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Paudy Scully’s slide

Also known as Dan Patsy’s, Jimmy Doyle’s, John Dore’s Favourite, Paddy Scully’s, Páidí Sa Scoil, Paudie Scully’s, Tournafulla, The Tournafulla, The Turnip Jig, The Turnip.

There are 17 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Paudy Scully’s appears in 4 other tune collections.

Paudy Scully’s has been added to 5 tune sets.

Paudy Scully's has been added to 38 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: Paudy Scully's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B|d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B BAB e3 e2g|
d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B ABA G3 G2:|
|:g|f2a e2g faf e2g|d2B BAB e3 e2g|
faf e2g faf e2g|d2B ABA G3 G2:|
2
X: 2
T: Paudy Scully's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:ge|d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B BAB e3 efe|
d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B ABA G3 G:|
|:zg|f2a e2g f2a efe|d2B BAB e3 e2g|
f2a e2g f2a efe|d2B ABA G3 G:|
3
X: 3
T: Paudy Scully's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:Bc|d2B BAB|g2e f2e|d2B {d}BAB|e3 efg|
d2B {d}BAB|g2e f2e|d2B {d}cAF|1 G3 G:|2 G3 G||
|:Gg|f2a e2g|f2a e2f|d2B {d}BAB|e3 e2g|
f2a e2g|fga e2f|d2B {d}cAF|G3 G:|
4
X: 4
T: Paudy Scully's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
d2 B BAB g2e f2e|1 d2B c2 B A3 ABc:|2 d2B c2 B A3 A3||
|:faf e2 d faf efe|d2B BAB e3 ede|
faf e2 d faf efe|d2B c2 B A3 A3:|
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5
X: 5
T: Paudy Scully's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G|d2 B B^AB g2 e f2 e|d2 B B^AB e3 efe|
d2 B B^AB g2 e f2 e|d2 B ABA G3 G2-:|
g|fga e2 g fef gfe|d2 B B^AB e3- e2 g|
fga e2 g fef gfe|d2 B ABA G3 G2 g|
fga e2 g fga e3|d2 B B^AB e3- e2 f|
g2 f g2 f g2 f g2 e|d2 B ABA G3 G2-||

Nine comments

Source: Music From Sliabh Luachra by Jackie Daly
Transciption: gmp

Last notes are both G, right?

Another version

T:Tournafulla, The
M:12/8
L:1/8
S:Dan Herlihy - the night of the fair
R:slide
Z:gian marco pietrasanta
K:G
ge|d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B BAB e3 efe|d2B BAB g2e f2e|d2B ABA G3 G:|:zg|
f2a e2g f2a efe|d2B BAB e3 e2g|f2a e2g f2a efe|d2B ABA G3 G:|

yes, slaine, the last notes are both G.

Paudy Scully’s

Found this entry on Ceolas: TURNIP JIG, THE. AKA and see "Dan Patsy’s Slide," "John Dore’s Favourite," "Paddy Scully’s." Irish, "Fast" Slide (12/8 time). G Major. Standard. AABB. Breathnach collected it from Cork fiddler Jack Connell and printed it in CRE II ("Gan ainm" No. 87, pg. 46). Source for notated version: Session musicians in Newmarket, County Cork [Sullivan]. Sullivan (Session Tunes), Vol. 3; No. 21, pg. 8.
T:Dan Patsy’s
T:Paddy Scully’s
T:The Turnip
Z:transcribed by Robert Eckert
R:jig
M:6/8
K:G
Bc|d2B BAB|g2e f2e|d2B {d}BAB|e3 efg|\
d2B {d}BAB|g2e f2e|d2B {d}cAF|1 G3 G:|2 G3 G||Gg|\
f2a e2g|f2a e2f|d2B {d}BAB|e3 e2g|\
f2a e2g|fga e2f|d2B {d}cAF|G3 G:|

The version that I heard (Conor Moriarty) goes like this

K:Em
B3 BAB g2e f2e | d2B BAB e3 efe |
d2 B BAB g2e f2e |1 d2B c2 B A3 ABc :|2 d2B c2 B A3 A3 |
|: faf e2 d faf efe | d2B BAB e3 ede |
faf e2 d faf efe | d2B c2 B A3 A3 :|

both parts end on A, I prefer it this way.

Posted .

Sorry, all the C’s in the ABC above should be C# not Cnat, so a loose Edorian key signature for that version

Posted .

Re: Paudy Scully’s

Version X:4, ending on A’s is closest to Johnny O’Leary’s setting and CREII.87, which was collected in Ballydesmond from Jack O’Connell