Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 5th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Bill McEvoy's No. 2, McEvoy's No. 2.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: McEvoy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2 Bd ~g3e|=fdc_B AFFD|C=F F/F/F dFcF|_BAGA =F/E/D ^CE|
DGBd ~g3e|=fdc_B AFFD|C=F F/F/F dFcF|1 _BGAF DGGF:|2 _BGAF GA=Bd||
g2 b/a/g dgbg|e/f/g ag fdef|g2 bg dgbg|agfa ~g3a|
bgaf gfde|e/f/g ag fdcA|DGBd g2 ag|1 fdcA G/G/G Bd:|2 fdcA G3E||
McEvoy's No. 2
Transcribed from the playing of Conor McCarthy and Christy Barry on their CD "Late...in the Night." The liner notes don't say where they got this tune or who might have composed it. I like its twists and turns, as much in G Dorian as it is in G major.
# Posted on October 5th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Bill McEvoy's No. 2
This is a Sean Ryan composition. Here's how it appears in his book, "The Hidden Ireland" on page #38:
X: 1
T: Bill McEvoy's No. 2
C:Sean Ryan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GF|G2 Bd ~g3e|=fdc_B AF~F2|C=F ~F2 dFcF|_BAG=F DGG^F|
DGBd ~g3e|=fdc_B AF~F2|C=F ~F2 dFcF| _BAG=F DG:||
Bd|g2 bg dgbg|fgag fdef|g2 bg dgbg|agfa ~g3a|
bgag gfde|fgag fdcA|DGBd gbag| fdcA G2:||
# Posted on October 5th 2006 by Phantom Button
Will, that 2nd F in bar 2 comes out wrong in the midi. Sounds as though it should be Fnat. With abc, if the octave changes then it defaults back to the key sig. (From Dow via bb's identity).
# Posted on October 7th 2006 by shoddy fiddle player
Weird. Yes, it's supposed to be F nat in the lower octave as well. I ran it through the Tune-o-Tron and it came out fine as typed.
So what's it like "being bb"? A bit Malkovichian?
# Posted on October 7th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Nice tune. Who was Bill McEvoy?
# Posted on October 7th 2006 by 52Paddy