back menu
Log in or Sign up

Eleanor Kane’s reel

By Ed Reavy

Also known as The Boys Of Laoise.

There are 18 recordings of this tune.

Eleanor Kane’s appears in 2 other tune collections.

Eleanor Kane’s has been added to 3 tune sets.

Eleanor Kane’s has been added to 35 tunebooks.

Download ABC

Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Eleanor Kane's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GFGA B2 GA|Bgfg edBA|GFGA B2 EF|GEFD EDB,D|
GFGA BAGA|Bgfg efga|bgaf gafg|ecAF GFGA|
BGFG EFGA|Bgfg edBA|GFGA B2 EF|GEFD EDB,D|
GFGA B2 GA|Bgfg efga|bgaf gafg|ecAF G2 GA|
|:Bdef gfga|bgaf gfed|BGEF GFGA|Bdd^c d2 ef|
g2 af gedc|B2 Ac BGEF|GABG FGAc|1 BGAF GFGA:|2 BGAF G4||
2
X: 2
T: Eleanor Kane's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|BGFG EFGA|Bg ~g2 edBA|~G3 A BGEF|(G/F/E {F}ED) EDB,D|
~G3 A BABc|dg ~g2 efga|bg ~g2 agfg|1 ecAF GF G:|2 ecAF G3||
|:A|Bdef ~g3 a|bgfg edBA|BE{F}ED EFGA|B/c/d ^ce d2 ef|
g2 g/g/f gfed|B/d/B Ac BGEF|G2 BG FGAc|1 BGAF GF G:|2 BGAF G3||

Eleven comments

Eleanor Kane’s

I only recently discovered that this is an Ed Reavy composition, and although not as often played as some, I think it’s a good one. I first heard it played on whistle on Seamus Tansey’s “green” album, where it’s called “The Boys Of Laois”. I think it was also recorded by the McGuire brothers, Seamus and Manus.

Repeat

The repeat mark at the end:
Does it send you back to the beginning as written or should there be a mark to show the last 8 bars as a separate B section and just repeat that. The A section obviously has it’s own built in repeats.

Edited

Sorry for the ambiguity, donough. 1st part is the top 4 lines of music - 16 bars played through once . 2nd part is the bottom 2 lines played twice. So, as you say, there should be a repeat mark at the beginning of the 5th line.
I’ve edited the abc notation.

Eleanor Kane’s / Boys of Laois “contour”

notice here how 2 consecutive notes are always different and only a second or third appart. (Say; if you play A , then B or C follow (goin’ up) or G or F (going down)
A bit too predictable to my taste (it’s a common feature of hornpipes, actually, and why I find most of them…mm.. boring)
Does anyone know if this has to do with the time and/or place this type of tune was written in?

While this tune is quite similar to some others I like it. Though certainly, for Reavy’s standards, this would not be the best example.

Nice setting by Eddie Kelly

Found an archive recording of Eddie Kelly playing it thus:

X:1
T:Eleanor Kane’s
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
|: A | BGFG EFGA | Bg ~g2 edBA | ~G3 A BGEF |
(G/F/E {F}ED) EDB,D | ~G3 A BABc | dg ~g2 efga |
bg ~g2 agfg |1 ecAF GF G :|2 ecAF G3 ||: A | Bdef ~g3 a |
bgfg edBA | BE{F}ED EFGA | B/c/d ^ce d2 ef | g2 g/g/f gfed |
B/d/B Ac BGEF | G2 BG FGAc |1 BGAF GF G :|2 BGAF G3 |

Enjoy!

Re: Eleanor Kane’s

Is this what you mean ? :

“To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more”. [ Definition Collins English Dictionary ]

Re: Eleanor Kane’s

I should point out - some 17 years later - that on the recording the transcription was made from, this tune is played on tin whistle by Eddie Corcoran, with Seamus Tansey accompanying him on “tambourine”.