Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3849 (Ownie Davis' Reel)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BHCMoher (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
Ownie Davis' Reel / Owney Davey's / Davy's Reel / McGreevy's 2 / Ní fios (2nd in set Connie the Soldier on Sld 1) (also in Mixolydian)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1972 | 16#1 | [BHCMoher] Sean Ryan, Kathleen Ryan, Pat Lyons. Back Home to the Cliffs of Mohir [sic]. Sean Ryan (fiddle), Pat Lyons (accordion), Kathleen Ryan (piano). |
| ~1988 | 3#2 | [SCnly 1] Séamus Connolly. Notes from My Mind. Séamus Connolly (fiddle). |
| 1999 | 1#2 | [Sld 1] Slide. The Flying Pig. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle), Daire Bracken (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki), Éamonn de Barra (flute, piano, keyboards, whistle, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Aogán Lynch (concertina). |
| ~2007 | 1#2 | [ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle). |
| ~2010 | 5#2 | [MCny 2] Michael Cooney. Just Piping. Michael Cooney (pipes). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As reel #193 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As reel #508 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1972