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Sergeant Early’s Dream reel

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

There are 41 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with Paddy Fahey’s (a few times), The Tempest (a few times), Tuttle’s (a few times), The Jug Of Punch (a few times) and The Steeplechase (a few times).

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

Sergeant Early’s Dream has been added to 21 tune sets.

Sergeant Early's Dream has been added to 273 tunebooks.

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Four 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|:eaag a2 ag|eaab c'bag|eggf g2 ga|bc'ba gfed|
eaag agag|eaab c'baf|gbaf gedB|cABe A2:||

Nine 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.