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Patsy Geary's

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on November 11th 2008 by stevebenn.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as An Crú Capaill, An Cru Capaill, The Horse Shoe, The Horseshoe.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

1975 The First by The Bothy Band
Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty by Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty
Foolin' In Doolin by Michael Blackie O'Connell And Karol Lynch
Foolin' In Doolin by Michael ''Blackie'' O' Connell And Karol Lynch
Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
Punctured by Garry Shannon
Russell's House by Russell's House
Seoda Ceoil by Lynn Saoirse
Sets In The City by Tipsy House
The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
The Keegan's Tunes (Disc Two) by Josephine Keegan

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Patsy Geary's

A fiddle player in our session, Rachelle, got this tune from Willie Kelly, who called it Patsy Geary's, and told Rachelle it was in a book he had. I have googled the ABC's in every possible search engine, including the newest one and can't find any reference to this tune. It is obviously not the Patsy Geary's (Yellow Rose of Texas) that the Bothy Band played. So, any ideas?

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by stevebenn

Sounds more like just plain G to me--that's where I hear it wanting to resolve to.

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by Miss Lonelyhearts

I agree Will. Just because it ends on a D doesn't make that necessarily the Key/Tonic. Right through it feel like it is trying to resolve to a G. Nice tune though. I feel sure I have heard it before somewhere but no clues coming through at the moment. Someone needs to stick the abc into the "Rev Counter" - I just thought that would be a great name for Rev's ABC engine. Sorry if that offends anyone's sense of lame joke humour.

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by Donough

"Patsy Geary's" ~ yes, familiar

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by ceolachan

That's where it took me after spending some time with it... It's familiar but I wasn't able to pin it down further...

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by ceolachan

" ~ in a book he had."

~ which one of us surely must have? I'll do a search later...

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by ceolachan

The tone center...

sounds a bit vague to me, but to my ear it pulls more towards E than G. I'm not implying that G or D is wrong, just the way I hear it. However, I'm content to let it float about ambiguously. (I'm refering to the originally posted version; ceol's is clearly on the G side of things.)

# Posted on November 11th 2008 by muspc

Harmony

First part G to me
Second part D mix, to me.

# Posted on November 13th 2008 by reenactor

Patsy Geary's

The tune did come from Patsy Geary, through John Kelly. John didn't have a name for it. Breandan Breathnach, when including the tune from John Kell's playing in CRE1, christened it 'The Horseshoe', after Kelly's shop in Capel street. The name has stuck since.

# Posted on November 14th 2008 by <>-_-_-<>

"The Horseshoe"

Thanks Kilfarboy, there's a chance I might have a recording of John Kelly playing this I can transcribe from. If I do, I'll add it here...

# Posted on November 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Horseshoe

It's nr 52 in CRE1

# Posted on November 14th 2008 by <>-_-_-<>

"An Crú Capaill" ~ "Ceol Rince na hEireann I", tune #52

# Posted on November 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Nigel Gatherer's Traditional Music Pages

http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/gatherer/music.html

Ceol Rince na hÉireann I - V
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/gatherer/scottish/CRE/index.html

Ceol Rince na hÉireann I
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/gatherer/scottish/CRE/cre1.html

52. An Crú Capaill [The Horse Shoe, i.e., the name of John Kelly's shop in Capel Street, Dublin]: Kelly had no name on this; myself that christened it. [from John Kelly, fiddle]

Thanks to Kilfarboy & Nigel...

# Posted on November 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Nigel Gatherer's Traditional Music Pages

This is the route to the CRE pages on my website:
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/books/CRE/index.html

And, while I happily house these pages on my site, all praise, kudos and thanks should go to Paul de Grae, who translated the material from Gaelic, compiled much of the alternative names and sources, and gave me permission to publish on the web. Paul is an asset to any discussion on Irish music, and is always worth listening to. It's our loss that he apparently doesn't frequent thesession.org.

# Posted on November 15th 2008 by nigelg

Patsy Geary's-Horseshoe

Thanks for the information on this tune. It has become a recent "favorite" at our session.

Steve

# Posted on November 15th 2008 by stevebenn

Patsy Geary's-Horseshoe

Does anybody know if this is the "Patsy Geary's" played by John Kelly on this recording?
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3057
If so, it's interesting that he recorded it on fiddle and Breathnach got it from him on fiddle, since it seems so well suited for the C row of a concertina (the CRE version).

# Posted on November 15th 2008 by GaryAMartin

Sorry NIgel, semi-conscious... For some reason I ended up with those Opheus Web pages? It should have clicked, as I knew that usually your name showed in the address previously, curious...& forgetting to credit Paul de Grae...

Gary, sadly, I haven't access to my LPs or I'd check "Seoda Ceoil", but I think I may have it recorded by John Kelly elswhere. It would be a kick if it is on concertina. I haven't found it yet, but then I'm doing work for others at the moment... :-/

# Posted on November 15th 2008 by ceolachan

Piping Version

X: 1
T: Patsy Geary’s
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:AB2 BcA |BGE B2D | GAG GBd | ecA ABc |
ABB BcA |BGE G2A | Bcd ecA |GED D(3EFG||
|:A3 ABA | GED D3 | E^DE EcA | GED DEG |
A3 ABA | GED D3 | Bcd ecA | GED D3 ||

# Posted on November 18th 2008 by JACKB

One Wrong Note

X: 1
T: Patsy Geary’s
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:AB2 BcA |BGE G2D | GAG GBd | ecA ABc |
ABB BcA |BGE G2A | Bcd ecA |GED D(3EFG||
|:A3 ABA | GED D3 | E^DE EcA | GED DEG |
A3 ABA | GED D3 | Bcd ecA | GED D3 ||

# Posted on November 18th 2008 by JACKB