The Miller Of Droghan

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on June 8th 2002 by donnchad.

This tune has been added to 105 tunebooks.

Also known as The Miller Of Draughin, The Miller Of Drawen, The Miller Of Drohan.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ballroom by De Danann
• I Will If I Can by John Carty
• Learn To Play Irish Fiddle: Reels, Jigs And Breton Gavottes ~ DVD 2 by Kevin Burke
• Otherworld by Lunasa
• Stranger At The Gate by Paddy O'Brien

X: 1
T: Miller Of Droghan, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A2 cA EAcA | Fffg afec | A2 cA eAcB | AFAB cecB |
A2 cA EAcA | Fffg ~a2 fa | gafg ec ~c2 | AFAB c2 (3cde |
fF ~F2 EFCF | EFAB cdcB | AF ~F2 EFCF | EFAB cB (3cde |
fF ~F2 EFCF | EFAB cdcB | AF ~F2 EFCF | EFAB cdcB |

Lunasa's Version in G

Here is Lunasa's version transposed in G.

|:G2BG DGBG|EGef gdBA|G2BG DGBA|GEGA BdBA|
G2BG DGBG|EGef gdBA|faef d2ed|1 BAGA B2BA:|2 BAGA BG (3Bcd|
|eEE2 DEBE|DEGA B2BA|GEE2 DEBE|DEGA BG(3Bcd|
eEE2 DEBE|DEGA B2BA|GEE2 DEBE|DEGA B2BA|

This setting is much more friendly to whistle and flute players.

# Posted on January 15th 2003 by slainte

Thanks

Good tune Thanks donchad and slainte

# Posted on January 15th 2003 by Mark Cordova

Don't want to seem picky but there are one or two inaccuracies in Slainte's Lunasa transcription. Here's what I hear them playing, again transposed into G:

X: 1
T: Miller Of Droghan, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:G2BG DGBG|EBef gedB|G2BG DGBA|GEGA BdBA|
G2BG DGBG|EBef gfed|faef deBA|1 GEGA ~B3A:|2 GEGA BA (3B^cd||
eE~E2 DEBE|DEGA ~B3A|GE~E2 DEBE|DEGA BA (3B^cd|
eE~E2 DEBE|DEGA BdBA|GE~E2 DEBE|DEGA ~B3A||

# Posted on March 6th 2006 by Dow

That's one of my earliest posts here. And I admit it's a horribly inaccurate transcription. I haven't heard this tune for long.

# Posted on March 6th 2006 by slainte

Miller of Droghan

I learned this ages ago off the De Danann recording. So my fiddle and flute versions are based on Frankie Gavin's fiddle setting, which I like better than Lunasa's version. As follows:

X: 1
T: Miller Of Droghan, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
G2 BG DGBG|Eeef gedB|G2 BG dGBA|GEGA BcBA|
G2 BG DGBG|Eeef gfeg|fdef dBBA|1 GEGA BcBA:|2 GEGA BA (3Bcd||
e~E3 DEB,E|DEGA BcBA|G~E3 DEB,E|DEGA BA (3B^cd|
e~E3 DEB,E|DEGA BcBA|G~E3 DEB,E|DEGA BcBA||

On flute, the only change is playing those low B,s an octave higher.

# Posted on May 13th 2006 by Will CPT

I was recently driving back to Massachusetts from Cape Cod and visiting JasonG, and had John Carty's "I Will If I Can" on the cd player in the rental car. His tenor guitar version of this got put on repeat for no little time -- it's lovely (he plays it with Eleanor Neary's), and it was perfect for driving through the lovely green trees and blue skies and waters of a Cape Cod summer...

# Posted on July 2nd 2007 by Zina Lee