The Lisheen reel

There are 9 recordings of this tune.

The Lisheen appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Lisheen has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: The Lisheen
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
F2 AF G2 BG|F2 AF E2 DE|F2 AF G2 BG|FAAF D2 DE|
F2 AF G2 BG|F2 AF E4|d3 B AFDE|F2 AF D4||
d3 B AFDE|F2 AF E4|d3 B AFDE|F2 AF D4:|

X: 2
T: The Lisheen
R: reel

Three comments

The Lisheen

Although this starts off like “Anything for John Joe?” (or “The Little Bag of Spuds”), there are significant differences thereafter. Also, Denis Murphy played both tunes distinctly (see Ceol Rince na hEireann 2:192 for “The Lisheen Reel” and 3:164 for “Anything for John Joe?”). This setting is taken from the 1999 album ‘The West of Ireland’ by The Boys of the Lough.

I have a recording where Denis plays both tunes back to back. Laughs about it, too, I think.

The Lisheen, X:2

The version I have

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