Lady Athenry

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 13th 2008 by schriltz.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Athenry, Planxty Athenry, Planxty Lady Athenry.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Carolan's Receipt: The Music Of Carolan, Vol. 1 by Derek Bell
• Celtic Harp/O'Carolan's Dream/The Music Of O'Carolan by Aryeh Frankfurter
• The Complete Works Of Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 1 by J.J. Sheridan
• The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan by Patrick Ball

X: 1
T: Lady Athenry
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
B|B3 G2 B|d3 GFE|A2 G F2 E|D3 d>ed|
B>cB A2 G|F2 A d2 A|B2 G GFB|A2 F D2 C|
B,2 C D2 E|D2 G FGA|B2 D A2 F|G2 E CGE|
d2 e fcB|c2 D A2 F| D2 G G2 F|G3 G2:|
|:B/c/|d2 B G2 e|d2 c B2 c|d2 g gbg|f2 d a2 f|
d2 g gbg|fag e2 d|d2 f faf|gfe dcB|
c2 c c2 d|efg efg|f2 d d2 e|fga fga|
gfe dcB|cBA ABc|d2 D A2 F|G3 G2:|

Lady Athenry

I noticed in the review of Derek Bell's CD, "The Music of Carolan, Vol. 1" that "Lady Atherny" was not in the tune list. Since it is one of my favorites, I thought I would choose it for my first abc contribution to this forum.

This is the version found in O'Neill's, slightly modified to sound more like the version on one of Patrick Ball's Celtic Harp CD's.

Don

# Posted on July 13th 2008 by schriltz