The Cap And Bell

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 13th 2004 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Cap And Bell, Cap And Bells, The Cap And The Bell, Out On The Road.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
• Another Time by Gavin Whelan
• Deireadh An Fhómhair - End Of The Harvest by Declan Masterson
• East Of The Tracks by Brigetown
• Fonnchaoi by Verena Commins And Julie Langan
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Liz Carroll by Liz Carroll
• Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston by Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• Suantrai by John Canny, Kevin Carey And Terence O'Reilly
• The Keegan's Tunes (Disc One) by Josephine Keegan
• The Music Makers: Celebrating 35 Years Of Comhaltas In Leeds by Leeds CCE
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• Travelling Show by Dervish
• Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
• Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas

X: 1
T: Cap And Bell, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d~F3 A2FA|dfec dAFA|B~G3 GBde|f2(3def edBc|
d~F3 A2FA|dfec dcBA|~G3A Bdeg|1fdec Addc:|2fdec Adde||
f~a3 afdf|bagf gfed|Be~e2 gfed|Beba- agfe|
f~a3 fade|f2ec dcBA|~G3A Bdeg|1fdec Adde:|2fdec Addc||

The Cap And Bell (reel)

Composer: Josephine Keegan
Source: Harrington, Gerry Eoghan O'Sullivan,Paul de Grae - The Smoky Chimney
Transcription: gmp
Notes: Don't call me Gian

# Posted on May 13th 2004 by gian marco

Cap and Bells

"Cap and Bells" is the original title written by Josephine Keegan. Ths is from her tunebook "The Keegan Tunes" published 2002.

# Posted on May 14th 2004 by radriano

Aka. Out on the Road

Good tune, GIAN!!! I was just thinking about requesting it. It's also on Kevin Crawford's "In Good Company" and Dervish's "Midsummer's Night."

# Posted on May 14th 2004 by slainte

Cap and Bells

It's always interesting to see how tunes change as they pass around from player to player. Just for the sake of comparison here's how Josephine Keegan wrote this tune originally:

T:Cap and Bells
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Josephine Keegan
S:The Keegan Tunes
R:reel
K:D
fe | dF (3FFF fdec | dfec dAFA | Be (3eee BeGe |
gefd ecAc | dF (3FFF fdec | dcAF GFGE |
DAde fdeg | fdec Add2 :: e| faa^g afdf |
bfaf gfed | Be (3eee gfed | Bebg afge |
fa (3aaa fdde | fdec dcAF | GFGB efge | fdec Add2 :|

# Posted on May 14th 2004 by radriano

How zen, I just learned this tune last week, it must be flying around in the ether. After it I play the Lomanach Cross ~G3A B2BA|GBdB c2 ... which was a set of Conor Tully's I believe.

# Posted on May 15th 2004 by LH

Another Cap & Bell recording

I've just gotten "Sets in the City" by Jack Gilder, Kevin Bernhagen and Richard Mandel as Tipsy House, and there's a very nice
version on there. The rest of the cd is great fun, too.

# Posted on June 29th 2008 by stv culchie

Thanks, Steve, we got that from the famous Gort session tape where it showed up with The Maid on the Green. We added the third tune, but the Smoky Chimny boys added a different third tune at the end. I'm thinking the first two must be one of those standard pairings of tunes.

# Posted on June 29th 2008 by Phantom Button