Fourteen comments
The Cap And Bell (reel)
Composer: Josephine Keegan
Source: Harrington, Gerry Eoghan O’Sullivan,Paul de Grae - The Smoky Chimney
Transcription: gmp
Notes: Don’t call me Gian
Cap and Bells
"Cap and Bells" is the original title written by Josephine Keegan. Ths is from her tunebook "The Keegan Tunes" published 2002.
Aka. Out on the Road
Good tune, GIAN!!! I was just thinking about requesting it. It’s also on Kevin Crawford’s "In Good Company" and Dervish’s "Midsummer’s Night."
Cap and Bells
It’s always interesting to see how tunes change as they pass around from player to player. Just for the sake of comparison here’s how Josephine Keegan wrote this tune originally:
T:Cap and Bells
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Josephine Keegan
S:The Keegan Tunes
R:reel
K:D
fe | dF (3FFF fdec | dfec dAFA | Be (3eee BeGe |
gefd ecAc | dF (3FFF fdec | dcAF GFGE |
DAde fdeg | fdec Add2 :: e| faa^g afdf |
bfaf gfed | Be (3eee gfed | Bebg afge |
fa (3aaa fdde | fdec dcAF | GFGB efge | fdec Add2 :|
How zen, I just learned this tune last week, it must be flying around in the ether. After it I play the Lomanach Cross ~G3A B2BA|GBdB c2 … which was a set of Conor Tully’s I believe.
Another Cap & Bell recording
I’ve just gotten "Sets in the City" by Jack Gilder, Kevin Bernhagen and Richard Mandel as Tipsy House, and there’s a very nice
version on there. The rest of the cd is great fun, too.
Thanks, Steve, we got that from the famous Gort session tape where it showed up with The Maid on the Green. We added the third tune, but the Smoky Chimny boys added a different third tune at the end. I’m thinking the first two must be one of those standard pairings of tunes.
X: 1
T: The Cap And Bell
S: Dervish - Midsummer’s Night (as "Out On The Road")
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dF~F2 ADFA|dfef dAFA|BG~G2 Bcde|~f3e dcBc|
dF~F2 ADFA|dfef dcBA|~G3A (3Bcd eg|1fdec Adfe:|2fdec Addg||
|:fa~a2 afdf|bagf gfed|(3Bcd ef gfed|Beba agfe|
fa~a2 fade|fdef dcBA|~G3A (3Bcd eg|1fdec Addg:|2fdec Adfe||
Re: Cap And Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdBFYb9AXpE&feature=share
last tune here
Cap And Bells, X:4
The original version
Re: Cap And Bells
Original? From Keegan herself? Transcribed from somewhere? I trust you Dow, I’m just curious.
Re: Cap And Bells
Órlaith McAuliffe… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdf-z63dKI - 3rd tune.
Re: Cap And Bells
Why does Dervish call it Out on the Road? Anybody know?? Thanks
Re: Cap And Bells
It’s the English translation of the alternate Irish title Amuigh ar an mBóthar, which is the name on at least two recordings.
https://www.irishtune.info/album/DMa/
https://www.irishtune.info/album/LD+1/