The Bog Man reel

Also known as Joe Murtagh’s.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

The Bog Man has been added to 2 tune sets.

The Bog Man has been added to 36 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
Sheet MusicEmGBmEmEmGEm33
Sheet MusicEmDBmEmEmBmEm
Sheet MusicEmBmADGDG3
Sheet MusicEmBmAEmBmEm3
2
Sheet Music3
Sheet Music3
Sheet Music33
Sheet Music3
3
Sheet Music33
Sheet Music3
Sheet Music33
Sheet Music3
4
Sheet Music12
Sheet Music12

Seven comments

Danu’s

This is from Dau’s “The road less travelled” recording Track7. They do not give a name on the cover - Has anybody one?

Transcription by the fiddler Helen Lehmann, Thanks!

Update

The triplet in the first part, bar 3, is (b c c# ) not (b c# c#)
I have corrected the abc, but Jeremy was much faster making the dots. Other instruments like pipes should play another triplet anyway.

The Bog Man

This tune was played for me by Theo Paige, fiddler extraordinaire, and I did my best to transcribe it as he played it. He tells me Joe Murtagh composed the tune in 1996.

Variation

Here’a a variation in abc from the Bridgetown CD.

X:1
T:Bog Man,The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Ddor
|:fedf eage|(3dded cAGE|F2DE FGAB|cA (3AAA cAGA|
fedf eage|(3dded cAGE|F2DE FGAB|cAGE EDD2:|
|:Ad (3ddd bdad|eaag e2ed|ec (3ccc AcGc|Gced cAGc|
Ad (3ddd bdad|eaag e2eg|gaag efed|cAGE EDD2:|