The New Custom House reel

In 38 tune books, and nobody has a word to say about it ???

Several sources attribute this tune to East Galway fiddler Paddy Kelly.

“In 38 tune books, and nobody has a word to say about it ???”

Okay then: the D in bars 2 and 5 ought to be a C!

In 48 ~ … and counting… So how about this, a different key and take on the whole thing:

K: D Dorian
|: FG |
A2 DE FGAB | cAGE CEGE | (3AAA DE FGAB | (3ccc eG dGEG |
AD (3DDD FGAB | c2 GE CEFG | AdDd FGAB | (3cdc GE D2 :|
||: FG |
Ad (3dd^c (3ded =cd | ed^cd ef (3gfe | Add^c d2 =cd | eAag (3efe c_B |
Ad-d^c d2 =cd | ed^cd efg_b | a2 _ba gec_B | Adce d2 :|

Key signature: D Mixolydian
Submitted on April 22nd 2007 by Tanya482.
https://thesession.org/tunes/7095

Damn, I forgot about this. I like that take in D Dorian, moving into a kind of d minor way for the B-part, fun…

The following first came to mind in E Dorian, where it can also be played…

X: 1134
T: The New Custom House
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: E Mixolydian
|: e/d/c |
BEGE GABc | d2 AF DFAd | BE E/E/E GABc | d/e/d fd efdc |
BE G/F/E G2 A/B/c | d2 AF DFAd | BE E/E/E G2 A/B/c | dBAF E2 :|
|: GA |
BeGe Bege | f2 dB fgaf | Be e/e/e Begb | ag f/e/d geGA |
Be e/e/e BeGe | fd d/d/d fg a/g/f | b2 a/g/f ebbe | fbba f2 :|

Here it is with Jeeves Jones earlier few suggested corrections made, the more usual way with it, those low Cs ~

X: 1
T: New Custom House, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: A2 DE FGAB | cAGE CEFG | A2 DE FGAB | cGeG dcAG |
A2 DE FGAB | cAGE CEFG | ADdD FGAB|cAGE AD ~D2 :|
|: Add^c d2 cd | ed^cd efge | Add^c d2 cd | eaag ed^cd |
Add^c d2 cd | ed^cd efgb | a2 ba ge^cd | eaag ed^cd :|

Key signature: D Mixolydian
Submitted on April 22nd 2007 by Tanya482.
~ /tunes/7095

X: 1
T: Paddy Kelly’s
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: D Mixolydian
AD (3FED =FGAB | cAGE CEGc | ADFD =FGAB | c2 ec dcAG |
AD (3FED =FGAB | cAGE CEGc | ADFD =FGAB | cAGE ED D2 :|
Ad d2 Adfd | ec c2 ef g2 | Ad d2 Adfa | gfec fdec |
Ad d2 Adfd | ec c2 efgf | afge d (3ABc d | eaag ed d2 :|

Learnt this tune off a CD of Irish Fiddle music and would love to know if anyone else knows it by another name. I love the change from F sharp to F natural; it makes this tune very unique! And it’s fun to play!

# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by Tanya482

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAd0_ZDK9CY

play video

X:1
T: New Custom House, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K:Ddor
FG|: A2DE FGAB | cAGE CDEG | A2DE FGAB | cAdB cAGE |
ADDD FGAB | c2GE CDEG | Addc d2cd | cAGE EDD2 :|
|: Addc (3ded cd | edcd egge | Addc d2cd | eAag edcd |
Addc d2 cd | edcd egg2 | a3g egdc | cAGE EDD2 :|

X:8 from Joe Cooley.

X: 9
Noel Hill & Tony McMahon – I gCnoc na Graí

X: 10
De Dannan

X: 11
Joe Burke & Charlie Lennon – The Bucks of Oranmore

Watch and listen to Claire Keville and Liam Lewis play a bit unusual version of the tune: http://source.pipers.ie/Media.aspx?mediaId=24512

Put together loosely from playing of Macdara O Raghallaigh, the third tune in this video.

https://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_623_1micheal_and_mac_dara_o_raghallaigh/

This is the version I always have in mind for this tune, not sure where I got it from.