In Memory of Paddy Fahey

I love the Kane Sister’s and I love Paddy Fahey tunes. I’ve been anticipating this release for a couple months.

Downloaded it from Bandcamp this morning. Definitely enjoying it! Love their stuff.

I wonder how accurate the connections are here to the tunes. The second track, second tune connects to a jig here on the site but it is a reel. I want to relabel these cuts with the Maria Holohan numbers so I can keep track of them when learning. Might anyone with the recording have her number for the second reel in that set? Thanks.

Her thesis is at this link amongst other places - available for download free.
https://irish.session.nz/other_sources/

LH, thanks for the link!

Glad to be of help. I also just belatedly found a really good quality upload of Maria Holohan’s tape.
https://youtu.be/Gr8h3X_o2Dc

play video

What a relief, my copy is (as usual) a copy of a copy of a copy, so this sounds like technicolour!
I’ve never remembered the numbers myself, except for reel #10.

LH, thanks for that audio YouTube link as well. I just clicked that track on this page again and it now takes me to Paddy Fahey’s Reel #23 instead of a jig. So whoever changed that…thank you!

Same situation in track 11. Second tune links to a jig here when it’s actually a reel. At some point I’ll have to break down the Fahey audio and try to do some matching.

All the Fahey tracks should link properly now except for track No. 7.1 - I believe this is a new (new to me) Fahey Jig (I’m calling Paddy Fahey Jig No. 15 for now). I also downloaded this from bandcamp and a friend is going to send me the liner notes which I’m hoping might explain where they got this jig. My guess is that Paddy played it for them in person.
I have transcribed all of the tracks with Fahey tunes on them. I already had track 11 from a Cobblestone concert my friend recorded (with permission) and track 2 from the TG4 Joe Burke tribute program. There one or two that they’ve played on other albums and the versions were very similar.

Here is the ABC:

I:abc-charset utf-8
X:1
T: Paddy Fahey’s Reel No.13 & 4
T: Paddy Fahey’s Reel No.13
C:Paddy Fahey
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K:C
P:Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 1.1
GF (3EFG FECD | EFGA _ |~ _B3 c | dcBd cB ~G2 | {A}Bcdf ecdB |
GF (3EFG {G}FECD | EFGA ~_B3 c | dcBd cBGE |1 FDB,D C4 :|2 FDB,D C2 EG ||
|:cdef gcac | gcec BG{A}G_B | AF{G}FE F_B,DF | EGcd BGFD |
Gc~c2 gcac | gc{e}dc BG{A}G_B | AF{G}FE FAdc |1 BG{FG}FD C2 EG :|2 BG{FG}FD C4 |]
T: Paddy Fahey’s Reel_D No. 4
C:Paddy Fahey
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
P:Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 1.2
BGBd ~c3d | BGBd cA A2 | BGBd ~c3d|(3efg eg fdcA |
BGdB ~c3d | BDGB cAA2 | fgaf gfd=f | eceg fdfa ||
~g3 a {b}ag{b}ag | fd{e}d=f ec~c2 |dgga {b}ag{b}ag | fd{e}de ~=f3d |
gfga {b}ag{b}ag | fd{e}d=f ec~c2 |~d3f eceg | fdaf gfdc |]
X:2
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 21, 23 & Reel For Saileog (Kane Sisters)
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 21
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Reel
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 264”
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:D
P: Liz and Yvonne Kane (Joe Burke Ceiliuradh_TG4)
D2-|:DEFG AGFD | (3EFG AB ~=c2Bc | Ad ~d2 Adad | eged cAGE |
D2 (3EFG AG (3FED | (3EFG AB ~=c2Bc | Ad ~d2 Adfd |1 cAGE FDDA, :|2 cAGE FDD2 ||
|:fgag fdAG | ~F2 DF GE=CE | DFAd f2ed | (3Bcd ef g2ag |
fgag fdAG | ~F2 DF GE=CE | DFAd f2ed |1 cAGE FDD2 :|2 cAGE FDDA, |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 23
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Reel
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 267”
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:F
P: Liz and Yvonne Kane (Joe Burke Ceiliuradh_TG4)
BDGA BDGB | AD^FA d2 {e}dc | BDGA BDGB | AdAG DGGA |
BDGA BDGB | AD^FA d2 dc | (3=Bcd g^f gdBd | c2 =BG DGGA ||
[K:G] (3Bcd gd adgd | Bdgd cAAc | Bdad Bdgd | `~c2 BG DGGA |
(3Bcd gd Bdgd | (3Bcd fa ~g3 a | bg ~g2 dcBd | ~c2 BG DGGA|]
T:Reel For Saileog
C: Liz Kane
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Reel
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:C
P: Liz and Yvonne Kane (Joe Burke Ceiliuradh_TG4)
~c2 Bc AGED | CEA,B, CD (3DEF | Ad ~d2 dfed | cAGE F3 G |
Add^c dfed | cAGD FCFG | Ad{d}cA G_BAG |1 FAEF D2AB :|2FAEF D2 C[CG,]||
|:[C2G,2] DC D2 {F}ED | DEA,B, CD (3EFG | Ad ~d2 dfed | cAGE F3G |
AGAB cdcA | GEDE CEDE | F2 (3F/G/F/E DCA,G, | A,DDC D3C :|
X:3
T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig No 6, 9_Paddy Kelly’s
T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig No 6
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Jig
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 282”
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:DMix
P: Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr. 3.1
A2G EFD | A,DF AGF | G2E CEG | cBd cAG | A2G EFD | A,DF AGF | GEC cAG |1 FDD DE/F/G :|2 FDD DFA ||
|:~d3 efg | f/g/af ged | cAB c2d | {cd}cAG FGA | ~d3 efg | f/g/af ~g3 | afd {cd}cAG |1 Ad^c ~d2A :|2 Ad^c d^cB |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 9
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Jig
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 285”
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
P:P: Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 3.2
dgc ABG | cBA DFA | dfa ~g3 | ~c3 ABc | dgc ABG | {d}cBA DFA | dfa {a}gfd |1 cAF G2B :|2 cAF GBd ||
|:g2a bga |fge fdc | ABG DFA | dfa gfd | g2a bga |fge fdc | BAG AGF |1 DGF GBd :|2DGF G2B |]
T: Paddy Kelly’s (Jennifer Molloy’s)
C:Paddy Kelly’s
R: Jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:EDor
P: Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 3.3
GEE BGB | eBd cAG | FDD AFA | dfd AGF | GEE B,EE | GFE B2c | dfd AGF |1 GEE E2F :|2GEE E2D ||
|:EGB e2f | ge/f/g fdA | DFA d2e | f/g/af dAF | EGB e2f | geg fed | cAG FAF |1 GEE E2D :|2 GEE E2F |]
X:4
T: Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 15/McKenna Country/Humours of Nicky
T: Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 15
C:Paddy Fahey
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
P:Kane Sisters “In Memeory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 7.1
DFA ~d3 | Afe dAF | DGB g2e | fed cAF | DFA ~d3 | Afe dAF | G2E A,CE |1 {FG}FDD D2A, :|2 {FG}FDD D2f ||
|:afd ~d2=c | Bdg gfg | Adf {g}fed | cde efg | f/g/af g2a | fed efg | efd gec |1 edc d2f :|2 edc dAF |]
T: McKenna Country
C:Joe Liddy
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
P:Kane Sisters “In Memeory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 7.2
“transition”f3d gecd | ed{e}dc dcB^G |
|:A2GE AD~D2|A,D{E}DE FGAB|=c2de cAGE|=C2G,A, CDEG|
AD~D2 ADB=c|AG{F}ED =CDEG|AB=cd ecdB|=cAGE D2dc:|
|:Ad~d2 Adfd|adfd adfd|A=c~c2 AcBc|g=cec gcec|
[1 Ad~d2 Adfd|adfd d=cAB|~=c3d ecdB|=cAGE D2dc:|
[2 Addc defg|abaf g2{b}ag|fdAB =cBcd|=cAGE D2dc||
T: Humours of Nicky
C: Liz Kane?
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: E Dor
P:Kane Sisters “In Memeory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 7.3
ed|:~B2 Ad BE~E2 | BEFA dfed |~B2 Ad BEFE | DEFA {c}BAFA |
BdAd BE ~E2 | BEFA {c}Bcde | faec dBAF |1 BFAF E2 ed :|2 BFAF E2 FA ||
Beed {c}BAFA | BE{G}FE BEFA | Beec dfed | BdAG FDFA |
Beed {c}BAFA | BE{G}FD EFGA | Bcde fgec | dBAF ~E2FA ||
Be{f}ed BdAB | d2 fd adfd | egfd efdB | AGFD ~E2FA |
Beeg fged | BdAF DEFA | ~B2Ad {c}BEFA | BFAF E2 ed |]
X:5
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No 14/Gentleman Johnny/Paddy Fahey’s Reel No 26
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No 14
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Reel
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 257”
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:F
P:Kane Sisters “Side By Side” Tr 8.1
DE|: FA,DE FAde | {g}fedc AGFE | FA,DE {G}FDGF |(3EFG dG EGCE |
DA,DE FAde | {g}fece ~d3 e | ^fg{b}ag fdAG |1 ~F2 EG FDDE :|2 ~F2 EG FDD2 ||
[K:D]
|: fg{b}ag fdde | d=cAB ~c2 AG | Ad{e}dc defg | a2 ge afge |
fgag fdde | d=cAB ~=c2 AG | Ad{e}de fged |1{cd}cAGE [D3A3]g :|2 {cd}cAGE D3E |]
T:Gentleman Johnny
C: Liz Kane?
R:Reel
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:G Dor
P:Kane Sisters “Side By Side” Tr 8.2
dc|:BG ~G2 B,DGB | Ac ~c2 dAcA | Bg ~g2 fdcA | (3Bcd cA GBdc |
BG ~G2 B,DGB | AF ~F2 CFAc | dcBA GFDC |1 Ddcd BG{A}Gc :|2 Ddcd BG (3ABc ||
|:dg ~g2 Bdbg | f2 af cfaf | dg{a}gf gbag | fdcA DGBd |
g2bg Bgbg | f2 af cfaf | ~d3 e fbag |1 fdcA GABc :|2 fdcA GBAF |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 26
C:Paddy Fahey
L:1/8
Q:1/4=222
M:4/4
K:G
P:Kane Sisters “Side By Side” Tr 8.3
G2 dG Bcdc | A=F~F2 dFcF | G2 dG Bcdg | fgag fdcA |
G2 dG Bcdc | A=F~F2 dFcF | G2 dG Bcdg | fdcA G4 ||
fgaf g2 ag | fgag fd~d2 | fgaf g2{b}ag | fdcA dg{a}gf |
gbfa gfde | ~=f2eg fdcA | dg~g2 dgaf | g2 ag fdcA |]
X:6
T: Eddie Kelly’s/Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 11
T: Eddie Kelly’s (Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 12)
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
P:Kane Sisters version “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 10.1
AFD ~=c3 | Ade fge | d=cA ~G3 | AdB =cAG | AFD ~=c3 |Ade fge | d=cA GEA |1D{F}ED D3:|2 D{F}ED DFA ||
|: daf g2 a | gfd =cAG |daf ged | cde ~g3 | agf g2a | fed cAG | AdB =cAG |1 EFD DFA :|2 EFD D3 |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 11
C:Paddy Fahey
C:
Z:©
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
M:6/8
K:Bb
P:Kane Sisters version “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr 10.2
[D3G,3]|| DFB EGc | DFB ecA | B2 b fdB | ecA BFE | DFB EGc |$ DFB ecA | B2 b fdB | ecA B3 :|
|: f=ef Bdf | ecA BFD | E2 C DFB | Acf bg=e | f=ef Bdf | ecA BFD | E2 C DFB | AcA B3 :|
X:7
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 28, 17, & 27 (Kane Sisters)
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 28
C:Paddy Fahey
Z:©
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
K:C Mix
P:Kane Sisters Michael Barret phone recording from the Cobblestone in Dublin (2022)
GCEG c3=B | GCEG FB,DF | ECEG c=BGE | F2EG FB,DF |
ECEG ~c3=B | GCEG FB,DF | Gc ~c2 gcdc | ~B2 F_E DB,DF ||
Gc~c2 gcac | gc{e}dc =BG{A}G^F | Gc ~c2 gc{e}dc | B2 F_E DB,DF |
Gc~c2 gcac | gc{e}dc =BG~G2 | cdec =BdcB | {A}GFEF Gc~c2 |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No 17
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Reel
Z:Maria Holohan
%%footer “Page 260”
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:DMix
P:Kane Sisters Michael Barret phone recording from the Cobblestone in Dublin (2022)
A,D{G}FD CEAG | FGEF Dz {b}ag | fd~d2 fded | (3EFG AG (3EFG cG |
AGFDA,2 AG | FGEF Dz {b}ag| fd~d2 ADFA |1 GCEG FD D2 :|2 GFEG FDD2 ||
K:D
|:(3efg a^g afdf | gfed cAA2 | gBdg fAdf | gfed {cd}cA A2 |
fa{b}a^g afdf | gfef g2 ag | faeg fdAF | GECE D4 :|
T:Paddy Fahey’s Reel No. 27
C:Paddy Fahey
Q:200
Z:©
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
K:C
P:Kane Sisters Michael Barret phone recording from the Cobblestone in Dublin (2022)
ECEG c3e | {a}g^f{e}dc BG{A}G_B | A2 FA {^F}G2 EG | FAdc BGFD |
ECEG c3e | {a}g^f{e}dc BG{A}G_B | A2 FA {^F}G2 EG |1 ~F2DF ECGF :|2 ~F2DF EC Cz ||
|:{cd}c2 GF EGcd | ecgc acgc | (A_B)FB (AB)dB | f-B~B2 fB{d}cB |
Gc{d}cB cd{d}cB | Gc{d}cB cdef | g2 (3^fga gbfa |1 ~g2 ec BGAB :|2 ~g2 ec BGFD |]
X:8
T:Rosemary Lane/Paddy Fahey’s Jig No 8/Bernie From Beitta’s
T:Rosemary Lane
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Cmaj
P:Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr. 14.1
F2F|:~E3 CEG|cBd cBA|G^FA GEC|~D2C DGF|~E3 CEG|cBd cBA|GB/c/d ege|1 fdB cGF :|2 fdB cef:|
|:~g3 ece|~f3 ~d3|edc ABc|dcA GAB|cBc GEG|Adc {Bc}BAG|e/f/ge fdB|1 dcB cef:|2dcB cGF |]
T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig No 8
C:Paddy Fahey
R:Jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
P: Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr. 14.2
B2G ~c2A |d2g fdc | B/c/dg B/c/dB | cAG FGA |~B2G ~c2A |d2g fdc | B/c/dB cAF |1 AGF G2A :|2 AGF G3 ||
|:g2a bag | ~a2g fdc | B2G ~c2A | d2g fdc |1 dgg bag | a2g fdc | B/c/dB cAF | AGF G3 :|
|2 B/c/dG ABc | dfg fdc |BAG AGF | DGF G2A |]
T:Bernie From Beitta’s
C:Liz Kane?
R:Jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
P:Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr. 14.3
DBB BAB | cBc Aag | f2a gfd | fdc AGF |DB,B BAB | cBc Aag | fed cAF |1 AGF GFE :|2 AGF GB/c/d ||
|:gfg bgd | BGF G2e | ~=f3 Adf | agf def | ~g3 bgd | BGF Geg | =fdB cA^F |1 AGF GB/c/d :|2 AGF GFE |]

JWiseman - THANK YOU! That is like a Christmas gift! Thank you so much for sharing those transcriptions. Absolutely wonderful!

‘Humours of Nickey’ is a Joe Liddy composition (see https://thesession.org/tunes/13082 )

JWiseman: track 4 ‘Stars and Stripes’ is a Brendan Mulhaire composition, often associated with John Bowe.
https://thesession.org/tunes/5371

FYI - Track 8 (from my ABC text) list “Side By Side” as the album - It should be “In Memory of PF”

I got the notes from my friend - there is no explanation of the “PF Jig No. 15” and I won’t post it until I can verify it is his. I’ll try and contact the sisters and see if I get a response.

The tunes that are not linked:
Gentleman Johnny (Yvonne)
Paddy Fahey’s edit
Falling Snow (Liz and Yvonne)
Emily’s Buzz, Johnny Phádraic Phíotair (Liz)
One For Leo (Yvonne)
Grandad’s (traditional (but I can’t find it) ABC text below)
John J. Kimmel (AKA Freddie Kimmell’s/Julia Clifford’s "John and Julia Clifford. The Humours of Lisheen)
Bernie From Brittas (Liz)
X:1
T:Granddad’s
R:waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Gmaj
P:Kane Sisters “In Memory of Paddy Fahey” Tr. 13.2
G3A GF | G2B,3C | D2G3B | c2E4 | c3BA2 | A2E3G | F3F EF | EDB,4 |
G3A GF | G2B,3C | D2G3B | c2E4 | c3BA2 | B3AG2 | A2E2F2 |1 G3 B, DG :|2 G3 G {FG}FE ||
|:D2E2F2 | G2 B2 d2 | B3 A G2 | F2E4 | D2F2A2 | D2F2A2 | D3 E F2 | E2 D4 |
D2E2F2 | G2 B2 d2 | B3 A G2 | F2E4 | c3BA2 | B3AG2 | A2E2F2 |1 G3 G {FG}FE :|2 G6 ||