Seven comments
The House Of Hamill
Tasty tune by Ed Reavy.
House of Hamill
Good man Dow, a stellar tune and one of my favorites. I like it played at a good clip. Makes the third part sound like pure, twisted evil. In addition to the sources listed in the Details section, there is a good version on Dervish’s "Midsummer Night" (in the opening set of reels) and an unadorned version by Kildareman Enda O Cathain on his recording, "O Inne Go Inniu". Cherish the Ladies recorded it some time ago as a slow reel but I think it loses its fire that way.
Reavy’s version
This is closer to the way Reavy wrote it — and how Kevin Burke plays it. Hope I got it right…
X: 1
T: House Of Hamill, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFD|
EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFA|
BE~E2 dE~E2|BE~E2 dAFA|BE~E2 (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFA|
BE~E2 dE~E2|BE~E2 dAFA|BE~E2 (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFA|
B2^GB eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|B2^GB eBGB|=gfec dAFA|
B2^GB eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|BA=GF GBef|gfec dAFD|
B2^GB eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|BA=GF GBef|gfec dAFD|
Sorry… one line too many
No need to play the third line… my apologies.
Randall Bays, 2nd tune
Tola Custy
Second tune, stunning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ski4OPUITmk
The House Of Hamill, X:3
A friend has been bugging me to learn this tune for months, but the ^G throws me off a bit(tenor banjo, small hands). He is good guy and has learned lots more of my tunes so its time for me to man up.. :-). Now, being as I’m a software type, when I see lots of duplicated passages I go into cut-and-paste seek-and-destroy mode, and so have optimized the abc. I do admit that the pickups I’ve written don’t entirely feel pickup-ee, but they do make the first part slightly simpler - no 2nd ending needed.
Cherish the Ladies does it nice and clean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-J3qGqJH8&t=2m14s
