The Pullet

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on February 2nd 2007 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Are You The Concertina Player? by Kate McNamara
• Baker's Well by Baker's Well
• Bakerswell by Bakerswell
• Down From Bell Harbour by Chris Droney
• For Love And Laughter by Solas
• Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Lynn Saoirse
• New Day Dawning by Cherish The Ladies
• Pleasures Of Home by Winifred Horan
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
• The Celtic Album by Boston Pops
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Kinnitty Sessions by Lunasa
• The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan
• The New Strung Harp by Maire Ni Chathasaigh
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The Woman I Loved So Well by Planxty
• Toss The Fiddles by Lynn Saoirse

X: 1
T: Pullet, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d2 ce dBAF | D2 FD ADFD | d2 ce dBAF | DEFA BE E2 |
d2 ce dBAF | D2 FD ADFA | fedf edcB |1 ABFA BE E2 :|2 ABFA BEEF ||
G2 GF GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | G2 GF GBdB | ADFA BEEF |
G2 GF GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | fedf edcB |1 ABFA BEEF :|2 ABFA BE E2 ||

"Harry's Composite"

This is from the “Tap Room Trio” CD, by Harry Bradley, Jesse Smith and John Blake.
It’s given the name “The Pullet” on the CD, but the sleeve notes describe it as a “composite of several reels played around the mid-west of Ireland”. There’s already 1, maybe 2 reels called the “Pullet”, so I’ve called it “Harry’s Composite” for want of something better. First time I heard it, I recognized a few bars from the 2nd part of “Brendan McMahon’s”, and I think the rest of it is a re-working of the Paddy Fahy reel which Matt Molloy played after “Little Musgrave” on “Planxty’s” “Woman I Loved So Well” recording. The tune may be a bit of a mongrel, but I like it – it works.
I can re-name it if anyone has strong feelings about it.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Kenny

The Pullet

Kenny, Harry doesn't write a "composite of several reels" but a "composite of several versions of *a* tune."

# Posted on February 4th 2007 by slainte