Roaring Mary

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 14th 2002 by bsykes62.

This tune has been added to 109 tunebooks.

Also known as Foxie Mary, Máire An Bhéicigh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• All Ireland Champion by Darren Breslin
• Another Side Of Cape Breton by Johnny Wilmot
• Archives #3 by Jean Carignan
• Back In Town by Paddy Killoran
• Bang On by Oige
• Bundle And Go by John Doherty
• Celtic Thunder by Celtic Thunder
• Cooley by Joe Cooley
• Dusk Till Dawn by Charlie Lennon And Johnny Og Connolly
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Folktrax 174 - Michael Gorman (fiddle) With Margaret Barry (banjo) by Michael Gorman
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
• Good Boy M.A. by Michael Anthony MacLean
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
• Irish Music In Surround Sound by Various Artists
• Irish Night by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
• Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
• McGreevy And Cooley by John McGreevy And Seamus Cooley
• Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Piper's Choice Volume 1 by Various Artists
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Sixty Years Of Sean Maguire by Sean Maguire
• Sligo Fiddle (Disk 1) by John Vesey
• The Irish Girl by Robin Bullock And Michel Sikiotakis
• The Moneymusk by Hammy Hamilton
• To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
• Tom McHale: All Ireland Whistling Champion At Boyle by Tom McHale
• Traditional Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Leo Brown And PJ Hill
• Traditional Music On The Hammer Dulcimer by John Rea
• Vol 1 by The Travelling Folk
• Waifs And Strays (Traditional Irish Music From County Clare) by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy

X: 1
T: Roaring Mary
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D~F3 ADFA|d~f3 g2 fe|dedB A~F3|DFAF GFEF|
D~F3 ADFA|d~f3 g2 fe|dedB ABdf|afeg fd d2:|
|:abag fgfe|dedA BAFA|d~g3 b~g3|a~f3 ge e2|
D~F3 ADFA|d~f3 g2 fe|dedB ABdf|afeg fd d2:|

Roaring Mary

This is the third reel in the Joe Cooley set which starts with the Humours of Tulla followed by the Skylark. In many sessions if you start with the Humours of Tulla it's taken for granted that the other two will follow.

# Posted on June 14th 2002 by Bannerman

Here's another interpretation of the tune:

K: Dmaj
DF~F2 AFAB|df~f2 g2fe|d2dB ABde|fede fe~e2|
DF~F2 AFAB|df~f2 g2fe|d2dB ABdf|afeg fdd2:|
abag ~f3e|d2dA BG~G2|dg~g2 bg~g2|af~f2 ge~e2|
DF~F2 AFAB|df~f2 g2fe|d2dB ABdf|afeg fdd2:|
"variation"
DF~F2 AFAB|df~f2 g2fe|dcdA BAFA|d2fd edBA|

Several sources attribute this reel to Michael Coleman.

# Posted on July 11th 2006 by slainte

Called Foxie Mary on Cape Breton fiddler Joe MacLean's album.

# Posted on March 6th 2009 by GaryAMartin