The Top Of The Stairs reel

This is the 2nd Liz Carroll reel as played by Mick Moloney on his “Strings Attached” recording. The first of the 2 reels, along with comments which apply to this tune as well, can be found here:


“Top Of The Stairs” in “A”.

e2 ec d2 cB | Ac c2 BAFG | AFFE FAdf | ecAc B2 cd | eaec d2 cB | Ac c2 B
AFG | AFFE FAdf | ecBc A4 :|
A,2 A,C E2 AF | =G2 DG B,G DB, | A,2 A,C E2 AE | GABd cA A2 | fedf ec
Ac | dB=GB d2 ed | cAAG AFEF |1 =GEDF EA A2 :|2 =GEDF EAA^G |
Af f2 af f2 | =gf f2 d2 fd | e2 (3eee efaf | ecBc A2 ce | fafd efec | (3
dcB cA BAFG | AFFE FAdf |1 ecBc A2 AG :|2 ecBc A4 |

https://thesession.org/tunes/5598

Joanie Madden played this tune last time she was out our way, and she said Liz composed this on a button box, of all things, just noodling around while sitting at the top of the stairs in her home.

I think I had read that story somewhere , Will. A perfectly acceptable place to “noodle”, and would that all “noodling” should lead to such a good tune.

Just pasted Kenny’s Amaj version. Liz and John Doyle play it in A on the DOuble Play record.