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Father Kelly’s jig

By Father P.J. Kelly

Also known as The Clare, Father Kelly, Lough Derg.

There are 12 recordings of this tune.

Father Kelly’s has been added to 13 tune sets.

Father Kelly's has been added to 135 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Father Kelly's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D|GGG BAG|FFF AFD|GGG BAG|BdB cBA|
G2A BAG|FFF AFD|d^cd ((3gfe) d|cAF G2:|
A|B2d gdB|dgB dgB|c2e gec|egc ege|
d2f afd|fad faf|gfg efg|afd cBA|
B2d gdB|dgB dgB|c2e gec|egc ege|
d2f afd|fad faf|d^cd ((3gfe) d|cAF G2|
|:A|B2.B {c}BAG|FFF AFD|BBB {c}BAG|BdB cBA|
B2.B {c}BAG|FFF AFD|d^cd ((3gfe) d|cAF G2:|
2
X: 2
T: Father Kelly's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D|G3 BAG|F3 AFD|G3 BAG|B/c/dB cBA|
G2A BAG|F3 AFD|d^cd gf/e/d|cAF G2:|
A|B2d gdB|dgB dgB|c2e gec|egc ege|
d2f afd|fad faf|gfg efg|afd cBA|
B2d gdB|dgB dgB|c2e gec|egc ege|
d2f afd|fad faf|d^cd gf/e/d|cAF G2||
|:A|B3 BAG|F3 AFD|B3 BAG|B/c/dB cBA|
B3 BAG|F3 AFD|d^cd gf/e/d|cAF G2:|
# Added by JACKB .

Four comments

The Father Kelley’s on John Carty’s “I Will If I Can” album is a reel in Gminor.

There’s quite a few tunes by the good Fr Kelly and I think he named all of them. Met him once BTW. Withak, could you post the Gminor reel on John Carty’s album.

Lough Derg

that is the title in his book of tunes