Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on September 9th 2006 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Man Of Aran.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Road To Ennis, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
BA|:FBfe dcBd|cded cBAB|Fffe dcBA|FB (3BBB FB (3BBB|
FBfe dcBd|cded cBAc|(3ddd dc defg|afeg fddB:|afeg fddc|
|:(3ddd dc dfed|(3cBA eA fAeA|(3ddd dc defa|gfeg fddA|
dfaf dfaf|cefe cefe|Bcde fefg|afeg fddc:|afeg fd (3ddd:|
The Road To Ennis
I think this is a fairly recently composed tune; I wouldn't be surprised if somebody's entered it under another name. I got used to hearing it played on the banjo with a lot of triplets or equivalent treatment of crotchet-length notes, and find it difficult to imagine how the tune would work without these. But I much prefer it to The Musical Priest, another B Minor tune it is somewhat reminiscent of.
# Posted on September 9th 2006 by nicholas
(Every now and then I've tinkered with the ABC's of this one, since submitting it.)
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by nicholas
Road to Ennis = Man of Aran
Sounds like someone's version of Darech de Brun's Man of Aran with bits of The Musical Priest. Maybe.
# Posted on September 11th 2006 by pgm3
pgm3 - You're right, it must be Man Of Aran. Its own mother wouldn't know it now it's been through the mangle of the Durham (UK) sessions and my particular bid to remember and record it. But I still prefer it to The Musical Priest - cannibalising bits of the latter strikes me as quite fair game..!
# Posted on September 13th 2006 by nicholas