Crowley’s reel

Also known as Crowley’s #1, Crowley’s No. 1, Crowley’s No.1, Fin’s Favourite, Master Crowley’s, Master Crowleys, Ríl Uí Chruaidhlaoich.

There are 69 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Crowley’s (lots of times),
The Cameronian (a few times),
The Blackberry Blossom (a few times),
Lord McDonald’s (a few times) and
Lucy Campbell (a few times).

Crowley’s appears in 4 other tune collections.

Crowley’s has been added to 11 tune sets.

Crowley's has been added to 321 tunebooks.

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Three settings

ABC sheet music

X: 1
T: Crowley's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
B|A3d B2dB|ADFD ADFD|A3A BABc|dfeg fddB|
ADFA B2 dB|ADFD ADFD|A3A BABc|d2 eg fdde||
f3a g2fg|eA c/B/A eA c/B/A|f3a g2 fg|afge fdde|
f3a g2fg|eA c/B/A eA c/B/A|f3a g2 fg|afge fd d||

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ABC sheet music

X: 2
T: Crowley's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
dB|"D"AFAd "G"B2dB|"D"AD D/D/D AD D/D/D|AFAd "G"BABc|"A"defg "D"fddB|
ADAd "G"B2dB|"D"AD D/D/D AD D/D/D|AFAd "G"BABc|"A"defg "D"fdde||
fa a/a/f "G"g/g/g fg|"A"eA A/A/A eA A/A/A|"D"df f/e/f "G"g2fg|"D"afge "G"fdde|
"D"fa a/a/f "G"g2fg|"A"eA A/A/A eA A/A/A|"D"df f/e/f "G"g2fg|"D"afge "G"fdd2||

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ABC sheet music

X: 3
T: Crowley's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:dB|AFdA B2 dB|AD D2 AD D2|AFAd BGBc|d2 eg fddB|
AFdA B2 dB|AD D2 AD D2|AFAd BABc|d2 eg fd d2||
|:fafa g2 fg|eA (3cBA eA (3cBA|Af f2 g2 fg|(3agf (3gfe fdde|
(3fga fa g2 fg|eA (3cBA eA (3cBA|Af f2 g2 fg|(3agf (3gfe fd d2||

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Eight comments

Tommy Peoples Plays…

On his Iron Man Album.I think he follows it with a tune posted here as Sweeney’s Dream: https://thesession.org/tunes/1459

Lovely reel.Great fun playing it.

Same ep’homonymous name:

(Master) Crowley’s: https://thesession.org/tunes/281 is a very different reel, in B minor.

Whenever I hear it, this cheerful wee number immediately conjures up Cathal McConnell live for me! It’s a smashin vision so it is!

News to me….

I’ve never come across "Master" Crowley’s in Bm. Usually E dorian these days, but I first heard Roy Gullane of the "Tannahill Weavers" play it on banjo in the 1970s in D dorian, and that was the common key for it in those days, in the UK, anyway.
As for this particular "Crowley’s", I recommend the version recorded by Finbar Furey, and also Matt Molloy as a solo on one of the Chieftains records, I seem to remember.

Tommy Potts plays No281 https://thesession.org/recordings/display/289 on The Liffey Banks.

And Cathal recorded this one, No759, on the tin whistle, on Long Expectant Comes at Last https://thesession.org/recordings/display/541 and a spirited take that was!

Carignan Renditions

Jean Carignan plays this tune in both of these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0imG_EJ69zw

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXmyE8guw0

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Has anyone herd of Vincent Griffin. He is a fiddle player and has released an album Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare that contains Crowely’s

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