Soft Horse reel

Also known as The Soft Horse.

There are 4 recordings of a tune by this name.

Soft Horse has been added to 2 tune sets.

Soft Horse has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Soft Horse
R: reel

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X: 2
T: Soft Horse
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:D2AG FGAF | E2ed cABc | dBBA BdAF | GFED cABc |
d2AG FGAF | E2ed cABc | dBBA BdAF | GFEG FDD2 :||
|: BF F2 Bcdc | BG G2 BcdB | cA A2 e3c | Aced cAGE |
D2AG FGAF | E2ed cABc | dBBA BdAF | GFEG FDD2 :|

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Four comments

This was composed by Phil Cunningham and played on Relativity’s self-titled album.

I matched it up with Lady on the Island
https://thesession.org/tunes/938
and Monaghan Twig
https://thesession.org/tunes/2392
and finish the set with Soft Horse Reel.

I wonder…..

… do you know what the title refers to ?

I know of one story…

It involves a very bad night for Phil’s brother Johnny after he’d had food poisoning. In the morning, finally appearing from the bathroom, Johnny announces, "I feel like I’ve just released a soft horse."

I have no idea where I got the story and it could be part of the mythology that was Johnny Cunningham. But it makes for a great reel.

The first part bears some resemblance to this one https://thesession.org/tunes/964

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