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The Honeymoon reel

Also known as Bearna Ghaoithe, The Haypenny, The Honeymoon Highland Fling, Johnny On The Woodpile, Maid That Left The County, The Maid That Left The County, The Maid Who Left The Country, The Maid Who Left The County, Neil Rooney’s, The Pure Drop, Rooney’s.

There are 56 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Honeymoon appears in 5 other tune collections.

The Honeymoon has been added to 50 tune sets.

The Honeymoon has been added to 277 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Honeymoon
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dc|BGGG DGGG|B/c/d ef gedc|BGGG DGGG|BedB A2 dc|
BGGG DGGG|B/c/d ef ggga|bgaf gfed|egdB A2 Bd|
eeef edBA|B/c/d ef gedc|BGGG DGGG|BedB A2 Bd|
eeef edBA|(3Bcd ef ggga|bgaf gfed|egdB A4|
2
X: 2
T: The Honeymoon
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG|B>d (3def g>ed<c|B>G G2 D>G G2|B<ed>B (3ABA (3edc|
B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG|(3Bcd e>f g2 g>a|b>ga>f g2 (3fed|e>gd<B A2||
e2 e>f e>dB<A|(3Bcd e>f g>ed<c|B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG|B<ed>B A2 B>d|
(3eee e>f e2 d>c|(3Bcd e>f g>fg>a|b2 (3agf g>fe>d|e<gd>B A2||
3
X: 3
T: The Honeymoon
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:dc|BGGG DGGG|Bdef gedc|BGGG DGGG|BedB A2GA|
BGGG DGGG|Bdef gfga|bgaf gfed|egdB A2:|
|:Bd|e2ef edBA|Bdef gedc|BGGG DGGG|BedB A2Bd|
edef edBA|(3Bcd ef gfga|bgaf gfed|egdB A2:|

Thirteen comments

I can’t believe there’s no comment on this fine little reel. It’s been widely recorded and I’ve only ever heard it played double. Some play it in D.

The Honeymoon

I sometimes think this reel might be the G major version of The Swallow’s Tail: https://thesession.org/tunes/105 The two tunes share similar structures and phrases.

Sources

This tune goes back a ways, showing up in Ryan’s Mammoth collection (1880’s) as ‘Honey-Moon — Reel’, and as ‘The Pure Drop’ in Levey’s Second Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1873).

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“The Honeymoon” with bump & grind

X: 2
T: Honeymoon, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Gmaj
d>c |\
B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG | B>d (3def g>ed<c | B>G G2 D>G G2 | B<ed>B (3ABA (3edc |
B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG | (3Bcd e>f g2 g>a | b>ga>f g2 (3fed | e>gd<B A2 ||
(3Bcd |\
e2 e>f e>dB<A | (3Bcd e>f g>ed<c | B>G (3GGG D>G (3GGG | B<ed>B A2 B>d |
(3eee e>f e2 d>c | (3Bcd e>f g>fg>a | b2 (3agf g>fe>d | e<gd>B A2 |]

MIDI

The midi will not play on the ipad

Re: The Honeymoon

There’s a tune called “Old Crow” # 33 in the Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances, NY 1933. Its A part is more or less identical to the Honeymoon but the B part differs.