Scotch Mary

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 126 tunebooks.

Also known as Abbey Reel (2 Parts Only), The Abbey, Baile Na Finne, The Fintown, Ireland Green, Irish Molly, Knocknagoe, Knocknagow, The Knocknagow, Mary O' Wisp, The Rosses Highland, Rosses Highlands, The Rosses Highlands, Scotch Mary's, Scots Mary, Tom Keane's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
A Treasury Of Irish Music 2 by Various Artists
Ae Spark O Nature's Fire by Deaf Shepherd
An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
At The End Of The Day by Dervish
Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
Boil The Breakfast Early by The Chieftains
Bring Yer Wellies by Gaelic Storm
Celtic Contraband by Michel Bonamy
Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Don't Touch The Elk by Niall Keegan
Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
Drops Of Spring Water by Comhaltas Concert Tour 2004
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert Tour 2006
Eileen Ivers by Eileen Ivers
Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
Farewell To Ireland CD 4 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
Fiddle And Concertina Player by John Kelly
Folk Dance Music Of Ireland by Johnny Powell And His Band
Forgotten Days by Davy Spillane And Kevin Glackin
From Galway To Dublin: Early Recordings Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Galway's Own by Joe Burke
Give Us Another by Joe Derrane
Going Elsewhere by The Clayfoot Strutters
Harvest Storm by Altan
IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
Into The Night by Tulca Mor
Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Irish Dances by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music And Song by Shaskeen
Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
Last Night's Fun by Knock-na-shee
Let Down The Blade by John Regan And Paddy Glackin
Live At Mona's by Various Artists
Liz Carroll by Liz Carroll
Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
Millvalley by DeReelium
Mist And Stone by Maggie Sansone
Music In Exile: A Celebration Of Comhaltas In Leeds by Leeds CCE
Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
Music Of Dreams by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon With Iarla O Lionaird
Music Of Dreams by Tony Mac Mahon, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Noel Hill
N� Keen Affair by Paddy Keenan
New Day Dawning by Cherish The Ladies
One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
Otherworld by Lunasa
Over The Edge by Moher
Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
Playing With Fire: The Celtic Fiddle Collection by Various Artists
Rendezvous by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Selkie by Mick Conneely
Seoda Ceoil by Various Artists
Set You Free by Nomos
Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
So Far by Eileen Ivers
Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
Spin by Whirligig
Sunshine Dance by Deiseal
Sweet Liberty by Garva
Taking Note by Meitheal Cheoil
That's The Spirit by James Keane
The Celtic Fiddle Of Liz Knowles by Liz Knowles
The Factory Turn by Damian O'Brien And Oliver Loughlin With Arty McGlynn And Kevin Brehony
The Floating Bow (Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal) by John Doherty
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
The Half Gate by Iontach
The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
The Irish Music Anthology (40 Classic Songs, Jigs And Reels) by Various Artists
The Leitrim Thrush by Neil Mulligan
The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
The Shores Of Lough Graney by P.J.Hayes And Martin Hayes
The Three Sisters by Barry Kerr
The View Across The Valley by The Brady Family
The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol 2 by Various Artists
They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
Three's Company by Martin Meehan
Time Of Change by The Boys In The Gap
Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
Tunes by Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick And Jim Murray
Two Gentlemen Of Clare by Gerard Commane And Joe Ryan
Unleashed by The Border Collies
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Scotch Mary

This has always been one of my favorites, but I play it with
the G sharped in the last measure of the A section and
with the C# and G# thoughout the whole B section. (I first
saw it written in O'Neill's). I like the feel of the key change
in the middle. Anyone else play this version?

# Posted on October 16th 2001 by Fsnockhart

Altan, on their runaway sunday album, adds a third part.

cded cded|BEEF G2AB|cded cded|cABG A2AB|cded cded|BEEF G2AB|cdeg f2ed|cABG A2AB||

They say it comes from the playing of John Doherty.

# Posted on June 23rd 2004 by jdave

the Johnny Docherty version can also be found in that great book 'The Northern Fiddler', although listed under the repertoire of Francie and Mickey Byrne; indeed the last 2 parts of this version have now become a separate tune entirely, with the parts reversed.

# Posted on July 16th 2005 by prouse

That latter tune is one of two tunes called the Abbey Reel, and has been recorded by Dervish, track one of 'At the end of the day'

# Posted on July 17th 2005 by prouse

Rosses Highland #2

I'm pretty sure that the 2nd highland in the Rosses set on Altan's Harvest Storm is a highland fling setting of Scotch Mary:

X: 1
T: Scotch Mary
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Emin
G>A|B<EE>D E>FG>A|B<EE>D G3A|B<EB>A (3B^cd e>d|c>AB>G A2:|
f>g|a>ba>g e>fe>d|^c>de>f g2~g2|a>ba>g e>ge>d|c>AB>G A2f>g|
a>ba>g e>fe>d|^c>de>f g2f>g|a>fg>e f>de>d|c>AB>G A>F||

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by Dow

Abbey Reel - a mixolydian setting of Scotch Mary

This is the version prouse refers to. Dervish's version is in Dmix, but it also gets played in Amix:

X: 1
T: The Abbey Reel
T: Scotch Mary
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
FGAG FGAG|FDDB, C2AG|FGAG FGAG|FDEF D2DE|
FGAG FGAG|FDDB, C2AG|FGAB cBAG|FDEF DEFA||
d2dc ~A3G|FGAB c2Bc|Addc ~A3G|FDEF DEFA|
d2dc ~A3G|FGAB c2Bc|dBcA (3Bcd AG|FDEF D2DE||

Transposed into Amix, that becomes:

X: 2
T: The Abbey Reel
T: Scotch Mary
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
cded cded|cAAF G2ed|cded cded|cABc A2AB|
cded cded|cAAF G2ed|cdef gfed|cABc ABce||
a2ag ~e3d|cdef g2fg|eaag ~e3d|cABc ABce|
a2ag ~e3d|cdef g2fg|afge (3fga ed|cABc A2AB||

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by Dow

MacFadden's?

Isn't the Amix, highland bagpipe version of this tune called "MacFadden's"?

# Posted on June 20th 2006 by Jerzy

John Doherty's 3-part version was recorded by Altan with Matt Molloy on "Runaway Sunday" CD.

# Posted on August 24th 2006 by slainte

Any chance you can transcribe it for us then, Slainte?

# Posted on August 25th 2006 by Dow

No, I'm too busy with work at the moment. Have a look at Fiddle Music of Donegal: http://misaok.hp.infoseek.co.jp/fmod/d_sakuin/do_saku.html It's in Gmin.

# Posted on August 25th 2006 by slainte

That's ok, I jdave's one will do fine. I wouldn't want you to bust a gut on my account :-)

# Posted on February 22nd 2007 by Dow

"Scotch Mary" (?) ~ submitted / duplicated as 'gan ainm'

Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on February 21st 2007 by Othello.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6848

"It is the first ABC i've ever made ~ ... I learned the tune a couple of years ago from a danish band. I have no idea what they have done to it."

# Posted on February 22 2007 by Othello

"I think the 1st part might be a bit of a mix up with the Monaghan Twig, though. I'd want to know what the source was, i.e. if it's transcribed from a session tape, or whether it's half-remembered from a friend's playing or whatever."

# Posted on February 22nd 2007 by Dow

# Posted on February 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

I don't think you should have changed Othello's original key signature there, 'c'. The intended key sig was 2 sharps (Amix, not dor), making it similar to the Dervish version I posted back in 2006. I feel sure that's where Othello's setting would have come from. It maybe just got a bit confused with the Monaghan Twig in the A-part, Chinese Whispers style. You need to be a bit careful when "correcting" other people's work, I think... :-/

# Posted on September 18th 2007 by Dow

"Scotch Mary" ~ Othello's take on it in Mixolydian

Submitted on February 21st 2007 by Othello.

Right you are Dow, as usual ~

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Sorry I missed that in whatever confusion had taken me at the time. :-/

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

"Tom Keane's Reel" ~ another duplication?! ~ given as Mixolydian

Key signature: G Mixolydian
Submitted on January 14th 2008 by mellow_bellows.
~ /tunes/display/8146

Tom Keane's Reel ~ Another tune from Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection.

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by mellow_bellows

The only reel difference between this and "Scotch Mary" is the A-part, bars 1, 2 & 3 the drop from B to G, a third, instead of to D, a sixth (Scotch Mary)... That and the key signature as G Mixolydian. Try it also in G Dorian, with a Bb...

Here are those changes for comparision ~

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Othello's gan ainm ~ it remains

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6848

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

K: D Major ~ The Othello transcription

Hey Dow, Othello's original key was MAJOR!!! And we both know it isn't that... It is either as I first gave it, corrected, or it can also be interpreted as Mixolydian...

Yes, I suppose I could have mentioned that but didn't see the sense in it unless I wanted to make Othello look daft. Besides, you'd already given Mixolydian takes on the tune previously... :-/

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

## D Major ~ A Mixolydian ~ "relative"

But ~ I do realize that D Major and A Mixolydian share the same sharps... So you are still right, I should have picked up on that...

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

Duplication

Thanks
Rob

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by mellow_bellows

K: G Mixolydian ~ or ~ K: G Dorian ~

~ the Fs are all natural in both keys... So, you don't add accidentals that aren't required. The key signature covers that.

Do you mean then to suggest that those not marked with the natural sign ( = ) are supposed to be the contrary, or sharp ( ^ )? In which case, those should be the only notes with an accidental showing ~ or ~ B-part, bars 4 & 8 ~ | BGA^F ~

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan

"Scotch Mary" ~ Micho Russell, whistle ~ MP3, transcript, analysis

http://www.rogermillington.com/
http://www.rogermillington.com/tunetoc/scotchmary.html

# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by ceolachan