The Famous Ballymote

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on November 23rd 2001 by Jdharv.

This tune has been added to 139 tunebooks.

Also known as Famous Ballymote.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1975 The First by The Bothy Band
• A Stone's Throw by Michael Cooney
• Afterhours by The Bothy Band
• Dochas by Dochas
• Down The Line by Ciaran Tourish
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• North-by-NorthWest by Eliot Grasso And Dave Cory
• Tempered by Last Night's Fun
• The Irish Low Whistle by Joe McKenna
• The Kells by The Kells
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan
• Time On Our Hands by SiobhᮠPeoples And Murty Ryan
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Wound Up by Deirin De

X: 1
T: Famous Ballymote, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
FDAD FAAB|cABG EFGE|FDAD FAAB|cAGE ED D2:||
FDFA d2 ed|cABG EFGE|FDFA d2 ed|cAGE ED D2:||

Guitarists beware

This tune is listed as G major, but it's actually D mixolydian. New guitarists should be aware that if you try to resolve it to a G chord, it's not going to work.
Now you know.
-jon

# Posted on December 2nd 2001 by Jon Kiparsky

Another recording

Icame to this tune from an album called
Journey - The Best Of Donal Lunny (Disc 1)
same set as bothy band i.e Kesh/ Give us a drink of Water/ Famous Bellymote... but live... v.good

# Posted on November 16th 2006 by paulflute