The Tap Room

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on May 29th 2002 by kardshark87.

This tune has been added to 154 tunebooks.

Also known as Charlie O'Donnell's, The Hard Road To Travel, Hopetoun House, In The Tap Room, The Ranting Widow, Sweet Molly, The Taproom, The Youngest Daughter.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 15 Times Around by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• A Rival Heart by Mark Evans
• Altan by Altan
• An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty
• Ar An Bhfidil by Oisin MacDiarmada
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Caledonia's Hardy Sons by Silly Wizard
• Celtic Sessions by William Coulter
• Clan Ranald by Martin Tourish And Luke Ward
• Darby's Farewell by Josie McDermott
• Farewell To Ireland CD 4 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
• Fit? by Old Blind Dogs
• Foxglove by Moving Cloud
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• How The West Was Won by De Danann
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• Kevin Burke In Concert by Kevin Burke
• My Love Is In America by Shaskeen
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy Keenan by Paddy Keenan
• Pick It Up by Enda Scahill
• Raise The Rafters by Molly's Revenge
• The Iron Behind The Velvet by Christy Moore
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Road Of Tears by Battlefield Band
• The Shores Of Lough Graney by P.J.Hayes And Martin Hayes
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
• Toss The Feathers by Ted Furey And Brendan Byrne
• Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Tuned Up by Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry
• Turning The Tune by Charlie Lennon
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Tap Room, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF DEFD|E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF BEED|
E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF DEF2|afge fde^c|dBAF DEFD:|
B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 AF DEFD|B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 Ac BE E2|
B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 AF DEFD|afge fde^c|dBAF DEFD:|

I got this one of the "Smoke In Your Eyes" book.

# Posted on May 29th 2002 by kardshark87

What "Smoke In Your Eyes" book? Where did you get it?

# Posted on May 30th 2002 by burek

Book

I'm assuming the 3rd book written by Caoimhin Gaimh? Page 84? Yup, that's the one!
You could probably get it online. I got mine from Skip Healy.

# Posted on May 30th 2002 by Josh Kane

Yup...That's where I got mine. http://www.skiphealy.com/frames/fr_music.htm
That's a link to the book...For all of those who are interested.

Brent

# Posted on May 30th 2002 by kardshark87

Thanks! Any advice on a good introductory book for someone struggling with concertina?
Birgit

# Posted on May 31st 2002 by burek

The Tap Room

Source: Mary McNamara Transcription: g.m.p.

|:E2BE [Dd]EBE|dBAF DEFD|E2BE [Dd]EBE|dBAF BEED|
E2BE [Dd]EBE|dBAF DEFA|afge fdec|dBAF BEE2:|:
e3f gfec|dBAF DFGD|Beef gfec||dBAF BEE2|
Beef gfec|dBAF DFGA|afge fdec|dBAF BEE2:|

I love Mary McNamara.
( is she married? )

# Posted on April 3rd 2003 by gian marco

Mode

Shouldn't this be E Dorian (which would make all of those accidental C#s non-accidental, and would require an accidental natural on the C in the 12th measure)?

# Posted on January 24th 2004 by GaryAMartin

The Tap Room

I love Mary MacNamara too. But, nobody can beat the energetic and imaginative playing of "The Tap Room Trio." I've been playing this tune mixing their version and more common versions.

K: Edor
E2(3ABc d2Bc|dBAF DEFD|E2BE dEBE|dBAF BEED|
E2(3ABc d2Bc|dBAF DEF2|afge fdec|1 dBAF BEED:|2 dBAF BEE2||
Bdef gfed|BdAF DEFD|Bdef gfed|BdAF BEE2|
Bdef gfed|BdAF DEF2|afge fdec|1 dBAF BEE2:|2 dBAF BEED||

# Posted on December 11th 2004 by slainte

The Hard Road to Travel

K: Edor
E2Be edB2|dBAF DEFD|E2Be edB2|dBAF BFAF:|
e2ef gfef|dBAF DEFD|~e3f gfef|dBAF BFAF|
edef gfef|dBAB defg|abag fgfe|dBAF BFAF||

It's based on Mike Rafferty's beautiful playing, but not exactly the same: http://www.worldtrad.org/MP3/WFO1/MIKE%20RAFFERTY.mp3 This is a really nice version for flute not only because it sounds lovely but because it carefully avoids C notes.

The tune itself seems one of many descendants of "Drowsy Maggie" and "Sleepy Maggie." Here are the links to particularly similar tunes:

Fling setting: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/444
3-part setting: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2626

# Posted on April 16th 2005 by slainte

Here's a tune I got at my local session which seems to be a version of The Tap Room:

X: 1
T: Dermot McLaughlin's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
EGBd cABc|d2AF DEED|EGBd cABc|1 dBAd BEED:|2 dBAd BEEA||
Beed egfe|defg afed|Beed egfe|dBAd BEEA|
Beed egfe|defg a2fa|bgeg ~f3e|dBAd BEED||

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by Dow

Actually it's a bit like the Rolling Barrel also.

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by Dow

Classic Set

Rolling in the Barrell/ The Tap Room/ The Earl's Chair

East Clare musicians sometimes play the set. It's on Mary MacNamara's first album, and I played it with Pat O'Connor in Tokyo! It seems popularised by Paddy Canny and P.J. Hayes.

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by slainte

Anyway, the first part of Dow's version reminds me of Donegal setting of "Drowsy Maggie." D. McLaughlin is a Donegal fiddler, isn't he? The second part is very similar to that of the version recorded by "The Tap Room Trio": http://mad.elive.net/productaudio/SPINCD1007_3.mp3

I think I have to confine myself to one or two settings of this tune. Just confusing.

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by slainte

Da yo ne, today inbetween bouts of study I've been playing through Rolling In The Barrel, Tap Room, Drowsy Maggie normal, Drowsy Maggie Donegal, Dermot McLaughlin's and that other one, the Reel With The Birl, and now I'm thoroughly confused.

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by Dow

My favourtie setting of Maggie: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2215#comment129390

# Posted on April 18th 2005 by slainte

Sweet Molly

I play another varient in E (I think Mixolydian) as "Sweet Molly". I have always played it alone as a little party piece on the mandoline because no-one else ever seems to know it.

I have no idea where I got it and have always assumed it was a Scottish variation on Drowsy Maggie, but it's a much lighter tune. I just stumbled on it, however, on The Fiddlers Companion at http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/HONOR_HOW.htm as Hopetoun House, and apparently it was first published under this name in 1760 - so perhaps it predates Drowsy Maggie?

If I understand rightly what the text is saying, O'Neill renamed it to "The Youngest Daughter".

# Posted on May 19th 2005 by LowProfile

Another tune called The Tap Room

In her collection "A Drop In The Ocean", Josephine Keegan has notated a tune in E Minor which she calls The Tap Room which bears little resemblance to this one. I set out the tune below. Anyone know this by another name?

X:1
T:The Tap Room
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:Em
|:Beef e2dB|AD (3FED FAAc|Beef edBc|dBAc BEE2|
Beef e2dB|AD (3FED FAAc|Beef edBc|dBAc BEE2:||
|:(3Bcd eg fde^c|defg afed|(3Bcd eg fde^c|dBAc BEE2|
(3Bcd eg fde^c|defg afef|g2ge f2fe|dBAc BEE2:||

# Posted on July 25th 2005 by Aidan Crossey

Someone mentioned the "Youngest Daughter". Norbeck has a separate entry for that, but it's clearly just a version of the Tap Room. The 1st couple of bars do have echoes of Farewell To Ireland, though:

X: 1
T: Youngest Daughter, The
R: reel
H: See also "In the Tap Room", #295.
H: The name is from O'Neill's, since there is no name on Mary Bergin's recording
D: Mary Bergin: Feadoga Stain
Z: id:hn-reel-378
M: C|
K: Edor
~E3G BEGB|dBAF DEFD|~E3G BEGB|dBAF BEED|
~E3G BEGB|dBAF DEFD|a2ge fdec|1 dBAF BEED:|2 dBAF BE~E2||
|:~e3f gfec|dBAF DEFD|~e3f gfec|dBAF BE~E2|
~e3f gfec|d2ce d2fg|afge fdec|1 dBAF BE~E2:|2 dBAF BEED||

# Posted on September 5th 2007 by Dow

Aidan, that tune in Josephine Keegan's book is a version of the Queen Of May http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2518, only with a non-standard B-part similar to a version in O'Neill's entitled Kitty Losty's.

# Posted on September 5th 2007 by Dow

I think the tune entitled "Charlie O'Donnell's" on the first Altan album is a Donegal version of the Tap Room. Compare with the tune I posted as "Dermot McLaughlin's" above.

X: 1
T: Charlie O'Donnell's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Altan
R: reel
K: Edor
EB~B2 BABc|d2AF DEFD|~E2cE BABc|dAFA BE~E2|
EB~B2 BABc|d2AF DEFD|EBBA FABc|dBA=c BE~E2||
Beed egfe|d2fd adfd|Beed egfe|dAFA BE~E2|
Beed egfe|defg abaf|gage fgfe|dBAF DEFD||

# Posted on May 19th 2008 by Dow