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Sergeant Early’s Dream reel

Also known as Aisling Mhaor Mhaelmhochéirighe, Kathleen Collins’, Seargent Early’s Dream, Sergeant Early’s, Sgt. Early’s Dream.

There are 44 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Sergeant Early’s Dream appears in 4 other tune collections.

Sergeant Early’s Dream has been added to 38 tune sets.

Sergeant Early's Dream has been added to 318 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
|:dc|ADDE FAcA|GECD ~E3F|DA, DE FEFG|Adde fedc|
ADDE FAcA|GECD ED^CE|DA,DE FAcA|GECE D2:|
|:FG|Addc d2Ad|f2ed cAGF|ECEG cBcd|eced cABG|
Addc d2Ad|f2ed cAFA|GEcE dEcE|ED^CE D2:|
2
X: 2
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
|:d|A2DE FAcA|GECD ~E3F|D^C DE FEFG|Adde f2ec|
ADDE FAcA|GECD EFGE|D^CDE FAcA|GFEF D3:|
|:(3EFG|Addc ~d3e|f2ed cAGF|ECEG ~c3d|dccB cdBc|
Addc ~d3e|faed cAGB|A~E3 c~E3|CDEC D3:|
3
X: 3
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
cB|ADDE FAcA|GECD ~E3F|DA,DE FEFG|Adde fedc|
ADDE FAcA|GECD ~E3F|DA,DE FAcA|GFEF D2:|
|:dc|Addc ~d3e|f2ed cAGF|ECEG ~c3d|ecdc AcGc|
Addc ~d3e|f2ed cAGc|AE~E2 cE~E2|CDEC D2:|
4
X: 4
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:gf|eAAB cBce|dBGA BcdB|AEAB cBcd|eaab c'bag|
eAAB cege|dBGA BcdB|AEAf gbge|dcBe A2:|
|:cd|eaa^g a2 ag|eaab c'bag|eggf g2 ga|bc'ba gfed|
eaa^g aeag|eaab c'baf|gbaf gedB|cABe A2:|
5
X: 5
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
cB|ADDE FAcA|GECD EFGE|DA,DE F2FG|Adde fedc|
ADDE FAcA|GECD E2FE|DA,DE FAcA|GFEF D2:|
|:FG|Addc d2de|f2ed cAGF|ECEG c2cd|ecdc AcGc|
Addc d3e|f2ed cAGc|AE (3EEE cE (3EEE|CDEC D2:|
6
X: 6
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
V:1
A2 DE FAcA|GECD EFGE|DA,DE FEFG|Adde fedc|A2 DE FAcA|
GECD EFGE|DA,DE FAcA||1 GFEF DccB:|2 GFEF D2 (3EFG||
|:Add^c d3 e|fg/f/ ed cAGF|ECEG c c2 d|dcdB cdBc|
Add^c d3 e|fg/f/ ed cAGc|AE E2 CE E2||1 CEGE D2 (3EFG:|2 CEGE D4||
V:2
"Dm"D3 C D2 F2|"C"EC A,2 "Am"C2 G,2|"Dm"A,2 AG A4|FE F2 AGFE|D2 FG D2 F2|
"C"E2 C2 "Am"A,2 C2|DFAG AcEF||1 "C"EDCA, "Dm"D2 E2:|2 "C"EDCG, "Dm"A,D D2||
|:"Dm"F3 E F2 G2|"F"A2 GF E2 D2|"C"CG,CE GE G2|"Am"A2 G2 F2 G2|
"Dm"F2 E2 F3/2G/ Ac|"F"d2 cB A2 E2|"Am"D C2 C A, C2 C||1 EGAG "Dm"[A,2F2] (3CDE:|2 A,2 A2 "Dm"[F4d4]||
# Added by Bazza .
7
X: 7
T: Sergeant Early's Dream
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:ag|"Am"eAAB cege|"G"dBGA B3c|"Am"AEAB cBcd|"Em"eaab c'bag|
"Am"eAAB cege|"G"dBGA B3c|"Am"AEAB cege|"G"dcBc "Am"A2:|
|:cd|"Am"eaag a2ab|c'2ba gedc|"G"BGBd gfga|"Em"bgag egdg|
"Am"eaag a2ab|c'2ba gedg|"Em"eB (3BcB GB (3BcB|"G"cABG "Am"A2:|

Twelve comments

Tune Requested by Hayley
Source: Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O’Donoghue - “Late in the Night”
Transcription: g.m.p.

I really love this tune, I heard it somewhere and remembered the name but not much else!!! Thanks to Gian Marco for posting it!!! 🙂

Sergeant Early’s Dream - another setting

Love this tune. My version is fairly different. Mostly the Kathleen Collins version with a bit of Paddy Canny’s and Randal Bay’s settins tossed in for flavor.

Cheers,
Ken
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X: 1
T: Sergeant Early’s Dream
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
|:d|A2DE FAcA|GECD ~E3F|D^C DE FEFG|Adde f2ec|
ADDE FAcA|GECD EFGE|D^CDE FAcA|GFEF D3:|
|:(3EFG|Addc ~d3e|f2ed cAGF|ECEG ~c3d|dccB cdBc|
Addc ~d3e|faed cAGB|A~E3 c~E3|CDEC D3:|

It’s in O’Neil’s in A major, which is a totally different sounding beast, and goes up to the high c#. This is not a pretty note on your average tinwhistle, or fiddle for that matter.

Sergeant Early’s Dream, X:4

O‘Neill’s #656, in A Dorian. I love this tune for the last bar in both the A and B part in particular, which are pretty unique as far as I ’m aware. The high C notes are a bit of a bother though.

Sergeant Early’s Dream, X:5

I’m just learning this beautiful tune and tried to combine some of my favorite aspects of it from different settings. Moving beyond the bare bones of the notes, there’s endless scope for variation and ornamentation here, particularly by sliding into notes to make it even more mournful.

Sergeant Early’s Dream, X:6

A setting with chords and an accompanying part (mine - not authentically traditional). I had the melody line from notation given on the sleeve notes to a Paddy Carty LP.

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Sergeant Early’s Dream, X:7

Setting in A Dorian with chords.

I believe this would be the best key for a session. As per the melody line, this is what I am used to play, not sure where I got it. It could be from sessions, or albums, or even a mix of both.