Sean Sa Ceo

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on June 30th 2001 by martin t.

This tune has been added to 203 tunebooks.

Also known as John In The Fog, John In The Mist, Johnny In The Fog, Liz Carol, Lough Island Castle, Lough Isle Castle, The New Lough Island Castle, The New Lough Isle Castle, Sean In The Fog, Sean In The Mist, Sean Sa Cheo, Sean Se Ceo, Seán Sa Chéo, Seán Sa Cheo.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
Across The Black River by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
Celtic Cafe by Karen Ashbrook And Paul Oorts
Ceol Na DTéad by Francie And Mickey Byrne
Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
Drink The Night Away by Blackbeers
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
Folktrax-170: Neil Boyle, Fairy Fiddler Of Donegal by Neil Boyle
Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Ireland's Harvest : A Tribute To The Golden Years Of Music In Irish America by Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin And Brian McGrath
Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
Ireland's Whistling Ambassador by Micho Russell
Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
Links by Silver Arm
Live-Disc 1 by Natalie MacMaster
Macalla Na H�ige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
McGreevy And Cooley by John McGreevy And Seamus Cooley
My Love Is In America by Various Artists
Myriad by Gerry O'Connor
No Boundaries by Natalie MacMaster
On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
Remember Des Donnelly by Des Donnelly
Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
Shantalla by Shantalla
Stark Ravin' by Roy Johnstone
Tacsi. Ceol by Various Artists
The Best Of Frankie Gavin by Frankie Gavin
The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
The Chieftains 8 by The Chieftains
The Floating Bow (Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal) by John Doherty
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Horse's Tail by Zoe Conway
The Irish Concertina by Noel Hill
The Kinnitty Sessions by Lunasa
The Lightning Fields by Robin Bullock
The Man From Clare by Micho Russell
The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
The Stool Of Repentance by Donnybrook
Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Micho Russell
Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Tin Whistle by Laurence Nugent
Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
Up In The Air by Danu
Up She Flew by Dana Lyn
Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Kevin Burke

I have a setting of this tune as played by Kevin Burke if anyone is interested, it is quite different to the standard version
Good Luck
Mikea

# Posted on September 19th 2003 by Mikea

Mikea, please post it. I'm curious to see how it matches up to what I do.

The version I learned sits better on fiddle, but fair warning--most flute players won't like you for it. The A part is in E dorian, but the B and C parts shift into E mix, with G sharps. Goes like this:

T:Sean Sa Cheo
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:E dorian (2 sharps)
|: B2 Ac BEGA | BABG ADFA | EBBA BcdB | AcdB ADFA :||
K:E mixolydian (3 sharps)
|: G~E3 GEFA | G~E3 dBcA | G~E3 BcdB |1 cedB ADFA :|2 cedB A2 (3Bcd ||
| e2 ge fege | efge B2 Bc | d2 fd Adfd | (3ddd fd BcdB |
| e2 ge fege | efge ~B3c | dcdf edBc | dcdB ADFA ||

# Posted on September 19th 2003 by Will CPT

John in the Mist

# Posted on September 30th 2003 by gian marco

Shame

What a shame this had to be lifted straight from Norbeck's database, typos and all. Even the mode has been changed from the original transcription, which was in Amix, so that now it sort of works but would need a couple of tweaks to make it sound really nice. Good job we still have the likes of Will and GM around to put in the effort towards new transcriptions of recorded material. Thanks. And now I'll reluctantly step down from my anti-plagiarism soapbox and post my setting.

X: 1
T: Johnny In The Fog
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
e2dg eA (3Bcd|e2ec d2BA|Beed e2gd|(3Bcd ge dGBd:|
|:cA~A2 EABd|cA~A2 dGBd|cA~A2 EAcA|1 (3Bcd ge dGBd:|2 (3Bcd ge def^g||
|:a2c'a bac'a|~a2c'a e3f|1 g2bg agbg|~g2bg efge:|2 ~g3b agef|~g3e dGBd||

# Posted on March 8th 2006 by Dow

X: 1
T: Johnny In The Fog
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmix
d2cf dG (3ABc|~d3B c2AG|Add^c d2fc|(3ABc fd cFAc:|
|:BG~G2 DGAc|BG~G2 cFAc|BG~G2 DGBG|1 (3ABc fd cFAc:|2 (3ABc fd cde^f||
|:g2bg agbg|~g2bg d3e|1 f2af gfaf|~f2af defd:|2 ~f2af gfde|~f3d cFAc||

X: 1
T: Johnny In The Fog
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emix
B2Ad BEFA|~B3G A2FE|FBBA B2dA|FAdB ADFA:|
|:GE~E2 B,EFA|GE~E2 ADFA|GE~E2 B,EGE|1 FAdB ADFA:|2 FAdB ABc^d||
|:e2ge fege|~e2ge B3c|1 d2fd edfd|~d2fd BcdB:|2 ~d2fd edBc|~d3B ADFA||

X: 1
T: Johnny In The Fog
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
A2Gc AD (3EFG|A2AF G2ED|EAAG A2cG|(3EFG cA GCEG:|
|:FD~D2 A,DEG|FD~D2 GCEG|FD~D2 A,DFD|1 (3EFG cA GCEG:|2 (3EFG cA GAB^c||
|:d2fd edfd|~d2fd A3B|1 c2ec dcec|~c2ec ABcA:|2 ~c2ec dcAB|~c3A GCEG||

# Posted on March 8th 2006 by Dow

. . . down in South London, Brian Young (penny whistle, piano backing & electric bass) plays a great solid version of this tune . . .

# Posted on May 19th 2006 by lisaniska

Sean sa Cheo

Marcas O'Murchu attributes this reel to Mayo fiddler John McGrath, who spent most of his life in N.Y. It seems he also wrote Providence.

# Posted on May 20th 2006 by slainte

Sean sa cheo

im pretty sure it was written in the last century by a donegal fiddler named nellie boyle

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by silas

Seab Sa Cheo

Great tune this which I've also heard attributed to Neillidh Boyle.

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by PaddyCmusic

Donegal version?

I was just listening to Chieftains 8, and there they play a four-part version of Sean sa Cheo, and say in the liner notes that it derives from the Donegal version of Johnny Doherty. I've only ever heard this tune with three parts. Does anyone know anything more about this fourth part?

# Posted on August 26th 2007 by smw

Sean sa cheo

I'm not sure we're on the same page, but...

The tune played by John Doherty, and which he called "Lough Isle Castle," is his version of a great Scottish fiddle tune called "The Reel of Tulloch" (http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7033). According to Danny O'Donnell* that tune is "closely related to "Sean sa Cheo", a Donegal tune believed to have been composed by Neili Boyle."

However, "Sean sa Cheo" on the Chieftains 8 doesn't appear to have much relation to "Lough Isle Castle".

*= sleeve notes for 'John Doherty, Taisce - The Celebrated Recordings (1978)

# Posted on August 27th 2007 by nigelg