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The Goat Island Ceilidh Band reel

By Dougie Hunter

Also known as Goat Island, The Goat Island.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

The Goat Island Ceilidh Band has been added to 10 tune sets.

The Goat Island Ceilidh Band has been added to 62 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Goat Island Ceilidh Band
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
ed|B2 dB A2 BA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|G3G GEDE|GABd A2 ed|
BedB A2 BA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|G2 EG gedB|dBAB GA:|
Bd|e2 dB e2 dB|efgf e2 dB|d2 BA d2 BA|edBd A2 d/e/f|
gedB edBA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|G2 EG gedB|dBAB GA:|
2
X: 2
T: The Goat Island Ceilidh Band
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dc|B2 dB A2 BA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|G3G GEDE|GABd A2 dc|
BedB AdBA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|GABd gedB|dBAB GA:|
Bd|e2 dB e2 dB|efgf e2 dB|d2 BA d2 Bd|edBd A2 d/e/f|
gedB edBA|G2 G/G/G GEDE|GABd gedB|dBAB GA:|

Nine comments

Great reel written by accordion player Dougie Hunter. I learnt it from the first album from Daimh, ‘Moidart to Mabou’

The Goat Island Ceilidh Band

Oh, I really like this tune, on first playing. I think I’ll now pass it on to everyone I know…

Nice!

People would play this tune as a barndance in Ireland.

Would they? Wow, it’s played as a full on reel here. Fun tune any way.

Which goat?

Which Goat Island? Maine? New York?

Neither, it’s Scottish not American. There are numerous Goat Islands round Scotland, usually not on the map as they are often just rocky islets that hardy goats were kept on. This one is likely to be around Moidart as that is where the Goat Island Ceilidh Band were based.

Mighty good tune!

This is such a wonderful, lively reel. Playing it with Charlie McKerron’s Sabhal Mòr Ostaig fiddle class in concert was a real treat! Just trying it on concertina (I can stagger G tunes!) to follow the wonderful Mike MacDougall march, ‘Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell’.