The Derry

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on September 1st 2007 by benhall.1.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tribute To Joe Cooley by Frankie Gavin, Paul Brock, Charlie Lennon
• Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
• Behind The Mist by Various Artists
• Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
• Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Dusk Till Dawn by Charlie Lennon And Johnny Og Connolly
• From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
• Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
• Irish Dances by Jimmy Power
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Letting Go... by Katherine Irwin Thomas
• Long Expectant Comes At Last by Cathal McConnell
• Mysterious Ireland by Various Artists
• Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
• Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
• Sligo Fiddle (Disk 1) by John Vesey
• Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
• Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
• The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
• The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
• The Cobblestone Sessions by Various Artists
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Enduring Magic by Michael Coleman
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty
• The King Of The Pipers by Leo Rowsome
• The Lark In The Clear Air by Various Artists
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Uilleann Pipes by Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Music From Ireland by Seamus Creagh And Aidan Coffey
• Uncommon Bonds by Mick Moloney
• Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff

X: 1
T: Derry, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
c2cA BccB | ABcA BF~F2 | ABce ~f3g | afec BdcB |
c2cA BccB | ABcA BF~F2 | ABce fefg |1 afec A2AB :|2 afec A2ag ||
|: fd~d2 fdad | geBe geBe | fd~d2 fg (3agf | gfeg f2fg |
afec A2cA | (3BBBcA BF~F2 | ABce ~f3e |1 fege a2ag :|2 fege a2AB ||

The reel ...

Well, I've tried, and I can't find it in here, so am hoping Dow doesn't get a chance to yell "duplicated!" this time.

This is the reel that Sharon Shannon plays after Miss Thompson's on her eponymous CD.

Miss Thompson's is here

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2264

However, this version of the Derry reel is one I learnt from my session-mate Pete Hill, who plays it on banjo. Then, it's been 'filtered for fiddle', as it were, by yours truly, so goodness knows what relation it bears to Sharon Shannon's version.

Great tune though.

# Posted on September 1st 2007 by benhall.1

A lovely 2nd part...I'm quite new to folk and I am trying to expand my repertoire!!! I shall learn this for definite! Thankyou very much

# Posted on September 2nd 2007 by D.J.F.

... that second part ...

Yeah, that second part really, sort of *yearns*, to my ears. I think it's because it takes so long to resolve back to A.

# Posted on September 3rd 2007 by benhall.1

if my memory doesn't betray me, the 1st part of this tune is identical to that of
'shearing the sheep',
its second part bearing no obvious similarity. That reel is listed in O'Neill's 1001 and has been recorded many times (I first heard it from a Kevin Burke LP).
I checked this 7800tunestrong database for it and its absence came as a surprise. But then, there's no end to music making and recombining! great!

# Posted on September 4th 2007 by birlibirdie

Memory ,,,

Hmmm ... it doesn't sound *much* like shearing the Sheep to me. Basically, because it seems to be different. I can't understand your use of the word "identical" in this context birlibirdie ...

OK. I think it's completely different from Shearing the Sheep.

# Posted on September 5th 2007 by benhall.1