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John Nee’s reel

By Paddy O’Brien

Also known as Harvest Moon, John Nee’s Reels.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

John Nee’s appears in 1 other tune collection.

John Nee’s has been added to 4 tune sets.

John Nee's has been added to 88 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: John Nee's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:d|eA~A2 AcBA|GEDE G2(3Bcd|eA~A2 (3Bcd eg|a2ge dged|
eA~A2 AcBA|GEDE G2(3Bcd|e3a gedB|Gd(3BAG BAA:|
|:B|~c3d eg~g2|eaaf g2ed|eA~A2 (3Bcd eg|agge dged|
~c3d eg~g2|eaaf gedB|cABA GE~E2|GABG ~A3:|
2
X: 2
T: John Nee's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
cd|:eAAG AcBA|GEDE GABd|e2 AB cdeg|afge d2 cd|
eAAG AcBA|GEDE GABd|e/f/g af gedB|GBdB BA A2:|
c3 d e g3|e a3 g2 fg|e2 AB cdeg|afge dged|
cBcd e g3|e a3 gedB|c2 BA GEDE|GABG A3 B:|
3
X: 3
T: John Nee's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:eA A2 AcBA|GEDE G2(3Bcd|eA A2 (3Bcd eg|a2ge dged|
eA A2 AcBA|GEDE G2(3Bcd|e3a gedB|GdBG BA A2:|
|:c3d eg g2|eaaf g2ed|eA A2 (3Bcd eg|agge dged|
c3d eg g2|eaaf gedB|c3A GE E2|GABG BA A2:|
# Added by JACKB .

Two comments

John Nee’s (reel)

Source: At First Light by Michael McGoldrick And John McSherry
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

Here already

This tune’s named as Harvest Moon and is here already though the setting is obviously a bit different.
https://thesession.org/tunes/3679
The usual questions arise as to whether this should just be posted as a comment in the other entry or are they different enough to warrant separate entries.
I do suspect that Harvest Moon is the correct name for the tune and when tunes get someone’s name appended it sometimes means nothing more than that that was the source.
On checking the Fiddler’s Companion it appears that this is a tune written by the late Paddy O’Brien (Tipperary).
–“HARVEST MOON, THE [2]. AKA - “Paddy O’Brien’s.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. Composed by the late button accordion player Paddy O’Brien. PTI 1041, James and John Kelly - “Irish Traditional Fiddle Music” (appears as second reel of “London Set”). Martin Connolly - “Back in Brooklyn.”
T:Harvest Moon
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Ador
Z:Jeffrey Erickson
S:Paul Groff, house concert/session, Raleigh, NC
cd | eAAG AcBA | GEDE GABd | e2 AB cdeg | afge d2 cd | eAAG AcBA | GEDE
GABd | e/2f/2g af gedB | GBdB BA A2 |
B | c3 d e g3 | e a3 g2 fg | e2 AB cdeg | afge dged | cBcd e g3 | e a3 g
edB | c2 BA GEDE | GABG A3 |

One way or the other it is a great tune!