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Coffey’s reel

Also known as Brendan McMahon’s, Coffey’s.

There are 15 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with The Concertina (a few times), Walter Sammon’s Grandmother (a few times) and The Gold Ring (a few times).

Coffey’s appears in 1 other tune collection.

Coffey’s has been added to 8 tune sets.

Coffey's has been added to 199 tunebooks.

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One setting

X: 1
T: Coffey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:B3 A BAGB | A2 FA DAFA | B3 A BAGB | ABde fded |
B3 A BAGB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 E F2 dB | AFDE FEE2 :|
|:G3 F GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 F GBdB | AFDE FEEF |
G3 F GBdB | A2 FA DAFA | G3 E F2 dB | AFDE FEE2 :|

Nine comments

A nice rainy tune.

It is not the same tune as that on the Skylark recording listed above.

Lunasa Version

Lunasa plays this tune in the key of A minor on The Kinnitty Sessions recording.

So what’s the common key then?

Oo, let me guess. The one that Lunasa *doesn’t* do it in.

Eh?

Well, anyway, I was playing through this tune last night and suddenly noticed its similarity to the Curragh Races https://thesession.org/tunes/1760. Perhaps they’re related.

Patrick Street version

. . is very close to the dots posted here (and in the same key).

Re: Brendan McMahon’s

Pretty sure this is the "correct" key. I also found the tune in one of Breandán Breathnach’s "Ceol Rince na hÉireann" books (can’t remember which volume- sorry!) and it is in this key there as well.