Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on June 4th 2002 by kardshark87.
This tune has been added to 193 tunebooks.
Also known as Docherty's, Doherty's, Gweebarra Bridge, Doherty's, The Killarney Boys Of Pleasure.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Killarney Boys Of Pleasure
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
E2 F/E/D E2 FA|BFAF DEFA|B2 Bd e2 ed|BdAF DEFD|
E2 F/E/D E2 FA|BFAF DEFA|B2 Bd e2 ed|BdAF FEED:|
Beee Befe|BdAF DEFA|f2 fe f2 fe|dBAF DEFA
Beee Befe|BdAF DEFA|f2 fe defe|dBAF E3 z:|
I heard this one on Lunasa's "Merry Sisters of Fate" CD...I learned it from the "Smoke in Your Eyes" book.
# Posted on June 4th 2002 by kardshark87
Well, Kardshark87, you beat me to this! I was going to try posting this as my first tune here! But I'm glad to see it; it's a favorite of mine. I'm not home with my albums right now, but off the top of my head, some other recordings are:
Mike and Mary Rafferty, on The Old Fireside Music, under the tune title Doherty's. (in a set with The Dunmore Lasses.)
The fiddler Paul O'Shaughnessy, under the name Gweebarra Bridge, on his solo album. (will submit the name tomorrow.)
Altan, also with the Donegal tune name Gweebarra Bridge, on their latest album.
Mike Casey, under the name "Killarney Boys of Pleasure" on his album called (I think) The Hourglass.
Well, I'll submit any additions as soon as I have them. Great tune!
# Posted on June 4th 2002 by Zhenya
Sorry!
# Posted on June 4th 2002 by kardshark87
Continuation of yesterday's comment
To fill in the gaps: Paul O'Shaughnessy's album is called Stay Another While. The new album by Altan is The Blue Idol. Other info above is correct. And here's one more recording of this tune:
Maggie Sansone, on the album Mist and Stone, under the tune name Killarney Boys of Pleasure.
# Posted on June 5th 2002 by Zhenya
Killarney boys
Recorded by "The Boys Of The Lough" on their first 1972(?) album.
# Posted on June 8th 2002 by Kenny
really good for fiddle players to pizzicato the a and e string with the left hand as you come to repeat the second half. heard it done when i was in donegal and it sounds amazing, especially when rabharta ceol.
# Posted on October 1st 2003 by phelanfiddl
I'm not entirely clear which notes should be played pizzicato. The first bar of the second part indeed has open e's but there is no "a", only a "b", which isn't easy to play cleanly with left-hand pizzicato without considerable practice.
Trevor
# Posted on October 1st 2003 by lazyhound
Kllarney Boys of Pleasure
Or do you mean pizzing the open E and A together in the first bar of the second half?
Btw, this is really a tune in the pentatonic scale (no G or C), so chordal accompanists should bear this in mind.
Trevor
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by lazyhound
Doherty's ( Killarney Boys Of Pleasure ) by Mike Rafferty
T:Killarney Boys of Pleasure (Gweebarra Bridge)
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Mike & Mary Rafferty - The Old Fireside Music
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:EDor
|~E2FD E2FA|BFAE DEFA|BA(3Bcd ezed|(3Bcd AF DEFD|
E2FD E2FA|BFAE DEFA|BA(3Bcd ezed|1B2AF FEED:|2B2AF FE~E2|:
Beed Beed|ABAF DEFA|~f3e fzfe|dBAF DE~F2|
Beed Beed|ABAF DEFA|~f3e dzBA|1(3Bcd AF FE~E2:|2(3Bcd AF FEED|
# Posted on February 5th 2004 by gian marco
Killarney Boys Of Pleasure by Lunasa
T:Killarney Boys of Pleasure (Gweebarra Bridge)
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Lunasa_"The Merry Sisters of Fate"
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:EDor
E2FE E2 (3FGA|B2AF DEFA|~B3d efed|BdAF FE (3DEF|
DEFE E2 (3FGA|B2AF DEFA|~B3d efed|1B2AD FE (3DEF:|2B2AD FEEA||:
BeeA BeeB|dBAF DEFA|~f3e fgfe|dBAF DEFA|
BeeA BeeB|dBAF DEFA|~f3e dffe|1dBAF FEE2:|2dBAF FEFD||
# Posted on February 5th 2004 by gian marco