Miss Thorton's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as Miss Thornton, Miss Thornton's, The Winding Stream, Woodford Fling, The Woodford Fling, The Woodford Highland Fling, The Woodford Highland.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Dance Visit To Ireland by McCusker Brothers Ceilidhe Band
• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• Archives #1 by Jean Carignan And Gilles Losier
• Archives #3 by Jean Carignan
• Are Here Again by Trad Lads
• Bad Turns And Horse-Shoe Bends by Harry Bradley
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Farewell To Ireland CD 1 (of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• From Galway To Dublin: Early Recordings Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Terry Coleman
• Humdinger by Paul Brock And Enda Scahill
• Irish Violin by Jackie Roche
• Last Night's Fun by John Carty
• Live At Mona's by Various Artists
• Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
• Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Flax In Bloom by Brendan Mulvihill
• The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
• The Professor by James Morrison
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Surprise by Pauline Cato & Tom McConville
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain
• With Friends Like These by James Keane

X: 1
T: Miss Thorton's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G2 Bd gdBd | cBAB cedc | ~B3 A GBdg |
ecAF GFED | G2 Bd gdBd | cBAB cedc |
~B3 A GBdg |1 ecAF G2 (3DEF :|2 egfa g2 ga ||
|: bg ~g2 bged | egdg egdg | bg ~g2 bged |
(3efg fa g2 ga | bg ~g2 bged |egdg egdg |
bgaf gfed |1 (3efg fa g2 ga :|2 (3efg fa gedB ||

Miss Thorton's

My buddy Jay Gilbert (Guitar) put this into ABC's tonight, it shows up on a lot recordings that I can think of but somehow isn't a session staple. It is an excellent tune, have fun.

# Posted on June 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Miss thorton ?

Miss Thornton ?

# Posted on June 11th 2002 by Kenny

HIGHLAND - FLING - HIGHLAND FLING

= 16 bars and with a 'skip', another masquerading as a reel, but hey, it ain't half bad either way...though I have my preferences...

# Posted on July 30th 2004 by ceolachan

What's wrong with it being a reel?

or do the very long list of highly respected musicians [ 14 recordings ]who have recorded it all have it wrong?

# Posted on July 30th 2004 by Kenny

As said - "But hey, it ain't half bad either way "- - -

It's a nice reel, and, as with so many highlands, with the seperation of need and the association of a dance form, hey, they make nice reels too... There's quite a smattering of Highlands doing that duty as single reels...and why not...

For the 'FORMAL APOLOGY', as some of my comments seem to have been taken other than I thought I'd meant - click on my name and read on...

# Posted on July 30th 2004 by ceolachan

Fed up with idiots and apologies for nothing, that has since been removed...

# Posted on February 18th 2006 by ceolachan

Harry Bradley recorded an excellent highland version of this tune.

# Posted on February 18th 2006 by slainte

Nothing to apologise for here, 'c'. If you like it as a fling good on you. Recordings by professional musicians aren't the be all and end all. Well, maybe nowadays it is, but it shouldn't be.

# Posted on February 18th 2006 by Dow

2nd Part

Another way to play it:

K: Gmaj
bg~g2 bgag|egdg egdg|bg~g2 bgag|egfa ~g3a|
bg~g2 bgag|egdg egde|~g3a gfed|1 egfa ~g3a:|2 egfa gedB||

This is almost how Hammy Hamilton plays it with Paul McGrattan on his solo recording "The Moneymusk", on which it's mistakenly listed as "The House on the Hill". Later Paul McGrattan recorded it under the wrong name on his own album.

# Posted on January 6th 2007 by slainte