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Lavin's Favourite

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on January 2nd 2005 by geoffwright.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as The Fair Of Ballydareen, Larry Lavin's Choice, Lavin's Favorite, Tommy People's, Tommy Peoples'.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
A Cheap Present by Birkin Tree
Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
Altan by Altan
Altan's Finest by Altan
áthas by áthas
Bavan by M�abh O'Hare And Conor Byrne
Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Broken Hearted I'll Wander by Dolores Keane, John Faulkner And Eamonn Curran
Ceol Aduaidh by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh And Frankie Kennedy
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
Donal Lunny by Donal Lunny
Driven by Donall Donnelly And Brian Hanlon
Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
Farewell And Remember Me by Boys Of The Lough
Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
From West To East - Live Sessions by Various Artists
Gusty's Frolicks by Sean Keane
In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
In Safe Hands by Kieran Munnelly And Aidan O'Donnell
In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
Island Angel by Altan
Jane Blair And William MacMorran by Jane MacMorran
John McCusker by John McCusker
Macalla Na H�ige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
Ocean View by Shanachie
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
Once Again (1987-1993) by Altan
One More... by Caa A Dram
Osna by Osna
Reeds And Rosin by Todd Denman And Dale Russ
Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings by Shantalla
Standing Room Only by Eliot Grasso
Straight From The Bottle by Jameson's Revenge
Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
The Best Of Altan by Altan
The Boys Of Sligo by Dervish
The First Ten Years: 1986 - 1995 by Altan
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Green Hills Of Clare by The Crehan Family And Carl Corcoran
The Irish Low Whistle by Joe McKenna
The Long Notes by Brian Kelly, Jamie Smith, And Collette O'Leary
The Music Makers: Celebrating 35 Years Of Comhaltas In Leeds by Leeds CCE
The Piper's Call by Liam O'Flynn
The Piper's Rest by Jimmy Morrison
The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
The Stool Of Repentance by Donnybrook
The Thousand Mile Journey by Inu
Think Before You Think by Danu
Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
Three's Company by Martin Meehan
Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
Travelling Show by Dervish
Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples
Wherever You Go by Wild Asparagus

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Lavin's Favorite

From Dancing On Silver - Tim Collins

# Posted on January 2nd 2005 by geoffwright

Larry Lavin's Choice

There is a mistake in Geoff's transcription. Tim Collins plays through each part only once, without repeats.

This is also on Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh's 2nd album together (and the 1st as "Altan"), track 6, entitled "Tommy Peoples'". That setting is as follows:

X: 1
T: Tommy Peoples'
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A2FB ABdf|edfe fddB|A2FA ABdB|1 AFEG FDDB:|2 AFEG FDD2||
|:FAdA BAdA|(3Bcd ed cAAG|FAdA BAdB|1 AFEG FDDG:|2 AFEG FDD2||

It's not a Tommy Peoples composition though - it just came from his playing. Proof of this is in the fact that it appears in O'Neill's under the title "Larry Lavin's Choice" (edited a bit by me for easy comparison):

X: 1
T: Larry Lavin's Choice
S: O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1551
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A2FA ABdf|edfd edBd|A2FA ABdB|1 AFEG FDDB:|2 AFEG FDD2||
|:FAdA BAdA|Beed cAA2|1 FAdA BAdF|GFEG FDD2:|2 FAAc BAdB|AFEG FDD2||

# Posted on April 13th 2008 by Dow

The Ballydareen Fair (aka. T. Peoples')

Another transcription here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4222

# Posted on April 13th 2008 by slainte