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Mamma's Pet

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 18th 2002 by JMH.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as Mama's Pet, Mammy's Pet.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Breath Of Fresh Air by Kevin Crawford
A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
Atlantic Breeze by Shaskeen
Champions Of The North by Dezi Donnelly And Mike McGoldrick
For The Love Of Tara by Denis Lanctot
Frankie Goes To Town by Frankie Gavin
Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
La Veillée Des Veillées by Various Artists
Long Expectant Comes At Last by Cathal McConnell
Memories Of Hughie Gillespie by Frank Kelly
Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
Morning Rory by Michael McGoldrick
Pass It Down by Matt Pepin
Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
Raining Bicycles by Skylark
The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
The Mountain Road by Various Artists
The Tailor's Choice by Joe Burke
The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
The West Of Ireland by Boys Of The Lough
Three's Company by Martin Meehan
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin

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Mama's Pet

I just learnt a fiddle variant of this from someone at my local session. It goes down low in the A-part and is single w/o repeats, not double:

X: 1
T: Mama's Pet
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2FG EG DF|G2AG DGBA|G2FG EGDG|(3Bcd ed BAGF|
GEED EDB,A,|G,B,~B,2 G,B,DF|G2FG EGDA|(3Bcd ed Bdgf||
eA (3cBA EAcA|BG~G2 DGBd|eA (3cBA EAcA|(3Bcd ed Bdgf|
e2dg egdB|~G3A BABd|edef g2af|g2fg edBA||

# Posted on January 31st 2005 by Dow

Compare Dow's version with this one: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1290

# Posted on January 31st 2005 by slainte

Both tunes get played at our session, but I'm told that this one with the Ador B-part is an older setting than the one in Yamadasan's link. Can anyone confirm this?

# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Dow

Mama's Pet

It seems the version with both parts in Gmaj was originally a very local East Galway setting, played by Eddie Moloney of Ballinakill. Kevin Crawford, Michael McGoldrick, Frankie Gavin, Catherine McEvoy, and many others recorded and popularised Eddie Moloney's setting of the tune. Most of them mention Eddie as the direct or indirect source in the notes.

# Posted on February 1st 2005 by slainte

Mama's Pet (Sligo Version)

It seems Michael Coleman recorded and popularised this Sligo version in 60's. Joe Burke insists the East Galway version I happened to post is the original and older than the Sligo version. We need to take his comment with a grain of salt simply because he's a Galway man!

I only heard the Sligo version played by Tyrone fiddler John Weir on the radio around a couple of years ago. He has made a beautiful recording called "An Tris Is A Rian" with Claire Keville and Eithne Ni Dhonaile.

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte

1960's!

But Michael Coleman died in 1945 didn't he?

# Posted on June 9th 2007 by 52Paddy

Good man, Paddy. Sorry for my disinterest in Sligo fiddle music. But it is true Coleman recorded and popularised the Sligo version which is different from the East Galway flute version I posted.

Here's another transcription of the Sligo version: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1290/comments#comment213424

And you can watch and listen to Antón MacGabhann play a similar version: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_202_1_anton_mac_gabhann/

# Posted on June 9th 2007 by slainte

Antón MacGabhann = Tony Smith

# Posted on June 9th 2007 by slainte