For The Sake Of Old Decency

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on April 8th 2004 by jdave.

This tune has been added to 96 tunebooks.

Also known as Darby's Farewell, Farewell To Auld Decency, Farewell To Old Decancy, Farewell To Old Decency, Farewell To Oul Decency, Farewell To Oul' Decency, For Sake Of Old Decency, For The Sake Of All Decency, For The Sake Of Auld Decency, For The Sake Of Ol' Decency, For The Sakes Of Old Decency, P. Joe's, Tommy Coen's And Eddie Moloney's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Breath Of Fresh Air by Kevin Crawford
A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Rival Heart by Mark Evans
Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway by Various Artists
Ceolmhar by Holly Geraghty And Jonathan Roche
Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
For The Sake Of Old Decency by Various Artists
For The Sake Of Old Decency by Cathal McConnel And Len Graham
Go For It by Deirin De
It's Not Racket Science by At The Racket
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
Maiden Voyage by Various Artists
Outside The Box by Billy McComiskey
Rabharta by Feenish
Ready For The Storm by Déanta
The Eagle's Whistle by Michael Tubridy
The Hop Down by Breda Keville
The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan, Chris McGrath
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
Upon My Soul by James Carty
We Were Drinking And Kissing The Ladies by Hugh Healy And Michael O'Connell
Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill
With Every Breath by John Wynne

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

For the Sake of Old Decency

I learned this from Micheal Tubridy's excellent recording, The Eagle's Whistle, which I was going to post but someone else beat me to it. The tune is first in a set: For the Sake of Old Decency/Peata Beag Mo Mhathar/Gone for his Tea/It Goes as Follies.

I will post the rest of the set as soon as possible, they go really nice together.

# Posted on April 8th 2004 by jdave

For the Sake of Old Decency

BTW, those bottom D's in the second part are not notation mistakes. Michael actually plays it like that;after a little practice on the flute they flow naturally. I don't how hard it is to play on other instruments like the fiddle or accordion. You could probably transpose them up an octave.

# Posted on April 8th 2004 by jdave

"For the Sake of Auld Decency" ~ a fine East Galway setting

Submitted on July 9th 2006 by tmcelrea.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5947

K: G Major
d2 BG AE ~E2 | AcBG A2 GB | d2 BG AE ~E2 |1 DGB,D EGGB :|
2 DGB,D EG G2 ||
G2 GB d2 Bd | ea ~a2 ea a2 | G2 GB d2 Bd | ea ~a2 bgag |
G2 GB d2 Bd | ea ~a2 eaag | bage g2 ed | egag bgag ||

This is the second reel from the first track of 'Briging the Gap' by Kevin and Sean Moloney. On the ablum it is listed simply as 'Gan Ainm.' According to the liner notes, the tune was played by Eddie Moloney (Sean's father) and Tommy Coen, both of East Galway.

Although I think that this is a reasonable approximation of the album, any corrections would be appreciated.

# Posted on July 9th 2006 by tmcelrea

# Posted on July 9th 2006 by ceolachan

Goes well after Fr. O'Grady's Trip to Boca.

# Posted on October 14th 2007 by dinn2

Watch and listen to Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O'Mahoney play this together: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_227_4_micheal_o_raghallaigh_and_danny_omahoney

# Posted on October 14th 2007 by slainte

It seems the Tulla Ceili Band recorded and popularised the set of the D major version of this tune and the E dorian version of the Steampacket: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7862

# Posted on October 16th 2007 by slainte

For The Sake Of Old Decency

Here's the way Jimmy Noonan plays it on the Maple Leaf.

X: 1
T: For The Sake Of Old Decency
Z: Jack Gilder
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d2BG AGEG|DGBG A2Bc|d2BG AGEG|dBAG EG~G2:||
~G3B d2Bd|eaag egg2|1~G3B d2ge|dega bgg2:|2 bgag egdB|~d2bg ageg||

# Posted on June 13th 2008 by Phantom Button

For the Sake of Old Decency (aka's P. Joe's)

PB, I have a very nice Plough session recording of you and Marla playing this in D, very similar to the version in the Comhaltas link above. Is that the key you usually play this in, or is G more common around these parts?

# Posted on January 3rd 2009 by Keith Dubinsky

Martin hayes version

this tune is linked to the P. Joes on 'welcome here again' by martin hayes... i think that its quite a bit different, does anyone know the hayes version of it? thanks,

# Posted on February 24th 2009 by casteelsm

Martin Hayes version

The Martin Hayes version is just transposed down a fifth, so it starts on G in the key of C - if you play the fiddle, the C major version has exactly the same fingerings as the G major one, it's just played one string down. One or two measures are played and ornamented a little differently, though.

# Posted on September 16th 2010 by Adrian M

For the Sake of Old Decency in D major

Here's a transcription from the CCE video clip cited above:

X: 1
T: For the Sake of Old Decency
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: CCE video, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) and Danny O’Mahoney (button accordion)
K: D
dB|A2 FD EFDF|(3ABA FD EDB,B|A2 FD EFDF|AFED B,DDB|
A2 FD EFDF|(3ABA FD EDB,B|A2 FD EFDF|AFED B,DDC||
D3F (3ABA FA|deed Bdd2|D3F ADFA|BdAF FEEF|
D/D/D DF A2 FA|deed Bdd2|D3F ADFA|ABde fedB||

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Will Harmon

As played by Martin and P. Joe Hayes on Shores of Lough Graney

They call it P. Joe's Reel.

In Dmajor

X: 1
T: P. Joe's Reel
T: For the Sake of Old Decency
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: The Shores of Lough Graney, P. Joe and Martin Hayes
K: D
B|A2 FD EFDF|A2 FD EDB,B|A2 FD EFDF|AFED B,DDB|
A2 FD EFDF|A2 FD EDB,B|A2 FD EFDF|AFED B,DD2||
D3A A2 FA|dBed Bdd2|D3A A2 FA|BdAF FEEF|
D3A A2 FA|dBed Bcd2|D3A A2 FA|ABde fedB||

# Posted on July 13th 2011 by Will Harmon

Martin Hayes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBSC7vQ2Wg

# Posted on May 18th 2012 by SmashTheWindows