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The Celtic Crane reel

Also known as Jackie Coleman’s.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

The Celtic Crane has been added to 1 tune set.

The Celtic Crane has been added to 37 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Celtic Crane
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
dc|:BE ~E2 GBAF|D2 (3FED FAAd|BE ~E2 GBAF|DFAB FE ~E2|BE ~E2 GBAF|
DE (3FED FAAd|1 B2 ed ~B3c|dBAF (3FED FA:|2 B2 ed BAFA|dBAF FEFd||
e2 (3gfe be (3gfe|d2 fd faaf|e2 (3gfe be (3gfe|agfa geed|e2 (3gfe be (3gfe|
dfeg faaf|1 efga bg ~g2|a/a/f df efgf:|2 efga bf ~f2|~a3f e2 dc||
2
X: 2
T: The Celtic Crane
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
dc|B E3 GBAF|DEED FAAd|B E3 GBAF|DFAB FEEd|
B E3 GBAF|DEED FAAd|B2 edBA FA|
B2 AFFE E2:|f|e2 gebe ge|d2 fdfa af|
e2 gebe ge|agfa ge ef|e2 gebe ge|
[1 d2 fdfa af|efga bf f2|afdf e3 f:|
[2 dfeg f2 gf|efga bf f2|afdf e2 dc||
# Added by Ediot .

Eight comments

Jackie Coleman’s

This is the “Jackie Coleman’s” “Patrick Street” play on their “On the fly” album. I think it’s not posted yet. It’s a nice tune in a great set on a marvelous recording I think.
The whole set is #2 on the album and the names of the tunes are:
Martin Wynne’s (non of those three we all know and not #4 either), Jackie Coleman’s (Edor) and Malynn’s Fancy.
I think Malynn’s Fancy is a version of the Boys of Ballinahinch, but what a great version it is played by the lads!

Jakie Coleman’s

Sweet tune I like the high b’s

Hmmm….

Looks a bit like “The Humours of Castlefin” to me.

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Humours of Castlefin

In fact it’s probably a version of the Humours of C. I prefer the second part of Jackie Coleman’s version because it’s a bit special with the high b’s as Premierflute already noticed.

The Celtic Crane

This is an alternative setting of a tune I learned in the early 1990’s from Brendan Mulvihill. I remembered him calling it “Charlie Lennon’s.” Recently, I heard this setting being played by John Carty. I played the Mulvihill setting for him and he confirmed that it was in fact the same tune. Carty’s name for the tune was “The Celtic Crane.” Not totally sure, but I seem to recall Carty crediting the authorship of the tune to Arty McGlynn. I have nosed around on the internet looking for references to the tune (including on thesession.org) and haven’t turned anything up. It must be a fairly common tune, I have heard it around. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it had a couple of other names.

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