The Fairy

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 4th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Treasury Of Irish Music 2 by Various Artists
• Altan by Altan
• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• An Tobar Gl�é by Neil Mulligan
• Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
• Beauty An Oileáin: Music And Song Of The Blasket Islands by Various Artists
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• First Hand by Mairi Rankin
• Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
• In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
• Irish Jigs by Paul Hutchinson, John Hymas And Tony Harris
• Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
• Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
• Pride Of The West by John Wynne And John McEvoy
• Providence III by Providence
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• Shetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
• Strangest Dream by Popcorn Behavior
• Take To The Floor by Haste To The Wedding
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The High Notes by The High Notes
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Stone In The Field by Tommy Reck
• The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
• We'll Seek No More Engagements by Aidan Crossey

X: 1
T: Fairy, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
B2 BA GBdB | cBAG FGAc | BG G2 dcAg | fgaf gfed |
dBBA GBdB | cBAG FGAc | BG G2 cBAG |1 FGAF G3 A :|2 FGAF G2 Bc ||
|: d2 dg e2 ed | cA A2 d2 dc | BG G2 dcAg | fgaf gfed |
dBdg e2 ed | cA A2 d2 dc | BG G2 cBAG |1 FGAF G3 A :|2 FGAF G4 ||

The Fairy Reel

From Kevin Burke & Jacky Daly's "Eavesdropper" CD. An Irish version of Nathaniel Gow's "Fairy Dance" , but played in G. Often preceded by "O'Connell's Trip To Parliament", the pairing of reels coming from that CD, and notable for introducing Conal O'Grada to a lot of people.

# Posted on May 4th 2004 by Kenny

The Fairy Reel

Mick O'Brien and Kevin O'Reilly recently recorded the original Scottish setting in D. It's on one of the great whistle duet tracks of the album. According to Kevin's notes, D major one is relatively popular among Irish pipers: he informs us even Willie Clancy was playing it. But this G major one also sounds very familiar to me. Isn't it similar to one of Paddy Fahy tunes? http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2294

# Posted on May 4th 2004 by slainte

Don't think so

No, slainte - as I said, this is a version of Gow's "Fairy Dance" in G - nothing to do with Paddy Fahy, as far as I am aware.

# Posted on May 4th 2004 by Kenny

The tune on the Glackin album is The Fairy Jig, not this reel.

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by soft black stars

This particular version of the reel is also on "The Best of Seamus Tansey."

# Posted on March 16th 2007 by slainte

Also on John McEvoy and John Wynne's very recent duet album "The Pride of the West."

# Posted on August 19th 2007 by slainte