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The Wild Irishman reel

Also known as The Glenties.

There are 63 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Wild Irishman appears in 6 other tune collections.

The Wild Irishman has been added to 41 tune sets.

The Wild Irishman has been added to 357 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: The Wild Irishman
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d2fd gefe|dfed cdec|d2fd gefd|g2fe dcBc|
d2fd gefe|dfed cdeg|~f3d ~g3e|cdec dcdf:|
|:edcB ABcd|eA~A2 eAfA|edcB A2de|fgfe dcdf|
edcB ABcd|eA (3AAA eAfA|edcB ~A3e|fgfe d3c:|
2
X: 2
T: The Wild Irishman
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
d2fa gefd|Adfd Acec|d2fa gefd|fgec dAFA|
d2fa gefd|Adfd Acec|defd efgb|afge dgfg||
edcB ABcd|eA~A2 eAfg|edcA EAce|fa[eg][ce] dcfg|
edcB ABcd|eA~A2 egfg|edcA EAce|fa[eg][ce] dAFA|
3
X: 3
T: The Wild Irishman
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A|:d2fd gdfd|dfed cdec|d2fd gdfd|gfge cABc|
d2fd gdfd|dfed cdec|d2fd ~g3e|cBcA ~d3:|
f|:edcB A2(3cBA|eAfA eAfA|edcB A2ce|fgfe d3:|
# Added by hone .
4
X: 4
T: The Wild Irishman
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A|d2fd gefe|dfed cdec|d2fd gefd|fgfe dcBc|
d2fd gefe|dfed cdeg|~f3d ~g3e|cAcA ~d3||
|:f|edcB A3c|eA~A2 eAfA|edcB A2ce|fgfe d3:|
5
X: 5
T: The Wild Irishman
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
"D" d2fd gdfd|dfed "A" cdec|"D" d2fd gdfd|"Emi" fgfe "A" dcBc|
"D" d2fd gdfd|dfed "A" cdeg|"F#min" f3 f "G" g2 ge|"A" ccBc "D" dcdf|
"A" edcB A3f|e A3 eAfA|edcB ABcd|"G" fgfe "Emi" dcdf|
"A" edcB A3f|e A3 eAfA|edcB ABcd|"G" fgfe "D" dABc||

Eight comments

I saw the other one.

I have always known this tune as the Wild Irishman. It’s not too hard but it’s a good rocking standard for the sessions. I don’t hear it much anymore but I imagine it’s time for another wake up call.

Have fun.

Mark

The Wild irishman

Source: Paul McGrattan & Paul O’Shaughnessy _ within a mile of doublin
Transcription: g.m.p.

A donegal version:

d2fa gefd|Adfd Acec|d2fa gefd|fgec dAFA|
d2fa gefd|Adfd Acec|defd efgb|afge dgfg||
edcB ABcd|eA~A2 eAfg|edcA EAce|fa[eg][ce] dcfg|
edcB ABcd|eA~A2 egfg|edcA EAce|fa[eg][ce] dAFA|

Yeeeee ha!!

’Me with the floorshow
Kickin’ with your torso
Boys getting high
And the girls even more so
Wave your hands if your not with the… Wild Irishman!’

Thanks, MC, great TuneJockey!
We all wanna rock TJ!

This is tune is good news for who plays the highland pipe yet hates its ‘frizzling’ high a: There‘ s no high a in this tune, so no riks this happens! It’ s all there of course, what a smashin number!

The Wild Irishman

This reel is usually played as a single reel.

Re: The Wild Irishman

Néillidh Boyle used to play this tune with 4 parts, first playing it high and then down the octave. What a great version that is!