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Máire O’ Keefe’s reel

Also known as Maire O’Keefe, Maire O’Keefe’s, Maire O’Keeffe, Maire O’Keeffe’s.

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

Máire O’ Keefe’s has been added to 2 tune sets.

Máire O' Keefe's has been added to 12 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Máire O' Keefe's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
AF~F2 DEFA|dABF A2 Bc|df~f2 bafb|afdf eB~B2|
AF~F2 DEFA|dABF A2 Bc|df~f2 bafb|afeg fddB:|
Adfd edcd|(3Bcd AF DEFD|B,EGB degb|afdf eB~B2|
AF~F2 DEFA|dABF A2 Bc|df~f2 bafb|afeg fddB:|
# Added by errik .
2
X: 2
T: Máire O' Keefe's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
gcc2 Gcec|fFAc def^f|gcc2 gc (3e^fg|aege def^f|
gcc2 Gcec|fFAc (3fgf ef|decd Bcdc|1 BGFD EGC2:|2 BGFD EGCA:|
GEE2 CDEG|cGAc G2AB|cee2 agea|gece (3d^cd A=c|
GEE2 CDEG|cGAc G2AB|cee2 agea|1 gede cdAc:|2 gede cde^f||

Six comments

Did Maire O’Keefe write this lovely tune or is it just that someone learnt it from her?
Cheers
Donough

I think she did

According to Jerry Holland

Another version

I heard a version of this in Milltown some years ago - taped a boxplayer playing it, unfortunately no name on tune or player.

It was in C, and I have the ABC for it - will submit it under same name later for comparison.

Never heard anyone play it since then mind you - tried it a few times myself but never got a response, has filtered down into the far reaches of my memory now! Maybe I’ll dig it out again for this weekend!

I heard the tune on one of Cherish the Ladies’ albums. They say it was composed by Jerry Holland.

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C Major Version

Here’s the C major version of the tune which is substantially different.

This is a good resource, but for some reason the owner wouldn’t let me post this as a separate tune - why I don’t know as one part is totally different - so you’ll have to decode the ABC for yerselves.

A.

X: 14
T:Gan Ainm
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
gcc2 Gcec|fFAc def^f|gcc2 gc (3e^fg|aege def^f|\
gcc2 Gcec|fFAc (3fgf ef|decd Bcdc|1 BGFD EGC2:|2 BGFD EGCA:||
GEE2 CDEG|cGAc G2AB|cee2 agea|gece (3d^cd A=c|\
GEE2 CDEG|cGAc G2AB|cee2 agea|1 gede cdAc:|2 gede cde^f||\

Re: Máire O’ Keefe’s

Per Traditional Tune Archive and Paul Cranford, this tune was written for Máire O’Keefe by Cape Breton luthier, fiddler and composer Otis Tomas. Jerry Holland popularized the tune.