Ballykett Courthouse reel

The B-part is very like Charlie Lennon’s Moving Pint https://thesession.org/tunes/3063.

Nice tune. Any chance of the abc’s for it in D?

It sounds nice in D but doesn’t lie under the fingers as naturally for me. Was there any particular reason you wanted to play it in D? 🙂

X: 1
T: Ballyket Courthouse
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
~A3B AFED|B,EED EFGE|AdB^G AFED|1 B,DDC D2FG:|2 B,DDC D2FA||
|:d2cd BAFA|Beed edBc|d2cd BAFA|1 (3Bcd ce ~d3c:|2 (3Bcd ce dfdB||

Key signature: F Major
Submitted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas.
~ /tunes/8815

X: 3
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
|: c3 d cFAF | DGGA G2 AB | c2 AF CFAF | G2 FG AF F2 :|
|: Ac (3c^Bc dcAc | dgga gfde |(3fef fd c2 Ac | f3 g af f2 :|

This one ~ was played a lot in sessions in Durham (UK) back in the Seventies. I think it was in one of the Bulmer-Sharpley tunebooks, which were used a lot, as a "Gan Ainm" tune. At any rate, it was always played in F Major, so I’ve entered it here thus, just in case it’s one of those odd tunes like Julia Delaney that is conventionally always played in some less usual key.

However, here are abc’s in G Major:
X: 1
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: G Major
|: d3 e dGBG | EAAB A2 Bc | d2 BG DGBG | A2 GA BG G2 :|
|: Bd (3d^cd edBd | eaab agef | (3gfg ge d2 Bd | g3 a bg g2 :|

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas

Dave Bulmer & Neil Sharpley, 1976
ISBN: 0-9503784-4-5

Page 11, tune #32: "St. Andrews" in F

X: 32
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: FMaj
|: c3 d cFAF | DGGF G2 FD | CFAF cFAF | ~G2 FG AF ~F2 :|
|: Ac ~c2 dcAc | dgga gfde | fefd ~c2 Ac | fefg af ~f2 :|

& that up a step to G

X: 32
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: GMaj
|: d3 e dGBG | EAAG A2 GE | DGBG dGBG | A2 GA BG G2 :|
|: Bd d2 edBd | eaab agef | gfge d2 Bd | gfga bg g2 :|

Also see https://thesession.org/tunes/2999

Key signature: F Major
Submitted on May 12th 2004 by Donough.
https://thesession.org/tunes/2999

Duplication!!!

Two other names this one goes by…

X: 7
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
cd |\
e2 fe ecBA | FBBA B/c/B Ac | e2 fe ecBA | FAAG ABcd |
eafe ecBA | FB-BA Bcdf | e2 fe ecBA | FA-AG A2 ||
c/d/e |\
a/b/a ga fece | fbb^a b=afg | a2 ga fece | faag aAce |
abga fece | fb-b^a b2 c/d/e | a/b/a ga f2 ce | fa-ag a2 |]

& another take in G ~

X: 8
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
Bc |\
d2 g/f/e dBAG | EAAG A2 Bc | dBeB d2 B/A/G | DG-GF G2 A/B/c |
dge^c dBAG | EA-AG A2 G/A/B | dBeB dBAG | DGGF G2 ||
B/c/d |\
g2 e/f/g gedg | eaa^g a2 ef | gGdg edBd | eggf gG B/c/d |
gafg efdg | ea-a^g aA B/c/d | g/a/g fg e/f/e Bd | eg-gf g2 |]

Here’s another take on this as sent to me by Browndog,
https://thesession.org/members/10803

"Siobhan Kelly taught this to our flute class in the Catskills in 2000."

X: 9
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G | d2 ed dBAG | EA-AG A3 B | eged dBAG | EG-GF G3 :|
|: g | g2 fg edBd | ea-ag agef | g2 fg edBd | eg-gf g3 :|

I’ve approximated the last measures and added lead-ins. The fair ABCs sent me didn’t quite add up at the close. Browndog didn’t have any lead-ins and had as the last measure of each part:

~ | EG2F G2 G :| ~ & ~ | eg2f g2 g :|

They could also be interpreted as, minus lead-ins:

~ | EG-GF G2 G2 :| ~ & ~ | eg-gf g2 g2 :|

Here’s Michael McGoldrick’s setting of the tune, as "Paddy Finlay’s" on *Fused*:

K:Gmaj
Bc |: dzeB dBAG | EAAG AABc | dzeB dBAG | EGGF GGBc |
dgeB dBAG | EAAG AABc | dzeB dBAG | EGGF GGfa ||
|: ~g3f edBd | eaaa agef | ~g3f edBd | eaaf ggef |
gzfg edBd | eaab agef | gzfd edB/c/d | eaaf ggBc ||

The tune and its history, in the web site John Kelly of Capel Street:
http://johnkellycapelstreet.ie/project/ballykett-courthouse/

At 1h27’54" https://youtu.be/ty44kD94lz8?t=5274

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