Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on February 1st 2005 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.
Also known as Grampa's Ceili Band, Granpa's Ceili Band, Mulhaire's #4, Mulhaire's No. 4.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA BABd|eaaf gedB|
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA Bdge|dBAF G4:|
|:~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 edBd|g2af gfed|eaab agef|
~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 edBd|~c3B cBAG|FDEF G4:|
Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band
Composed by Martin Mulhaire. Transcribed from a session recording.
# Posted on February 1st 2005 by Dow
I have it slightly differently:
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA Bd~d2|eaaf gedB|
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA Bgfg|ecAF G4:|
|:~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 Bdef|g2af gfed|eaag ea~a2|
~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 gdBd|~c3B cBAG|FGAF G4:|
This is not a transcription of any particular performance, just how it sounds in my head. However, I think I first heard it on a record of the Mulhaire Ceili Band, so it is probably close to the version on there.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by ragaman
Here's the way I play it that differs a bit here and there. It's based on what Gerry Harrington and Eoghan O'Sullivan play on their first recording before Smokey Chimney called, "Scéal Eile."
X: 1
T: Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band
M: 4/4
S:Gerry Harrington and Eoghan O'Sullivan "Scéal Eile"
C:Martin Mulhaire
Z:Jack Gilder
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA Bd~d2|ea~a2 gedB|
GB~B2 dB~B2|GABG ABGE|DEGA Bgfg|ecAF G4:||
~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 edB/c/d|g2af gedg|eaag agef|
~g3a gfed|Bd~d2 edBA|B2dB cBAG|FDEF G4:||
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Phantom Button
Oh bugger! Cross post. Looks like yours is very close to mine Goat.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by Phantom Button
Jack - It's the minute differences that make this music so appealing.
# Posted on February 2nd 2005 by ragaman
That would be true if it weren't for the fact that most of my contributions are minute errors.
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by Phantom Button
It's the minute errors that make it a living tradition.
# Posted on February 4th 2005 by ragaman
Another variation.
Courtesy of Josephine Keegan, from the collection "A Drop In The Ocean". She has the title as "Granpa's Ceili Band".
X:1
T:Granpa's Ceili Band
M:4/4
R:Reel
C:Martin Mulhaire
K:G
|:GB (3BAB dB (3BAB|GB (3BcB ABGE|DEGA Bd (3ded|ea (3aba gedB|
GB (3BcB dB (3BAB|GABG GAGE|DEGA Bgfg|ecAF G4:||
|:dggf gfed|Bd (3ded Bdef|(3gfg af gfed|ea (3aba ea (3aba|
dggf gfed|Bd (3ded gdBd|(3cdc dB cBAG|FDEF G4:||
# Posted on July 27th 2005 by Aidan Crossey