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The other Doon Reel. Sometimes also played in D, but it sounds brighter to me in G.
Some nice variations I do:
Bars 1 & 3: BDBd cA~A2 or BD (3GAB cAAc
Last few bars of B part: (3gfg ag bgag|dgbg afdc or (3gfg ag bgeg|db (3bbb afdc|
“Kitty Sheain’s” ~ some similarity
Key signature: E Major
Submitted on October 18th 2004 by jiggyhobbit.
https://thesession.org/tunes/3717
The “Other” Doon in D
This is tune #786 in Norbeck’s collection. He also lists "Callaghan’s" as a title.
Here’s my take on it.
X: 1
T: Doon Reel, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
~F3A GEEG|FDDF ABAG|~F3A G~E3|AFGE FDDE
~F3A G~E3|F/E/D FG ABAG|FGAF GEEG|AFGE FDDF||
Ad d/d/d dcAB|AGFG ABcA|~d3e dcAB|=cBAF G2 FG|
Adfe dcAB|AGFG AB c/B/A|d2 fd adfd|d/d/d fd ecAG||
The Bonny Bunch of Ferns
This was the title that John Doherty gave this tune. As what?!!? points out, John played it as a pipe imitation.
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Source: The Wynd You Know by Ronan Browne
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta
Duplicated!
It’s already here.
https://thesession.org/tunes/1731
John Kelly’s
John Kelly’s version is:
X:1
T:Ravelled Hank of Yarn, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:John Kelly
R:Reel
K:G
B3 B c2 Ac | B2 GB dcAF | DB B2 cAAg | fdcA AGG2 |
B3 B c2 Ac | B2 GB dcAF | DB B2 cBce | fdcA AGG2 ||
fgaf g2 fd | cAAB cBcA | fgaf g2 ag | fdcA AGG2 |
fgaf g2 fd | cAAB cBce | fgaf bgag | fdcA AGG2 ||
but he called it the Ravelled Hank of Yarn;
Cal Callaghan’s, X:2
Jackie Daly’s setting, pretty much.
Re: The Doon
Niall Kenny: "but he called it the Ravelled Hank of Yarn…"
It’s under that title in O’Neill’s ‘Waifs and Strays’ (1922). He also says it’s a variant of "Nellie O’Donovan", but it’s becoming clear that there is a large family of similar tunes which appear related, including "Ned Kendall’s Favourite" et al.
The Doon, X:4
Slightly simplified D version, as played at sessions here in Austin.
Call Callaghan’s, X:7
We play this after The Lady On The Island.
Re: Call Callaghan’s
X:7 - There’s a C-natural shown in bar 4 of the B part. Is this superfluous or does it mean the key signature should be two sharps?