Paddy Fahey’s (jig) on The Session

Also known as Geehan’s, Paddy Fahey’s No. 2, Paddy Fahey’s No. 9, Paddy Fahy’s, Paddy Fahy’s No. 2, The Robin’s Nest, Sliabh Bloom.

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Unfortunately I dont have a name for this tune. I am looking for some suggestions for chords to accompany this tune and would love to hear your ideas. Thanks.

This is a Paddy Fahy tune… and it’s called… Paddy Fahy’s… of course.

A great tune Carrie which is rarely heard at sessions but deserves to be heard a lot more. A couple of possible variations are suggested as follows:-

Bar 4 of first part could be played as "GAG E2 G"
Bar 8 of first part could also be played as "ECB, C3"
Bar 4 of second part could be played as "Acf afd"

Not the reel from Northern lights !

If you’re here from the link "Paddy Fahy’s" On "Northern Lights (Kevin ans Seamus Glackin)". The correct link is www.thesession.org/tunes/2940

Here’s another setting from fiddler Brid Dunne.

K:C
|:~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DEF|GAB ced|
|~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DGF|ECB, CE/F/G:||
|:~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}gec|A2 f fef|Acf afd|
|~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}g2 a|gec fdB|cGE CE/F/G:||

Another Name

This tune has also been recorded as the Robin’s Nest. I have it on a CD by the box player Johnny Connolly who now lives in Portland ("Bridgetown"), but there are others.

“Paddy Fahy’s” ~ “Northern Lights”

Source: Seamus & Kevin Glackin
Key signature: F Major
Submitted on May 4th 2004 by Washoo.
https://thesession.org/tunes/2940

See https://thesession.org/tunes/5776 for a transcription of Sean Ryan’s "Robin’s Nest" - a slightly different tune, especially in the B-part. I’ve never heard the Sean Ryan tune in any session I’ve been to, but I’ve heard this Paddy Fahy tune quite often.

Maybe this is Paddy Fahy’s version of Sean Ryan’s composition.

Or it could be the other way round. Think of Twilight In Portroe/Dawn, Bill McEvoy’s #1/Nervous Man, and also similarities between tunes like Dash To Portobello and the Hunter’s Purse.

Played by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill on the Feakle Festival CD: https://thesession.org/recordings/display/2863

Also played by Seamus Bugler on track 12 of https://thesession.org/recordings/display/2183