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Granny In The Corner

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on April 19th 2004 by Stewart.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Also known as Gerry Bevon's, The Granny In The Corner, The Volunteer.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Any Old Time by Any Old Time
Boys Of The Lough by Boys Of The Lough
Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
The Back Door by Cherish The Ladies
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The New Strung Harp by Maire Ni Chathasaigh
With Complements by Patsy Reid

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X: 1
T: Granny In The Corner
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
GE|:D3E G3B|AGAB G2AB|c2cB cBAG|E2ED EGGE|
D3E G3B|AGAB G2AB|cded cAGE|[1D3E D2GE:|[2D3E D2Bc||
|:dgdB c2cA|B2BA GABc|dBcA BAGE|D3E D2Bc|
dgdB c2cA|B2BA GABc|d2c2B2E2|[1D6Bc:|[2D6|]||

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This reel followed by Father Kelly's Reel (in G) makes a good set.

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by Stewart

I like the title--I'm picturing Granny in satiny silver shorts with a big red waist band, pulled up over her navel, a black sports bra, and big red boxing gloves, sitting on a stool in the contender's corner of the ring....

But I'm curious about the tune--is this old trad, or new, or your own composition?

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by Will CPT

From The Fiddler's Companion: "GRANNY IN THE CORNER, THE. Irish, Reel. Shanachie 79002, "The Boys of the Lough" (1973. Learned from "the late" fiddler and story-teller Mickey Docherty, "of the travelling people")."

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by Stewart

Excellent! Sorry-- no doubt I beat you to the punch (groan) with my query.

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by Will CPT

Granny The Volunteer

Beat me to the punch too. I was going to post this reel this week, because it had been requested under it's other title, "The Volunteer". "Any Old Time " recorded this reel as "The Volunteer" on their first LP. A fine tune on the flute.

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by Kenny

And to think all this time Granny was hiding under the guise of The Volunteer in my M. Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book! My version of Granny is from Caoimhin Gaimh's (Kevin Gow) "Smoke In Your Eyes" Seattle sessions tune book.

# Posted on April 20th 2004 by Stewart

The Volunteer

There's a great performance of this tune on Rodney Miller's Airdance CD. The tune follows Kilcommon waltz and is played at the beginning, brilliantly, by David Surette on guitar. He adds more notes in the first measures: it's more like

|:DEGB AGBG|AGDE GABd|

I generally think of this tune as being in G, not Dmix. Even though both sections end in D, the tonality seems to be in G; I think it's because of the G, C, D chord progression. Maybe it's me.

# Posted on February 21st 2006 by jonathanjo

It seems to have scottish overtones in the tune and rhythm;
Isn't this what is called a 'single' or a fling ??
& the c's can be moved up to d to give it full pentatonic flavour and the whole can be kept within the scottish pipe range...

# Posted on September 27th 2006 by birlibirdie