The Wild Irishman reel

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

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!

This reel is usually played as a single reel.

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!

Version learned from a local session.

I believe this is the version played by Altan oon “Blue Ido”