Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on February 6th 2005 by patrick cavanagh.
This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Niamh's Capers
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
CE(3EEE DFAF|EFAc BAED|CE(3EEE DFAc|dDcD BDAD|
CE(3EEE DFAF|EAcA GABG|ABce fecf|1 ec=c^c BAED:|2 ec=c^c BcAc||
eA(3AAA fAaf|eAcA BcAc|eA(3AAA fecf|ecBA Bcd^d|
eA(3AAA fecf|ecBA BcAB|cA(3AAA GABc|1 ecAc BcAc:|2 ecAc BAED||
Niamh's Capers
Composed by Gerry (Banjo) O'Connor, named for one of his daughters, I think.
I actually learned this from Seamus (The Famous) Egan's playing on Theo Paige's album (it's the very last cut listed as Cunningham's Favorite) before I ever heard Gerry's own version. They played it in A which is how I've written it here.On Time To Time Gerry is playing it in the key of Eb which, even transposed to D, would be way too high up the neck for most humans. Also, Theo and Seamus play the B part as: eA(3AAA fAaf|eAaf eAaf|eA(3AAA fA(3aaa|aggg gffg|e...etc.(or something like that) which is way more catchy (or gimmicky if you prefer) than the original. However, aside from the key change I tried to be as faithful as possible to Gerry's playing of his own tune.
# Posted on February 6th 2005 by patrick cavanagh