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Ormond Sound reel

By Paddy O’Brien

Also known as Ormand Sound, The Ormond Sound, Ormonde Sound, Paddy O’Brien’s, Saving The Hay.

There are 73 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Ormond Sound appears in 2 other tune collections.

Ormond Sound has been added to 80 tune sets.

Ormond Sound has been added to 347 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Ormond Sound
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:A2 ed BedB|AG (3GGG AGEG|A2 ed (3B^cd ef|gfga gedg|
eA (3AAA BedB|AGEF G3 A|EA (3AAA GABd|1 gedB A2 (3EFG:|2 gedB A3 e||
|:efge agfg|e ~a3 edBd|(3efg fa ~g3 e|dgge dBGB|
cBcA d^cdB|efge a2 ga|bg (3ggg agab|1 gedB A3 e:|2 gedB A2 (3EFG||
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2
X: 2
T: Ormond Sound
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
A2 ed BedB|AG ~G2 AGEG|Aeed (3B^cd ef|
gfga gedg|eA (3AAA BedB|AGEF G2 AG|
EA (3AAA GABd|1 gedB A2 (3EFG:|2 gedB A2 (3B^cd||
|:efge agfg|eaag edBd|(3efg fa ~g2 ge|
dgge dBGB|~c2 cA d2 (3B^cd|ef (3gfe a2 ga|
bg ~g2 agab|1 gedB A2 (3B^cd:|2 gedB A2 (3EFG||
3
X: 3
T: Ormond Sound
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:EG|~A2 ed BedB|AG ~G2 AGEG|~A2ed Bdef|~g2fa gedg|
eA ~A2 BedB|AGEF ~G2 AG|EA ~A2 GABd|gedB A2:|
|:Bd|efge agfg|ea~a2 edBd|(3efg fa gfge|dg~g2 dcBd|
cBce ~d2 ^cd|efge ~a2 ga|bg ~g2 agab|gedB A2:|

Twelve comments

Ormond Sound

Since we have Johnny B. Connolly’s Bridgetown cd posted in the Recordings archive, it seemed fitting to post a tune that’s on the cd. Ormond Sound is a Paddy O’Brien composition, an accordion and fiddle player from County Tipperary. He led the Ormond Ceili Band and wrote many of the tunes they played.

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Aka Saving the Hay

On his cd, The Dangerous Reel, Mike Rafferty calls this Saving the Hay and credits Paddy O’Brien as the composer. No word on where the Hay title comes from.

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Heh. Figures…

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Heh, silver bow, you’ll notice I posted this ***8*** years ago. 🙂

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Re: Ormond Sound

I’ve always been curious about the origin of the title, does it refer to music or a body of water?

Re: Ormond Sound

See the original quote by the OP - your answer is there :
“He led the Ormond Ceili Band and wrote many of the tunes they played”.

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Re: Ormond Sound

I read the original comment. My question still stands. Ormond is a place? It’s possible the place has a body of water? A sound, perhaps?

Clearly you seem to know that it refers to the sound of the Ceili Band. So thanks for clarifying.