Crossing The Shannon

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on January 8th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 45 tunebooks.

Also known as Across The Shannon, The Funny.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• Sligo Ceili by Seamus Tansey
• The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• The Session by Na Connerys
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh

X: 1
T: Crossing The Shannon
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: FG | Add2 AdFG | Ad~d2 fdBd | Add2 fdAF | G2FG EFGB |
Ad~d2 AdFG | Add2 fdBd | Adfa gefa | gece d2 :|
|: FG | Ad~d2 fage | fage fdBd | Add2 fdAF | G2FG EFGB |
Ad~d2 fage | fage fdBd | Adfa gefa | gece d2 :|

Just a thought on notes-

making the 'c' natural also sounds good

# Posted on March 18th 2003 by micelfife

Additional info

I learned this tune in the key of C from the playing of the Kane Sisters. They play it after what sounds like a Fahy-ized version of Ed Reavy's "Red Tom of the Hills" (almost all F's totally natural in the A part).

They credit this tune as being composed by Paddy O'Brien (not sure which one they meant).

# Posted on October 16th 2004 by _Steph_

I've heard the B-part as Ad~d2 fage|f2df afdB|A...

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by Dow

Wrong tune

The "Crossing the Shannon" on Na Connerys isn't this tune at all. Closest is the reel Man of the House.

# Posted on August 26th 2005 by tradplayer

Paddy Fahy

On the album by Brian Fitzgerald, Oisin MacDiarmada and Michael Rooney, the tune is attributed to Paddy Fahy. Apparently Fahy gave the tune to Joe Burke saying "it's a funny kind of old thing and you might make something out of it". Thus, it was christened the Funny Reel.

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by PaddyCmusic