The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen reel

Also known as Bolton St., The Cottage In The Glen, The Cottage In The Wood, The Glenside Cottage, Lovely Molly, The Old Cottage In The Glen, The Old Ruined Cottage In The Glen, The Old Ruined Cottage, The Ruined Old Cottage.

There are 23 recordings of this tune.

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The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen appears in 4 other tune collections.

The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen has been added to 9 tune sets.

The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen has been added to 178 tunebooks.

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1
X: 1
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:B2 AF D2 FA|B~A3 (3Bcd ef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FEEA:|
B2 ed BdAd|(3Bcd ef gfed|B2 ed BdAd|(3Bcd AF FEEA|
ABed BdAd|(3Bcd ef g2 ga|bg (3agf gfed|BdAF FEEA|
# Added .
2
X: 2
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
BAFE D2AD|(3Bcd AD Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BDAF FE~E2:|
Beed BcdA|(3Bcd ef gfed|Beed B2AF|BDAF FEEA|
Beed BcdA|(3Bcd ef g2fg|afge fdec|dBAF FEEA|
3
X: 3
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A||B2 AF DEFA|(3Bcd Ad Bdef|dBAF DEFA|(3Bcd AF FEEA|
B2 AF DEFA|(3Bcd Ad Bdef|dBAF DEFA|(3Bcd AF FE E2||
Beed BddA|Beef gfed|Beed Bdef|dBAF FEEA|
Beed BddA|Beef gfga|bgaf gfef|dBAF FE E2||
# Added .
4
X: 4
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A||B2 AF DEFA|(3Bcd Ad Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FEEA|
B2 AF DEFA|(3Bcd Ad Bdef|dBAF DEFA|Bd AF FE E2||
Beed AddA|Beef gfed|Beed (3Bcd ef|dBAF FEE2|
Beed AddA|Beef g3a|bgaf gfef|dBAF FE E2||
5
X: 5
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
~B2 BA FAAF|EBBA Bcde|dBAF DEFA|~B2 AF FEED|
~B2 AF DEFA|BdAd Bdef|dBAF DEFA|~B2 AF FEED|
Beed AddA|Beef gfed|Beed Adef|dBAF FEED|Beed AddA|
BABc defe|1 dBAF DEFA|~B2 AF FEED:|2 dBAF DE (3FGA|B2 z6||
6
X: 6
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
B2AF DEFA|BdAd Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FE~E2:|
Beed BddA|Beef gfed|Beed BddA|BdAF FE~E2|
Beed BddA|Bdef ~g3a|b2af gefd|BdAF FE~E2||
7
X: 7
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A|B2 AF DEFA|BdAd Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BdAD FEE:|A|
Beed BddA|(B/c/d) ef gfed|Beed Bdef|dBAD FEEA|
Beed BddA|Beef gfga|bfaf gfef|dBAD FEE||
8
X: 8
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
B2AF DEFA|BdAd (3Bcd ef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FE E2|
B2AF DEFA|(3Bcd Ad (3Bcd ef|dBAF DEFA|(3Bcd AF FE E2||
Beed BddA|Beef gfed|Beed BddA|(3Bcd AF FE E2|
Beed BddA|(3Bcd ef g3a|b2af gefd|BdAF FE E2||
# Added by JACKB .
9
X: 9
T: The Ruined Old Cottage In The Glen
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
B2 BA DEFA|BdAd (3Bcd ef|dBAF DEFA|B2 AF FEED|
B2 AF DEFA|BdAd (3Bcd ef|dBAF DEFA|B2 AF FEED||
Beed AddA|Beef gfed|Beed Adef|dBAF FEED|
Beed AddA|BABc defe|dBAF DEFA|B2 AF FEED||
# Added by JACKB .

Nineteen comments

Cottage in the Glen

This follows Tom Doorley’s playing on flute pretty closely. He puts a triplet into the first bar: |B2 AF D2 (3FGA| Also, fiddlers can play an open string “cran” on that roll on the A in the second bar, or pop a bowed triplet in.

The tune works well a slow to moderate tempos, though I’ve also heard it at more typical session speeds. It’s also known as simply Cottage in the Glen.

Posted .

Lovely Molly (reel)

Source: Bradley Harry - “Bad Turns and Horse-shoe Bends”
Transcription: g.m.p.

Breathnach collected this tune as The Glenside Cottage off Cork fiddler Jack Connell. It’s in Vol. II of Ceol Rince na hEireann, as follies.

A || B2 AF DEFA | (3Bcd Ad Bdef | dBAF DEFA | (3Bcd AF FEEA |
| B2 AF DEFA | (3Bcd Ad Bdef | dBAF DEFA | (3Bcd AF FE E2 ||
| Beed BddA | Beef gfed | Beed Bdef | dBAF FEEA |
| Beed BddA | Beef gfga | bgaf gfef | dBAF FE E2 ||

Posted .

The Glenside Cottage by Terry Bingham

T:The Glenside Cottage (Lovely Molly)
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:“Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare” by Terry Bingham
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:D
A || B2 AF DEFA | (3Bcd Ad Bdef | dBAF DEFA |BdAF FEEA |
| B2 AF DEFA | (3Bcd Ad Bdef | dBAF DEFA |Bd AF FE E2 ||
| Beed AddA|Beef gfed | Beed (3Bcd ef | dBAF FEE2 |
| Beed AddA | Beef g3a | bgaf gfef | dBAF FE E2 ||

The Old Ruined Cottage

I’ve just realised there’s a striking similarity between this tune and “Within a Mile of Dublin”: https://thesession.org/tunes/125 I might be exaggerating, but they are certainly related. There’re some more similar tunes, but I will comment later.

Funny, I was thinking it reminds me of the West Clare Reel….

Posted .

Paul McGrattan plays this as Gan Ainm on his latest solo album “Keelwest.”

My transcription from Sé, Lúnasa. The first tune in “Loophead”.

Intrusive link.

In the penultimate bar the 6th quaver shouldn’t be linked to the triplet. A little detail which doesn’t affect anything, and it’s already corrected in the ABC.

Don’t hear it.

Hm, I don’t hear Within a Mile From Dublin with this tune at all. Interesting though.

Liam O´Flynn´s version

X:637
T:Old Ruined Cottage in the Glen, The
R:reel
Z:id:hn-reel-637
M:C|
K:D
B2AF DEFA|BdAd Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FE~E2:|
Beed BddA|Beef gfed|Beed BddA|BdAF FE~E2|
Beed BddA|Bdef ~g3a|b2af gefd|BdAF FE~E2||

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mick O’Brien have a go at it…

..but it would seem that Caoimhín didn’t know of the name(s) for this one, as it is listed ad “A Denis Murphy Reel”.

X:1
T:A Denis Murphy Reel
S:Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mick O’Brien - “Deadly Buzz”
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=200
R:reel
K:D
|:A|B2 AF DEFA|BdAd Bdef|dBAF DEFA|BdAD FEE:|A|
Beed BddA|(B/c/d) ef gfed|Beed Bdef|dBAD FEEA|
Beed BddA|Beef gfga|bfaf gfef|dBAD FEE|]

You seem to be a big fan of Deadly Buzz jay!

Deadly Buzzed

Yeah, I guess I’ve been hammering y’all with posts from that CD. I’m A HUGE Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh fan, to be sure. He is (IMO) one of the most exciting young(ish) fiddlers to come along in some time. Where many younger players seem more concerned with technique, speed and endless jazz improv-y variations, his priorities are taste, rhythm and “the melody is king”! I would even go so far as to say you can “hear the turf in his playing”. It has gravitas. It has the “nyah”. But enough about all that- I’ve just a few more things to post from this CD, then I’ll be done with it. Not that I’ll be done listening to it, mind you…I can’t get enough!

-Jay

Midi

I can’t get any response from midi would be grateful to find out what I am doing wrong. All the best. Brenda