Sonny's Return

reel

Key signature: Aminor

Submitted on October 24th 2003 by Lia Zito.

This tune has been added to 51 tunebooks.

Also known as Mary Mac's, Mary McNamara, Paddy Lynn's Delight, Paddy Lynn's Delite, Paddy Lynn’s Delight.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Traveler's Dream by Maggie Sansone
• A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• An Traidisiun Beo by Angelina Carberry
• At It Again by John Carty
• Celtic Thunder by Celtic Thunder
• Draiocht by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Oi�che Go Maidean by Brendan Begley
• Plays The Irish Tenor Banjo by Kieran Hanrahan
• Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
• Taking Note by Meitheal Cheoil
• The Blue Bottle by InisFail
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Lynn Saoirse

X: 1
T: Sonny's Return
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
|eAAB cBAG|EGG2 AGEG|cAAB cBAG|Eccd eaag|
eAAB cBAG|EGG2 AGEG|c/2c/2deg agec|1AcBG A4:|2AcBG A3B||
|:c2ec gcec|c2eg aged|c2ec gcec|d2ed cAAB|
c2ec gcec|c2eg agea|ac'ba gedc|EAAG A4:|

I learned this from 'Keiran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo' and notice it was one of the few tunes from that album not yet posted so thought I would share.

# Posted on October 24th 2003 by Lia Zito

Bmin Version

Here is this tune in Bmin Key:
X:1
T:Paddy Lynn's Delight
M:4/4
R:reel
K:Bmin
fBBc dcBA|F~A3 BAFE|FBBc dcBc|defa bafe|
fBBc dcBA|F~A3 BAFA|1 defa bafe|dBBA ~B3 b:|2 defa bafe|dBBA ~B3 c||
d2fd adfe|d2fa bafe|d2fd adfd|effe dBBc|
d2fd adfe|d2fa bafe|1 fbba affe|dBBA ~B3 c:|2 fbba affe|dBBA ~B3 b||

# Posted on May 5th 2005 by sligo_mm

Sonny's Return

Having heard June McCormack's beautiful interpretation of the tune on the radio, I invented my own version of it by mixing her version and Paul McGrattan's. Something like this:

K: Ador
d|eAAB cBAG|EG~G2 AGEd|eAAB cBAB|cdeg aged|
eAAB cBAG|EG~G2 AGEG|cdeg aged|cABG A3:|
B|c2ec Gced|cdeg aged|c2ec Gcec|d2ed cAAB|
c2ec Gced|cdeg aged|eaag ~e3d|cABG A3:|

The low G's in the second part make the tune more playable and nicer on the flute, I think.

# Posted on November 1st 2005 by slainte

Origin of the name 'Paddy Lynn's Delight'

Joe Burke's comment at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/paddy_lynns_delight/

I recorded this tune in 1965 on an album called “A Tribute to Michael Coleman “ which featured Andy McGann Felix Dolan and Myself. I have no idea now where I got the tune . When it came to listing the tracks there were a few tunes we could not find titles for. Paddy Lynn RIP was a bus driver in New York and a great lover of the music. He came from Co Mayo .The recording was done in” Broadway Recording Studio” on November 4 1965 and Paddy was with us to provide some support and refreshments. Someone suggested the title for this lovely tune and it is known as Paddy Lynn"s Delight ever since. May Paddy and the good people who created the tune rest in peace. Joe Burke.

# Posted on March 22nd 2007 by dogbox

I just did an attempt at transcribing John Carty's version, though he plays it differntly every time through
X:1
T:Paddy Lynn's Delight
M:4/4
R:reel
K:Gmin
||:Bc|dGGA BAGF|D~F3 GFDF|G2Ac BAGB|(3ABc dc c2 gf|
dGGA BAGF|D~F3 GFDF|1 GABd gfdc|BcAF ~G2:|2 GABd gfdc|BcAF ~G2 Ac||
B2fB gBfB|B2df gbfd|B2fB gBfB|ccdc BGGA|
B2fB gBfB|Bcdf g2 gf|1 gbag fdcA|DGGF G2 Ac:|2 gbag fdcA|DGGF G2||

# Posted on May 30th 2007 by Donough

There's no e's in the tune so the Eflat doesn't really matter.

# Posted on May 30th 2007 by Donough