Willie Clancy's

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on February 6th 2008 by JACKB.

This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.

Also known as The Grey Gander, Humours Of Quilty, The Humours Of Quilty, Miss Cunningham's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ALive by Kúla
• At First Light by Michael McGoldrick And John McSherry
• Carrying The Tune by Kevin Crawford
• Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
• Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
• Folktrax-075: Johnny Doherty, The Star Of Donegal by John Doherty
• Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
• Hills And Hollows by Mary And Josie Nugent
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Piper's Dream by Jack Brennan
• Seán Ryan CD1 by Sean Ryan
• Tempered by Last Night's Fun
• The Bridge Céilí Band by The Bridge Céilí Band
• The Sligo Maid by Carmel Gunning
• The Spectacle Bridge by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
• Untitled by Liam O'Flynn
• Warming Up by Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly And Jack Coen

X: 1
T: Willie Clancy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
AG|EAAB cedc |BG G2 BGAG |EAAB cdef |(3gfe dB BAAG |
EAAB cedc |BG G2 BGAG |EAAB cdef |(3gfe dB BAAG |
EAAB c3A |BG G2 BGAG |EAAB cdef |(3gfe dB BAAG |
EAAB cA A2 |BG G2 cAAG |EAAB cBce |dBGA BAAg ||
|:ea a2 aged |(3Bcd ef g2 fg | ea a2 agef |(3gfe dB BAAg |
ea a2 aged |(3Bcd ef g2 fg | af (3gfe fdef |(3gfe db BAAg :|

Willie Clancy's

A great reel from the playing of Liam O'Flynn.

# Posted on February 6th 2008 by JACKB

Eel in the Sink

It sounds to me like a variant of The Eel in the Sink.

# Posted on February 6th 2008 by 52Paddy

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1446

# Posted on February 6th 2008 by 52Paddy

There is a typo in the last bar, there is for sure no high b at this point of the melody, it has to be B.
Great reel!!

# Posted on February 7th 2008 by swisspiper

Another source

Identified on Chulrua's "Down the Back Lane" as "Micho Russell's" and played thus:

|EGAB c2dc|BGGG BGAG|EGAB c2eg|gedg eAAG|
EGAB c2dc|BGGG BGAG|EGAB c2eg|gedg eAAA||
a2ea aged|^cdef g2ag|eaab agef|gedg eAAA|
eaab aged|^cdef g2ag|eaag egde|gedg eAAG||

The B part similarities with Eel in the Sink are as striking as the A parts are rythmically different.

# Posted on February 21st 2009 by justjim

This tune is included by Josephine Keegan in her 2004 tunebook "A Drop in the Ocean" as Miss Cunningham's Reel.

# Posted on March 17th 2011 by rwwt

I'm not sure this is the tune that follows Palm Sunday

Which is the one that follows Palm Sunday on 'At First Light'? It's a lovely set but I'm not sure it is this version of Willie Clancy's

# Posted on November 28th 2011 by whistlingrich

It's not...

Willie Clancy has several tunes named after him. The "Palm Sunday" set doesn't have any reels in it, and certainly not this one.

# Posted on November 29th 2011 by Kenny

Palm Sunday set

A quick search for the jig that comes after Palm Sunday on McGoldrick's "At First Light" led me to this one:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9283

# Posted on December 3rd 2011 by somf708

Palm Sunday set

many thanks for the link, I'll get practicing

# Posted on December 7th 2011 by whistlingrich