Tommy Gunn's

The "Opera" reel, a variant of "Tommy Gunn's", is in the New England Fiddler's Repertoire of 1983. It is as follows:

M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A,2|D2D2 FEFA|DCDF EDB,A,|D2D2 FEFA|BdAF EDCE|
D2D2 FEFA|DCDF EDB,A,|D2D2 FEFA|(3Bcd AF E2|
|:(3Abc|dcec dAFA|Adcd egfe|dcec dAFA|BdAF E2:|
|:fg|afaf gfge|fafe dcBA|afaf gfge|faec d2:|
|:(3Abc|defd efge|faec dcBA|defd efge|faec d2(3Abc|
defd efge|faec dcBA|defd efge|faec d2||

Trevor

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by lazyhound

Tommy Gunn's (aka The Opera)

There is yet another version of the "Opera" in the Fiddler's Fakebook, where it is stated that the tune is of New England origin. This version has useful bowing information.
Trevor

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by lazyhound

Thanks, this is one i've been looking for. Here's another variation, which I came across hunting for the Molloy/Bradley version, which is the one I prefer.

Martin

M:4/4
K:G
DF |\G2 BG AGBG |\G2 BG GEDF |\
GFGB A^GAB |\BAGE EDDF |\
G2 BG AGBG |\G2 BG GEDF |\
GFGB A^GAB |\BAGE EDD^c |:
~d3 B3 AB |\d^cd B3 AB |\
~d3 B3 cB |\BAGE EDD^c ::
dgbg agbg |\dgbg ageg |\
gfge d^cdB \|1 BAGE EDD^c :
|2\BAGE EDDg |: edBg edBg |\
edBA G ~E3 |\B,EGB edBA |\
GFGE EDDg |\edBg edBg |\
edBA G ~E3 |\dA (3B^cd ed g2 |\
GFGE EDDF :|

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Conway

Noon Lasses

Hey Conway, isn't that "The Noone Lasses"?

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1729

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Phantom Button

Yeah, they look like the same tunes. The second parts seem quite different, but the remainders look like variations of the same.

# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Conway