The Merry Harriers

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Also known as A Cup Of Tea, The Tinker's , The Tinker's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
• Beal A' Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
• Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
• Celtic Aire by Dordan
• Celtic Passion by John Williams, Dean Magraw
• Ceolbeg by Ceolbeg
• Dancing Through Ireland by Various Artists
• Doorways And Windowsills by Antoin Mac Gabhann And Mick O'Connor
• Dublin Made Me by Liam O'Connor And Seán McKeon
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Irish Dance Music - Folkways LP by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
• Jigs To The Moon by Dordan
• Master Irish Fiddle Player by Tommy Peoples
• Oldtime Records Vol 1 (U.S. Recordings) by Various Artists
• Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
• The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
• The Life Of Riley's Brother by Colcannon
• The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Red Crow by Altan
• The Windy Gap by Laurence Nugent
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Upon My Soul by James Carty

X: 1
T: Merry Harriers, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
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|:eaag efgf|eaag edBd|eaag efge|afge dgfg:|

The Merry Harriers

This is another quite different setting of the Merry Harriers http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1230
I think this is something like the version in O'Neills, and it's got a different B-part to Altan's version.

# Posted on May 20th 2004 by Dow

A Cup Of Tea

This is a Scottish pipe-tune - "A Cup Of Tea".

# Posted on May 20th 2004 by Kenny

The first part of the tune is almost identical to what I learned as Flowers of Redhill some weeks ago. And I think the second part is very similar to the first part of Mick Hoy's: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1231 I don't know, but maybe these three tunes have the same origin.

# Posted on May 21st 2004 by slainte

The Cup of Tea in melbays petercooper book is the other cup of tea, not this one. This tune, which is completely differsnt, is called the Cup of Tea Reel in Coles book, 1000 fiddle tunes printed in chicago in 1940 or so. Both tunes are great I think, both my cup of tea!

# Posted on May 27th 2004 by vboyd100

I've just noticed Vallely brothers from Armagh recorded a different version of the tune as "The Tinker's Reel."

# Posted on July 11th 2004 by slainte

Also related to...

The Merry Sisters of Fate: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/623

# Posted on January 29th 2006 by slainte