Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on September 25th 2002 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 76 tunebooks.
Also known as Arthur Darley's, Cloch Na Ceithre Mhíle, Darley's, The Four Mile Chase, Four Mile Stone, The Four Mile Stone, The Low , Micho Russell's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Cloch Na Ceithre Mhile
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A,2EA, ~A,2EA,|~A,2GE DB,A,B,|G,2(3B,A,G, DG,B,A,|G,B,~B,2 G,B,DB,|
A,2EA, ~A,2AB|B/B/A BG AGAB|B/B/A BG AGEA|GEDB, G,A,A,G,:|
|:(3A,DA BA eABA|A,E~E2 D2B,G,|{B,}A,G,DG, EG,D2|(3ded (3BdB (3GAG DA,|
A,EAA AB(3cde|AG ED~E2AB|B/B/A BG AGEA|GEDB, G,A,{B,}A,G,:|
Cloch Na Ceithre Mhile
Source:Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy:"Ceol Aduaidh". Transcription:Gian Marco Pietrasanta
# Posted on September 25th 2002 by gian marco
Played Slowly
I've heard Mairead play this tune more than once and she always plays it slowly. Have heard players rip through it in sessions and it works that way too I s'pose. Sounds best slow by my lights tho.
# Posted on May 8th 2003 by pchaffee
Which whistle/flute
I would like to learn this tune on the whistle but I see it goes very low. Any ideas how Frankie Kennedy plays it on the CD and what key his flute is in?
Thanks,
Daniel
# Posted on September 30th 2004 by DanE
On the whistle/flute you have to play the tune not as written, but one octave higher. You can play it with a standard D flute/whistle.
# Posted on September 30th 2004 by gian marco
T:Darley's
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:John Williams
R:reel
Z:GMP
K:ADOR
A,2A,A, EA,A,E|A,E=FE DCB,A,|G,2DG, B,G,DB,|G,B,~B,2 DB,G,B,|
A,2EA, CEAB|c2Bc A2AB|c2BG AGEA|1GEDG EB,DB,:|2GEDG EAAG||
A2cA eA~A2|A,B,CD EB,DB,|G,2DG, B,G,DB,|G,B,~B,2 DB,G,B,|
A,EED EFGB|AGED EGAB|c2cB ABcA|GEDG EA,A,B|
A2cA eA~A2|A,B,CD EB,DB,|G,2DG, B,G,GA|BdAF GEDB,|
A,EED EFGB|AGED EGAB|c2cB ABcA|GEDG EB,DB,|
# Posted on December 29th 2004 by gian marco
Flute version
I think this is (more or less) the version Frankie Kennedy plays on Ceol Aduaidh. helpfull corrections appreciated.
X: 1
T: Cloch Na Ceithre Mhile
T:The Four Mile Stone
C: Frankie Kennedy on Ceoul Aduaidh
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K:Ador
A2eA ~A2eA|~A2ge dBAB|G2(3BAG dGBA|G~B3 GBdB|
A2eA ~A2AB|(3cBA BG AGAB| (3cBA BG AG.E A|GEDB GA (3BAG:|
|:AA ~A2 eA ~A2|A ~e3 d2BG|AGdG eG .d2|(3ded (3BdB (3GAG DA|
AE ~A2 AB (3cde|AG ED~E2AB|(3cBA BG AGEA|GEDB GAAG:|
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by brotherstorm
Sorry,
... for the Ceoul. It should be Ceol of course.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by brotherstorm
Larry Redican and Arthur Darley
This tune was composed early in the 20th century by Arthur Darley, a classical violinist and traditional music enthusiast who, at the time it was written, lived in Donegal. Darley's original setting is presumably the one printed in the 1920s in the Roch collection. The version popularized by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy is quite different and was, according to the Irish-language notes on the Ceol Aduaidh album, learned from Larry Redican, the Dublin-born fiddler and banjo player who died in New York in 1975.
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by blarneystar
The Four Mile Stone
This is the third tune in the "Lark on the Strand set" Midsummer Night album, by Dervish.
There is the fiddle solo. Sounds recognizable but anyway different).
# Posted on August 9th 2008 by Viking of Kiev
Larry Redican and Arthur Darley
A further note on Larry Redican and this tune. I have an old recording possibly the same one Maread and Frankie learned the tune from. It's a house recording and Mr. Redican plays it with a few extra beats in the second part. In other words he plays it crooked. If he composed it maybe those extra dashes of notes should be restored to it's original version.
# Posted on November 24th 2009 by jazlabaw
Then if you've got the original recording, please feel free to post the "abcs" here.
# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Kenny