West Mabou

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 17th 2007 by benhockenberry.

This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.

Also known as West Mabou, The West Mabou , The West Mabou.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cape Breton Fiddle And Piano Music by The Beatons
• Cape Breton Tradition by Buddy MacMaster
• Close To Home by Donald Black And Malcolm Jones
• Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
• Eleven by Troy MacGillivray
• Hush by Laura Cortese
• Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
• Return To Kintail by Alasdair Fraser With Tony McManus
• That's What You Get by Wendy MacIsaac
• Variations by Beolach

X: 1
T: West Mabou
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
e|g2 dg e2 dB|g2 dg eaaf|g2 dg e2 dB|A2 GA BGGe|
g2 dg e2 df|g2 dg eaag|bgaf gfed|efga babg|
eddB dedB|~A2 GA BAAg|eddB dedB|~A2 GA BGGg|
eddB dedB|~A2 GA BAAe|g2 bg ~e2 dB|A2 GA BGG||

The West Mabou Reel

Cape Breton tune which is on Alasdair Fraser's Return to Kintail album with Tony McManus -- the set it's part of is The Marquis of Huntley / The Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn / John Cheap the Chapman / Peerie Weerie / The West Mabou Reel. Really joyful tune!

Another version I found online is at http://members.tripod.com/~Rosin_the_bow/tunes.html -- based on the playing of Ashley MacIsaac and Buddy MacMaster.

X:6
T:West Mabou
R:Reel
O:Cape Breton
M:2/2
C:Trad.-Ashley MacIsaac, Buddy MacMaster
K:G
e|g2 dg e2 dB|g2 dg eaab|g2 dg e2 dB|A2 GA BGGe|
g2 dg e2 db|g2 dg eaag|bgaf gfed|efga babg|
eddB dedB|A2 GA BAAg|eddB dedB|A2 GA BGGg|
eddB dedB|A2 GA BAAe|g2 bg e2 dB|A2 GA BGG||

# Posted on November 17th 2007 by benhockenberry

It's a version of The Old maids Of Galway/Paddy's Gone To France
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/978 with the parts reversed.

However, not, in my view, a duplication. DO NOT DELETE.

# Posted on November 21st 2007 by granama

Gosh, well spotted, David! So it is!

# Posted on November 21st 2007 by Dow

Wow, I can hear the similarities once I pop out a midi, but looking at the patterns of the dots, I can't see it at all...interesting. A case of similar origins, tune families, what-have-you...

# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by benhockenberry