Seamus Egan’s reel

Also known as Fermoy Lasses.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

Seamus Egan’s has been added to 23 tunebooks.

Three settings

1

X: 1
T: Seamus Egan's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBE|GFEG B2 GG|AF ~F2 DF ~F2|
GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBE|~G3 A AGBG|~A3B AGFA:|
|:~G3A BDBA|GA (3Bcd ef g2|~G3A AGBG|A3B AG F2|
~G3A BDBA|GA (3Bcd ef g2|afge d2 dB|AGFG ~A2 AF:|

2

X: 2
T: Seamus Egan's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBE|GFEG B3G|AF F2 DF F2|
GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBE|G3B AGBG|A3B AGFA:|
|:G3A BDBA|GA (3Bcd eg g2|G3A AGBG|A3B AD D2|
G3A BDBA|GA (3Bcd eg g2|afge d3B|AGFG A2 AF:|

3

X: 3
T: Seamus Egan's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBF|GFEG BG~G2|AF~F2 DFAF|
GFEG BEGB|EGBE cEBF|~G3A AGBG|~A3B AGFD:|
|:~G3A AGBA|GA (3Bcd ~g3B|~G3A AGBG|~A3B AGFD|
~G3A AGBA|GA (3Bcd efgb|afge dedB|AGFG ~A3F:|

Two comments

Seamus Egan’s (reel)(2)

This tune comes from “Birkin Tree: A cheap present”, track 9, tune 3. You can find the same ABC transcription on The Fiddler’s companion.

Fermoy Lasses

Seamus Egan recorded this as a version of “Fermoy Lasses” on “A Week in January.”

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