Miss Ramsey reel

Donegal version from S

There’s a 2-part version of this in Gmaj on Seamus McGuire and John Lee’s “Missing Reel”:

X: 1
T: Miss Ramsey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
~G3e dB~B2|dBeB dBAB|~G3e dB~B2|1 gedB AGAB:|2 gedB A2A2||
|:bg~g2 aged|eaag fd~d2|bgaf gfef|1 gedB A2A2:|2 gedB AGAF||

This version is played in our session as follows:

X: 1
T: Miss Ramsey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
~G3B dB~B2|dBeB dBAB|~G3B dB~B2|1 gedB AcBA:|2 gedB ABdg||
|:bg~g2 aged|eaag fddg|bgag gede|1 gedB ABdg:|2 gedB AcBA||

“The Four Provinces Fling”
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on May 5th 2003 by gian marco.
https://thesession.org/tunes/1639

Strathspey (earliest known form) ~ Highland Fling ~ Reel…

Here’s a fairly standard 2-part D setting, which is slightly different in the 2nd bar of the B-part to the G setting:

X: 1
T: Miss Ramsey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D3B AF~F2|AFBF AFEF|~D3B AF~F2|1 BdAF E2FE:|2 BdAF ~E3g||
|:fddf ecce|~d3B ABde|1 fddf ecce|dBAF ~E3g:|2 fdec dBAd|BdAF EGFE||

Calico’s version of this is really quirky. It’s got 4 parts, and they also do the ABABCBABCB described above.

X: 1
T: Miss Ramsey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Calico - Celanova Square
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D3A AGFG|ADAB AGFA|~D2AB AGFA|1 B2AF GBAF:|2 B2AF D3e||
f2df eAce|dedA Bcde|fd (3Bcd eAce|dBAG FADA|
efdf eAce|dedA Bcde|fdec dBAB|dBAG FAEA||
|:(3Bcd fa ~a2fa|gbaf gfef|(3Bcd fa ~a2fa|1 gbag e3A:|2 gbag eaag||
f2df eAce|dedA Bcde|fd (3Bcd eAce|dBAG FADA|
efdf eAce|dedA Bcde|fdec dBAB|dBAG FAEA||

I was looking through the “latest comments” for the tunes section here and Dow’s comments and versions for this tune were on the page. I’ve been looking for this tune for a long time. No, not to learn it, I already knew it. But having heard “Crehan’s Kitchen” played by Catherine McEvoy on “The Flute Players of Roscommon” I knew there was another title on it, and this is it.

X: 1
T: Miss Ramsey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Calico - Celanova Square
R: reel
K: Dmaj
B|A~F3 ~A3B|AGFE ~D3B|ADFA (3Bcd AF|EGFE ~D3B|
|A~F3 ~A3B|AGFE ~D3B|ADFA (3Bcd AF|Dfag |
f2df eAce|dcdA Bcde|ffdf eAce|dBAG FAde|
f2df eAce|dcdA Bcdg|fdec d2cA|(3Bcd AFegfe|
||dcdf aafa|bfaf egfe|dcdf aafa|gbaf egfe|
|dcdf aafa|bfaf egfe|dcdf aafa|gbaf egag||
f2df eAce|dcdA Bcde|ffdf eAce|dBAG FAde|
f2df eAce|dcdA Bcdg|fdec d2cA|(3Bcd AFde|

Just had the privilege of hearing Mary Ramsey of the 10,000 Maniacs play this!

On the 2010 NicGaviskey recording “Home Away from Home” this is given under the title “McDonough’s” in the key of G, not far from Dr Dow’s X:2 setting above.

This appears in the Athole Collection as a Strathspey. Here is the setting from the Athole Collection. Also, the tune was originally written in E Flat Major.

Based on the great version by the late Tommy Peoples and Seán Óg Potts on Waiting For a Call https://thesession.org/recordings/460 . It features a satisfying number of those characteristic arpeggios on A and D.

From the Deegan manuscripts