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Drogheda Bay
No information on this, I’m afraid. From Matt Molloy’s "The Heathery Breeze".
Re: Drogheda Bay
This tune is also on Paul McGrattan’s solo album "Frost is All Over": he plays it with Paul O’Shaughnessy, who is the sorce of it. I’ve been thinkng it’s just a version of "The Ships are Sailing" but has a different first part. Thanks for a cool tune.
P.S. The place name Drogheda sounds really familiar to me. Where is it?
"B" part sounds almost identical to Ships are Sailing.
Drogheda is a town on the East coast in County Louth (40 or 50 miles north of Dublin).
Drogheda/Ships
Any complaints, contact M.Molloy, Westport.
"A" part of the tune is quite different from that of "Ships are Sailing," which means this should be distinguished from the well-known tune.
I might have passed through Drogheda several times when going from north to south.
T:Big Pat’s Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Michael Hynes,and Denis Liddy - Waifs and Strays
R:reel
Z:Gian Marco Pietrasanta
K:Em
BGEF G2BG|~G2AG FDDA|BGEF G2Bd|1 gefd efdc:|2 gefd ~e3f||
|~g3a bgag|eaag fddf| ~g3a bgag|fedf ~e3f|
|~g3a ~b2ag|eaag fddf|~g3e ~f3d|edfd efdc|
Watch and listen to John McEvoy and John Wynne play this tune together: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/john_mcevoy_and_john_wynne
The two tunes are also paired by Patsy Hanly: http://www.lafferty.ca/files/flute-geezers/patsyh1.mp3
From Rich Lafferty’s Flute Geezers Page: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers
I doubt it was composed by Johnny Moran.
Aab
Listening to a version by Leo Rowsome (from archive.org) he repeats the 8 bars of the A-Part whereas he does not repeat the 8 bars B-Part