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Ownie Davis’ reel

Also known as Davy’s, McGreevy’s 2, Owney Davey’s, Ownie Davy’s.

There are 13 recordings of this tune.
This tune has been recorded together with

Ownie Davis’ has been added to 32 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Ownie Davis'
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:D3d cAAB|cdde cAGE|D2de cAAB|cAGE DdAD|
E/F/G AB cAAB|cded d^cAg|fd f/e/d dcAB|1 cAGE A/c/A GE:|2 cAGE EDdc||
Adde fefg|afge fae^c|Adde fd f/e/d|cAAG EF D2|
Adde fd e/f/g|afge defg|afge fd f/e/d|cAAG EAGE|
Ddde fdfg|afge fae^c|Adde fd f/e/d|cAAG EF D2|
Adde fd e/f/g|afge defg|afge fd f/e/d|^cAAG EAGE||
2
X: 2
T: Ownie Davis'
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
D3d cAAB|~c2de cAGE|D3d cAAB|cAGE EDAD|
(3EFG AB cAAB|~c2de cAGe|fded dcAB|1 cAGE EDD^C:|2 cAGE EDDG||
|:Adde ~f3g|afge dcAG|Adde fded|cAGE EDDG|
Adde ~f3g|afge defg|afge fded|1 cAGE EDDG:|2 cAGE EDD^C||

Five comments

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Slide play this one on their “Flying Pig” album as second tune in the first set (the fourth tune is Ní Fíos (unknown) as well). I think it sounds best when played not too fast.

Aha! Money in Both Pockets

I have just written this tune in on the comments to what is listed in this forum as “Money in Both Pockets”, for that is the name I know this tune under. My version is slightly different, but it´s the same tune alright. I got the name from Anders Trabjerg, Danish accordeon player based in Galway. He knows his stuff.

Ownie Davis’

This appears on Seamus Connolly’s recording as “Ownie Davis’ Reel”. It’s also in Martin Mulvihill’s collection as “Davy’s Reel”. You can find more transcriptions online under those names.

@ Time@Copenhagen, he might know his stuff but I think he’s getting mixed up. I suspect he got the tune off Sean Ryan, Kathleen Ryan & Pat Lyons “Back Home to the Cliffs of Mohir”, where this tune is followed by Money In Both Pockets https://thesession.org/tunes/5186 in a set called “McGreevey’s”.