The Repeal Of The Union

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on February 13th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 76 tunebooks.

Also known as The Hen And Her Brood, Millstone, The Millstone, Peel Of The Onion, Repeal Of The Union.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Toilean Aerach by Johnny Connolly
• Ceol An Clair by Various Artists
• Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
• Close To Home by Dónal Clancy
• Homeward Way by Bards Of A Feather
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• It's A Hard Road To Travel by Andy McGann And Paul Brady
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Local Ground by Altan
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Over The Edge by Moher
• Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
• Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
• The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
• The Croppy's Complaint: Music And Songs Of 1798 by Various Artists
• The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Professor by James Morrison
• The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Various Artists
• The Whirlwind by Paddy Glackin And Robbie Hannan
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• With Friends Like These by Various Artists
• With Friends Like These by James Keane

X: 1
T: Repeal Of The Union, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: ADED ~A2AG | E2cE dEcB | ADED ~A2AG | E2cE EDD2 :|
|: Adde fdec | ABcA dBcB | Adde fdcA | GEcE EDD2 |
Adde fdec | ABcd eg~g2 | afge fdcA | GEcE EDD2 ||

The Hen and Her Brood?

The Repeal of the Union appears on The Best of the Chieftains - I don't know which album it originally came from. It's a real piping tune. Those D-E-D groups in bars 1 and 4 of the first part can be played as D-crans, or the E-D can be made into an F#-E-D triplet.

I've never come across it under any other name before. There is quite a different tune called The Hen and Her Brood, which I posted in The Session a few months ago.

# Posted on February 15th 2002 by granama

Repeal of the union

In O`´Neills 1001 dance songs the song appears, but with Csharp, triplets and all that jazz; It´s one of my practice pieces at the moment. In passing, thanks for the (in)site... greetings from Germany, Barry

# Posted on February 18th 2002 by barryglasson

F's

This is also sometimes played with F naturals.

# Posted on May 24th 2002 by Josh Kane

The Chieftains played The Repeal of the Union as the second tune of track 6 (No. 6 The Coombe) on The Chieftains 7.

# Posted on April 15th 2004 by turophile

"The Repeal of the Union" / "The Emyvale Reel" ~ in A Mixolydian

Submitted on June 26th 2006 by Maryland-Highlander.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5902

Altan's version...

# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan

"The Repeal of the Union"

K: D Mixolydian
|: c |
AD (3DDD AD (3FED | GEcE dEcE | AD (3FED ADFD | GEcE EDD :|
B |
Ad-de fdec | A2 (3cBA dBcB | Adde (3fed ed | GEcE DcBc |
Ad (3ddd fd e2 | A>BcA dB (3cBA | a2 (3gfe fdec | GEcE D3 ||

# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan