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Temple Hill reel

Also known as The Darling, Paul Brock’s, Sweetheart, The Sweetheart, Sweethearts, The Temple Gate, The Temple Hill, They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay.

There are 21 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with Arthur’s Seat (a few times), The Darling (a few times), The Dram Shell (a few times), The Leg Of The Duck (a few times) and Miss McGuinness (a few times).

Temple Hill has been added to 3 tune sets.

Temple Hill has been added to 94 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

X: 1
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:B,E~E2 B2AF|BFAF DEFD|B,E~E2 BABd|1dBAF E2FD:|2dBAF E2F/G/A||
|:Bdeg f2ec|dBAF DEFA|Bdeg f2ec|1dBAF E3A:|2dBAF E3F|
|:G3E F3D|EGFE DB,B,2|1GE~E2 FDD2|EGFD E3F:|2DFEG FAdB|AFDF E3A||
X: 2
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
B,E (3EEE BF AF|BF AF DE FD|B,E (3EEE BA Bc|dB AF FE E2:|
e3 g f2 ed|B2 AF DE FA|e3 g f2 ed|B2 AF FE E2:|
G3 E F3 D|EG FE DB, (3B,B,B,|GE (3EEE FD (3DDD|EG FD E3F|
G3 E F3 D|EG FE DB, (3B,B,B,|DF EG FA dB|AF DF E4|
X: 3
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAB e2dB|eBdB GAAG|EAAB edef|1gedB BAAG:|2gedB BA (3Bcd||
e~a3 abag|egdg egdg|e~a3 abag|egdB B~A3|
e~a3 abag|egde ~g3a|b2af gefd|(3efg ed BAAG||
"Last time" (3efg ed BAGB|A8||
X: 4
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAB e2dB|e2dB GABG|EAAB edef|gedB BAA2:|
ea a2 b2 ag|egdg egdg|ea a2 b2 ag|egdB BAAd|
ea a2 b2 ag|egdg egdg|bgaf gefd|(e/f/g dB BA A2||
X: 5
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:.A.A.AB e2 dB|e2 dB GABG|EAAB edef|(3gfe dB BAAG|
EAAB e2 dB|eBdB GABG|EAAB edef|(3gfe dB BAAg:||
|:ea a2 b2 af|gedB GABd|ea a2 bgaf|gedB BA A2|
ea a2 b2 af|gedB GABd|ea a2 b2af|gedB A3B:||
|:c3A B3G|AcBA GEE2|cA A2 BGG2|AcBG A3B|
c3A B3G|AcBA GEE2|GBAc Bdge|dBGB A3d:||
# Added by JACKB .
X: 6
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:BE E2 B2AF|BFAF DEFA|BE E2 BABc|1dBAF E2FA:|2dBAF E2F/G/A||
|:Bdeg f2ec|dBAF DEFA|Bdeg f2ec|1dBAF E3A:|2dBAF E3F|
|:g3e f3d|egfe dB B2|ge e2 fd d2|egfd e3f:||
# Added by JACKB .
X: 7
T: Temple Hill
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
DGGA d2cA | d2cA FGAF | DGGA dcde | fdcA FGAF |
DGGA d2cA | d2cA FGAc | dcde fgag |fdcA GABc ||
dgg2 a2ga | fdcA FGAc | dgg2 abga | fdcA G2Bc |
dgg2 a2ga | fdcA FGAc | dcde fgaf | fdcA G3A ||
B2dc AFF2 | GFDE FDC2 | BDGB ADFA | GcAG GFGA |
B2dc AFF2 | GFDE FDCF | FAGB Acfd | cAFA G4||

Eighteen comments

Temple Hill (reel)

Source: Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O’Sullivan,Paul de Grae - "The Smoky Chimney"
Transcription: g.m.p.

Mistake

The 1st bar of the 3rd part shoud be |G3E F3D|
sorry

Temple hill-in G

A nicer version of this tune(i.m.h.o.!!) exists in the book IRISH TUNES BY THE HUNDRED.Compiles by Sean McGuire and Josie Keegan in 1975.

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Smokey chimney

nice to have another tune from that album, one of my all time favorites!

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Smokey chimney

I agree with you, its a good album.

Temple Hill reel

You can also hear a wonderful version of this reel on Ann Heymann’s monumental testament to traditional harp playing " Queen of Harps". It is a _real_ eye opener to those unfamilar with the wire harp. Her setting is similar to the printed one save ornaments. She follows this with the Temple House Jigs in a couple different settings.

A.K.A. The Sweetheart Reel

This is also known as The Sweetheart Reel. Here’s an attempt to transcribe Mary MacNamara’s version (minus the ornaments):

T:Sweetheart Reel
S:Mary MacNamara
Z:Gary Martin
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=98
K:EDor
B,E (3EEE BF AF|BF AF DE FD|B,E (3EEE BA Bc|dB AF FE E2:|
e3 g f2 ed|B2 AF DE FA|e3 g f2 ed|B2 AF FE E2:|
G3 E F3 D|EG FE DB, (3B,B,B,|GE (3EEE FD (3DDD|EG FD E3F|
G3 E F3 D|EG FE DB, (3B,B,B,|DF EG FA dB|AF DF E4|

Set

This can be played on a set after Molly on the Shore or Drowsy Maggie

Redwood

My transcription of Lúnasa’s version:

X: 1
T: Temple Hill
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
EAAB e2dB|eBdB GAAG|EAAB edef|1gedB BAAG:|2gedB BA (3Bcd||
e~a3 abag|egdg egdg|e~a3 abag|egdB B~A3|
e~a3 abag|egde ~g3a|b2af gefd|(3efg ed BAAG||
"Last time" (3efg ed BAGB|A8||

It’s called Paul Brock’s on "They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay". Not sure how his name got attached to it but they play it in Ador, 3 parts (each with 16 bars)

P.J. and Marcas Hernon recorded this reel as Colm O’Donnell’s Favourite on their duet album "Beal a’ Mhurlaigh". Few musicians know the "correct" titles.

Someone posted a variant of this tune a while ago: https://thesession.org/tunes/6977

Temple Hill

Percy Grainger made a piano arrangement of this tune (an Ador version similar to Lúnasa’s version above), and possibly arranged it for orchestra. He got this tune from Stanford’s edition of "The Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient Irish Music", where it is Tune No 901 in Ador and described as a Cork reel.

The Petrie (Stanford) version - [from P Carew’s MSS]

X: 1
T: Temple Hill. A Cork Reel.
S:Complete Petrie Collection
M: C
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
EAAB e2dB|e2dB GABG|EAAB edef|gedB BAA2:|
ea a2 b2 ag|egdg egdg|ea a2 b2 ag|egdB BAAd|
ea a2 b2 ag|egdg egdg|bgaf gefd|(e/f/g dB BA A2||

Joey Abarta Setting

This is close to the setting Joey Abarta plays on his recent video.

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Declan Masterson

On his album "Deireadh an Fhómhair / End of the Harvest" Declan Masterson plays a two part version of this tune as the last tune of track 6, where he calls it "Sweethearts". He claims to have composed all three tunes in that set, which of course cannot be true for "Sweethearts", since it appears in the Petrie collection, which was published in 1855. Declan Masterson probably heard the tune, and then he thought he had composed it.

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