The Flooded Road To Glenties

reel

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on June 14th 2004 by jdave.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Clàr Geal - The White Album by Alasdair White
• An Clár Geal by Alasdair White
• Atlantic Roar by Paul Bradley
• Irish Music by Sualtam
• Isn't Anyone Going To Stop Them? by The Magic Square
• It's About Time by Allie Bennett
• Letting Go... by Katherine Irwin Thomas
• The Morning After by Beneche
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• Woman Of The House by Cherish The Ladies

X: 1
T: Flooded Road To Glenties, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
FB~B2 dfec|dfec BAFE|FB~B2 faag|afeg ~f3e|
~f3e fded|~B3c defg|af~f2 fedc|1dfec ~B3A:|2dfec ~B3c||
dB~B2 aB^gB|fB~B2 ~B3c|dB~B2 faag|afeg ~f3e|
~f3e fded|~B3c defg|af~f2 fedc|1dfec ~B3c:|2dfec ~B3A||

Learned from the playing of Jesse Smith on a Cherish the Ladies album. They list it simply as "B minor Reel" *grr* If you need to practice your b rolls this is the tune to play!

-Jonathan

# Posted on June 14th 2004 by jdave

This tune is actually called "The Flooded Road to Glenties." For another transcription see:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3440

-Jonathan

# Posted on December 20th 2004 by jdave

Yes indeed it is 'The Flooded Road to Glenties' and composed by the late Jimmy McHugh of Tyrone and Glasgow.

# Posted on November 25th 2005 by Sharon the Flute