This file contains the collected compostions of Ed Reavy, VERSION 1.0.  It is for personal use and the music must
not be included in any books, performances or recordings without the express premission of the Ed Reavy Foundation.

Ed Reavy, Jr., President
Ed Reavy Non-Profit Foundation
2004 Aspen Circle
Springfield, PA, USA, 19064
ereavy@blueskiesink.com

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Credits: Gerry Strong, John Chambers, Naka Ishii, Kathleen Conery,
Philippe Varlet,Bernard Chenery, Paul g. Mulvaney, Irtrad-l and Fiddle-l and to the Reavy Family.

The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
Introduction by Mick Moloney,
"Ed Reavy was a tune maker"

No composer of traditional dance tunes in the history of Irish music has ever had his music adopted and
played as widely as Ed. He devoted much of his life to the creation of a vast body of compelling, finely
crafted tunes leaving an indelible imprint on the beautiful old tradition that was always his first love.

Ed Reavy was born in the village of Barnagrove in the County Cavan in the year 1897. He came with his parents to

Philadelphia in the year 1912, and with the exception of two visits home to Ireland - one of nine months in 1922 and the
other of three weeks in 1969 - lived the rest of his life in Philadelphia until his death in 1988.

By the time he was ten years old he had already developed a great love for Irish traditional music. There was music in the
community he came from and there was also music in the family. His mother had cousins by the name of Lennon who
lived in County Monaghan. They were seven brothers, all stonemasons, and they were great fiddle players. The Reavy's
own house was a popular location for sessions. They owned a big barn where the local musicians used to congregate for
sprees - music and dancing. He took to America with him vivid recollections of these evenings of merrymaking and those
memories were always to stay with and inspire him.

Ed served complete apprenticeships first to the machinists' and then to the plumbing trade. He became a Master plumber
and conducted his own successful business for the rest of his working life. He married and settled in Philadelphia and raised
a family of six children. He became an excellent fiddler and made a classic recording for the Victor company in Camden
New Jersey in 1927 of two reels: 'The Boys of the Lough' and 'Tom Clark's Fancy' and two hornpipes: 'The Donegal' and 'The
Cliff'. [Victor 21593B (42483)]

He began composing in the 1930s and continued creating new tunes up to the late 1960s. His sons estimate that he
might have composed as many as five hundred tunes though only about 130 have been saved for publication. 'The Hunters'
House', Ed's most popular composition, is almost certain to be played in any session of Irish music anywhere in the world
from Sydney, Australia to Miltown Malbay, Co Clare.

Ed's tunes came to him in moments of reflection. He had to be in a certain mood before he could even start. These
'moods' could come on anytime, day or night, but they were most likely to occur if he was in regular contact with other
musicians. He would ponder frequently on Ireland, his own childhood there and the country's problems: "The trials and
tribulations that the Irish people went through in the past 750 years, all that enters into music . . . naturally it shows up in
places. That's why in so many of the slow airs there's so much sadness and even in jigs and reels there's so much
there that reminds you of the trials and tribulations we've been through."

Unlike most composers of the past, Ed's music achieved widespread recognition and popularity in his own lifetime; a
process facilitated by increased travel communication between America and Ireland and the expanding technology
of sound reproduction. The recognition began as soon as he started to compose when other musicians became captivated
instantly by his tunes.

Over the years Ed played his compositions for hundreds of other Irish musicians in Philadelphia and New York. In addition
he was President of the Irish Musicians' Association of America, an Organization founded in 1956. The Association
had annual conventions in cities such as St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York, which enabled Ed to
become acquainted with a wide range of Irish musicians who lived elsewhere in America. Many players liked his tunes,
learned them and subsequently brought them back to their home cities and to Ireland, where they caught on as well.

A prime figure in the dissemination of his tunes was Armaghman Louis Quinn from New York. Louis was a noted
fiddle player, a prominent figure in Irish music organizations and a close friend of Ed's. Louis would travel to Ireland
regularly bringing with him tapes of tunes popular among the Irish musicians in America, which he copied for many
prominent musicians in Ireland and also performed, on Radio Eireann.

This material included many of Ed's compositions. Over the years several of these tunes were recorded by musicians in
Ireland and went into aural circulation in traditional music circles. Many of the tunes at that time were unnamed and
known by musicians simply as "Reavy's tunes." Frequently they circulated without any given title at all. As one would
expect, Ed was extremely pleased to see his tunes being played so widely. "The transmission of tunes" he said, "is like
telling a story", as far as change and variation from one musician to another is concerned. "Fortunately enough, most
of the tunes were played much as I would like them played."

Ed's son Joe was the single biggest force in the popularization of his father's music. Beginning in the 1960s,
Joe began painstakingly to notate his father's compositions. Many of them had been stored on homemade 78-rpm
recordings, which Ed had recorded in his home or in the home of his good friend, Roscommon fiddler Tommy Caulfield. Others
were simply in his head. Joe transcribed and helped his father name many of the tunes, which to that point had remained
untitled. The first collection of Ed's music "Where the Shannon Rises" was printed in a limited edition and became a
collector's item in double-quick time. It brought Ed's music to a wide audience and facilitated the learning of his tunes.

Certain stylistic features are characteristic of much of Ed's work, for example, his liberal use of "accidentals", his use of
the full range of the fiddle, and his occasional utilization of keys, such as 'G' minor, 'D' minor and 'F' major - keys used
comparatively rarely in Irish dance music.

Many of the compositions are what the great Washington fiddler Brendan Mulvihill calls "paradise tunes" for fiddlers. Of
course the fact that Ed was a fiddler himself made his tunes particularly suited to that instrument.

Ultimately, the success of a composer in Irish traditional music, as in other musical idioms, is measured by the extent
to which the tune maker's compositions are adopted by other traditional musicians. In the final analysis it is musicians who
decide what deserves to be accommodated and what should be set aside. And by playing and recreating Ed's music they
have spoken eloquently of the value compositions. It is the ultimate peer affirmation.

The great Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll, who selected hornpipe "The Lone Bush" for one of her tune selections when she won
the Junior All Ireland fiddle competition feels that each of Ed's compositions represents a complete artistic statement. "You
wouldn't want to add anything to the tunes and you wouldn't want to take anything from them" she says. "They are simply
perfect."

The great Baltimore accordion player Billy McComisky feels that all of Ed's tunes are quite unique, suggesting his genius
didn't follow any fixed formula. "I often heard a tune that I liked and wanted to learn and was amazed to find out later
that Ed had composed it. It seemed so unlike other tunes of his that I already had heard."

When winning the Senior All Ireland fiddling title, New York fiddler Eileen Ivers choose "Maudabawn Chapel" the tune best
suited to showcasing her brilliant tech skills and extraordinary inventive flair.

Ed passed away in 1989 at the great age of 90 but his music is still a vital part of the lives of those who know and Ioved
him. His funeral took place on a bitterly cold January day in Drexel Hill, just west of Philadelphia. Derry fiddler Eugene
O'Donnell and myself played for the services in the church and the great young musician Seamus Egan, who grew nearby
Lansdowne was to play the Uilleann pipes at graveside. The pipe reeds wouldn't work in the cold so Seamus played the tin
whistle instead; his hands cover by black gloves with the fingertips cut off to enable him to play. He played a lament
for Ed at the graveside - one of Ed's own slow airs. With the steam rising from the cold steel of the whistle and the
haunting lonesome sound rising into the cold grey Pennsylvania sky, the scene embodied in one unforgettable
moment the continuity of Irish music in America. Poet Michael Doyle captured the spirit of it a poem he wrote dramatizing
the symbolism of the event.

HOW COULD REAVY DIE!
The plumber of the hornpipes is dead.
The old diviner with the hazel bow,
That found the Shannon's source
And made its magic waters flow across the world.
"NO" she said "he's not dead,
How could Reavy die!"
And who are you to say!
"I am the Wind: The Wind
That drove the clouds in herds
Above the Cavan hills and Drexel too
And whispered to the oats in Barnagrove.
I am the breeze that kissed O'Carolan's face
With moisture on my lips
'Til notes danced within his mind
Like flames behind a blind.
I am the breadth in Reavy's body
I used to whistle in his mouth
Merely oxygen upon arrival
But virgin music coming out.
He would hold me in the evenings
And we'd play within his soul
He tamed me with his reverence
But I always had to go . . .
So I bore him sounds of sweetness
Some were sad and some were glad
And he composed half a thousand tunes
About the happy time we had."
Hush! I whispered. Did you see his fiddle
On the altar - silent as a stone
And his body on the grave in Drexel Hill?
Clamped on the hole in a final salute
Like an old finger frozen on a flute.
Did you see the people in a circle
Standing sadly in the snow,
When the pipes refused to play in the cold?
"I was there" she said
I am the Breath of the earth.
Every mouth is a wisp of my prayer
Breathing blessings of incense on the bites of the air
Because life has the edge on the ice.
Listen my friend, to the lad with the whistle
With his finger tips timid and cold.
See the life that he brings to the old man's tune
And the leaks that he brings to the eyes.
See Reavy arise from the holes in the tin . .
And announce on his grave "I'm alive!"


X: 1
T:Where The Shannon Rises
M:C
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:
N:Where the Shannon Rises. Ed was proud to recall
N:that the majestic Shannon rose in his county.
N:For this reason he called his first book
N:of tunes: Where the Shannon Rises.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
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X: 2
T:Red Tom of the Hills
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:C
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Red Tom of the Hills. Tom came from somewhere
N:in the Monaghan Hills-no one knew exactly where.
N:He loved to ceili and "pack it in"
N:Tom had a "shakey" hand that could have
N:been a trial to most. But you would never know
N:it from the way Tom could slap large cuts of butter
N:on his bread at tea time. Mom Reavy said
N:Tom's hand was not to be pitied
N:"for it always shook deeper into the butter."
K:G
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Bd|g2 afb gfg bg BFFe|=f a^f gfaf|(3fef af dcBc|
dG(3gfg bf (3gfg|BFBd gdBd|=fefa g^fga|fdcA G2||

X: 3
T:Never Was Piping So Gay
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Never Was Piping So Gay. The concluding line
N:of O'Driscoll's refrain in Yeats' poem, the
N:Host of the air. O'Driscoll dreamed that
N:his wife Bridget was taken by the Host
N:as he was playing harmlessly at cards with
N:"the merry old men." When O'Driscoll
N:awoke from his dream,all that remained of the
N:dream was the strange unearthly sound of a pipe
N:piping away in the distant air-
N:"And never was piping so sad, And
N:never was piping so gay."
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gfgd ^cdBF|FGBdcAFA|BG (3GGG AF (3FFF|BdcA G4 ||
gd ^cdBG|FGBd cAFA|GB (3cBA BcdB|cafd ^cdef|gbaf gd^cd|
BGFG cAFA|BG (3FFF AF (3FFF|BdcA G2||

X: 4
T:The Bog of Allen
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compostions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The Bog of Allen. Mentioned eloquently in Joyce's
N:short story, "The Dead" (in Dubliners). This
N:desolate region reminds us of Yeats' line
N:"the drifting, indefinite bitterness of life"
N:Ed has always felt that far too much is made
N:of Ireland's greenery and not enough said
N:of her terrible greyness. Ed has lived to
N:see the whole of Ireland, and he has tried
N:to get as much of it as he could into his own tunes.
K:G
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BG (3GF G=FDE|[A,2=F2] AF ^FDCB,|DG (3AGF GABc |dgrd c2:||
Bc|dg (3gfg bfag|dggf dcBc|dg (3gfg ag gfg|defd c2 Bc|
dg (3gfg bgag|dggf dcBA|GABc defa|gefd c2:||

X: 5
T:The Peddlar's Punch
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The Peddlar's Punch. Ed likes a title that
N:can be taken in more than one way. In this one
N:you don't know which punch of the peddler
N:is the most lethal. He might pack quite a
N:wallop if you cross him, but take just one good sup
N:of his poteen and you'll be lucky if you
N:don't take total leave of your senses.
K:G
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G2 BF DGBG|=F2 [FA]F CFAF|GABc (3dcB (3cBA |1 GBAF DGGF:|
2 GBAF DGGA||B2 gefdcB|A=f (3fefABCA|G2 ge fd^cd|
gfga gfdc|Bdge fdcB|A=f (3fef ABcA|GABc defa|gbag fdcA:||

X: 6
T:Leddy From Cavan
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Leddy from Cavan. John Leddy and Ed worked
N:in the plumbing business together and became close
N:friends over the years. John was proud of
N:Ed's accomplishments, particularly because both
N:were Cavanmen. His son John Jr. was a promising
N:young fiddler who studied with Ed in the fortie
N:John Sr. played the fiddle a bit himself
N:and had a great love of traditional music.
K:D
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2cAFE DEFA||d2 fd Adfd|c2 ec Gcec|d2 [df]d Adfa |gfge fddc|
defd Adfd|cdef g2 fg|(3agf 93gfeA=cBd|1 ^cAGE DEFA:|
2 ^cAGE D2 EG||

X: 7
T:The Slaney Bog
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The Slaney Bog. This tune became an
N:instant favorite with "the
N:New York fellows" back in the forties.
K:D
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AFAF FGAB|=cAFA G2FG|(3AB=c AF FGAg|fdec dde|f2 gf gfed|
cAAB cdeg | fdfa g2 fg|(3agf gfe fddf|(3agf (3gfe fdec|
dfed dAGE|Dddc defg|1(3agf gfe dfec|2(3agf gfe d2||

X: 8
T:Mairedelia
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Mairedelia. Ed's granddaughter, who is
N:carrying on the tradition
N:herself. Maire has won several first
N:place fiddle medals in local
N:and New York area feises.
K:D
FG|Addc dcAF|FDA,D FGAB|[Dc]Bcd dAGA|d2 fd ^cAFA|
dcde (3fga ec|dcAF GE=CE|DEFG =cBAF|GE=CE D2:||
fe|defg abaf|e=c (3cBc efge|defg adfa|gece d2 fg|
abaf efge|BecA GE=CE|DEFG dcAF|GE=CE D2:||

X: 9
T:Johnny McGoohan's
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Johnny McGoohan's. Good musicians need
N:good listeners, and two
N:of the best listeners where Johnny
N:and his wife Katey. Johnny would
N:be waiting on his front porch
N:hours before "the fellows" were
N:expected on an evening for a
N:session of music; and no matter how
N:long they played, it was never too
N:late for a few more tunes at
N:the McGoohans. Tea and skohn did not
N:mean (as it usually does) that
N:the fiddling would stop. As Johnny
N:would put it, "We'll have a bite
N:to eat and be back at it for a few more
N:before the night is done."
N:And Katey would never disagree.
K:G
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gedB A2 Bc|(3dcB(3cBA BFAF|1 ACB,A,G,A,B,D|2G2 Ac BFFA|
B2 GA Bdef|gfga gedc|B2 GA B2 eB|dBAF EFFA|B2 GA Bdef|
gfe^c d2 ef|gbag fagf|1 e^cAF G2 GA|2 e^cAF G2||

X: 10
T:The Blessings of Silver
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The Blessings of Silver. Written
N:for Lou and Mary Quinn's
N:twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
N:Ed loved the connotations of
N:the title: the blessings of twenty-five
N:years of marriage, the blessings of a
N:couple growing old together, and the many rewards
N:of family life. Ed admired Lou not
N:only because of his musical talent, but also because he
N:was a self-made man who set high standards
N:for other immigrants who followed him to the New World.
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Bdce dcBA|DGBG ^FDCA,|DFFA Bcdg^fdcA G3:||g|bfa^f gfdc|
=bcd=e fdcd|bga=e f2 ge|fdcA BG[G,G]g|(3bag (3ag^f gfdc|
=Bcd=e {fg}fefa|gbag ^fag+e|1=fdcA BGG:|2=fdcA BDD||

X: 11
T:The High Hill
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:It's the hill that almost
N:disappears in the mist,
N:where the hill people reside.
N:Stories have been told about it and about
N:those who live there. Their music is
N:the music of a lost art and their
N:stories are the tales of a forgotten time.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
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AD (3FED A,DDE|FGAB cBce|dcAG FGAF|GE=CE D2 FG:||
Addc d2 cd|ed (3dcd edd=c|AGAB =cBcd|e=c (3cBc ecdc|
Add^c d2 cd | ed (3dcd edd=c|AGAB =cded|1=cAGE DEFG:|
2=cAGE D2||

X: 12
T:Love At The Endings
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compostions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Who can forget the impassioned speech of
N:O'Killigan in O'Casey's Purple Dust,
N:especially when he sets out to
N:woo Avril away from her British lord.
N:O'Killigan has only the simple
N:things in his favor. But Avril finally
N:succumbs to his grand talk as
N:he urges her "to spit out what's here"
N:and make a home with him out
N:in the west of Ireland where they'll
N:both find "things to say and
N:things to do, and love at the endings."
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
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DEFABcdB|AF (3FEF ABde|fgfe dfec|1 dBAF D3 E:|
2 dBAF D3 g|fgfe defg|afbf afed|fgfe dfbf|afdf e2 de|
fgfe dcdB|AF (3FEF E2 DE|FABc dfec|1 dBAF d3 g:|2 dBAF D3 E||

X: 13
T:The Gypsy Girl
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Like Sarah Casey, Synge's "beauty of Ballinacree,"
N:the gypsy girl represents those strange
N:beauties of the road who have
N:such devilish wild appeal, unlike any
N:others we know. And you'll never
N:see the likes of them in any other setting
N:however far you venture.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:A
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cAED CEAc|dcBc defg|aece dbfg|afec A2:||cd|eaag aece
|dBgB aBgB|Aaag aece|dcBd cAcd|eaag aece|(3dcB Bc defg|
aece dbfg|afec A2:||

X: 14
T:Lane To The Glen
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:This is the lane that led to the glen
N:fiddler, the same solitary fiddler
N:of Ed's dreams. Ed heard him often in
N:the New World, particularly in th
N:early morning hours when dreaming reaches
N:its peak performance. Long after we left Cor
N:own, Ed began to speak more openly of
N:this "strange fiddler" whose music seem
N:to come to him from all the familiar
N:shops in the old neighborhood. Whenever
N:we got a tape of a promising young player
N:from Ireland, Ed would listen
N: it intently. "He's good," he'd always
N:remark, "but he's no glen fiddler
Z:Joe Reavy
K:F
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d^cde f2 ag|fedc AFDE|FEFG AGFG |Add^c d2 DE|
Fdc=B AEFA|G2dB =BGdG|F2 cF Acde|fedc A=BcA|
d^cde f2 ag|fedc AFDE| FEFG (3A=BA DE|FDE^C D2 de|
f2 agfddf|ec (3c=Bc Gcef|f2 ag fede|fdec Adde|
fefg (3agf (3gfe|fedc AFDE|FEFG AGFG|Add^c d2 de|
f2 ag fddf|ec (3c=Bc Gceg|f2 ag fede|fded Adde|
(3fgf df dfdf|(3efe ac cece|(agf gfe dcAG|FDE^C D2||

X: 15
T:Aughamore
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Delia's town, just a short distance from
N:her native village of Aughtaboy.
N:Like so many beautiful Irish places names,
N:Aughamore could fit nicely in
N:any charming line of verse.  No wonder the
N:immigrant takes pride in rehearsi
N:the sound of his own native place.  He has
N:lost much, but certainly not all.
N:No feeling can quite match that stirring
N:of the heart when an exile
N:hears his "own place home" spoken on
N:the lips of those he loves.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
FG|ADFA dAFG|ADFA fedc|BEED EFGf|gfed cAAc|
dfdf cece|BcdB AFDF|EFGA B2 (3dcB|1cAGE D2:|
2cAGE FD D2||fgaf gece|dfed cAAg|fg (3agf bgec|
dfeg fddf|afdf gece|dfed cAGE|FGAB (3ccd ed|
1 cAGE FD D2:|2 cAGE D2||

X: 16
T:Brian Quinn's
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Brian is now a very successful physician
N:in Flemington,New Jersey. He is also a
N:brilliant piano accordionist and a great lover
N:of traditional music. He is the second of
N: Lou's five boys (two girls),
N:and they all play music instruments.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:G
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DGGB dBGB|A=FFE FGAF|GABc dgbg|1 fdcA (3Bcd GF:|
2 fdcA BGGA||(3Bcd gd Bdgd|BABd cA=FA|(3Bcd gd Bdga|
bgfa gfga|(3bag (3agf gfdc|(3Bcd =fd cA=FD|GABc (3dcB (3cBA|
1BdcA BGGA:|2 BdcA BGGF||

X: 17
T:The Ceilier
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:He would come with his fiddle to "make his ceili."
N:And he would never come without a new
N:tune or some new version of an
N:old tune he heard since his last visit.
N:He could also tell an odd
N:good story or two.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:G
Bc|d<GBd c=FAc|BGBd gfdc|Bcde =fdeg|^fdBd c=FAc|
BGGF GABc|d<GBd c2 Bc|dgfa gbag|fdcA G2:||
Bc|dggf g2 gf|dgBg dcBc|de=fe f2 fe|d=fcf dcBc|
dggf gfga|(3bag (3agf gfde|=f2 fe fdeg|^fdcA G2:||

X: 18
T:O'Leary's Ireland
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Yeats wrote about John O'Leary in his poem,
N:"September 1913." At that time, Ed had just
N:left Ireland, because his parents saw no
N:future in the farm and no real opportunities there
N:for their six children. The poet mourns the
N:passing of O'Leary in the
N:1913 poem and the passing, too,
N:of all the things O'Leary stood for:
N:"Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
N:It's with O'Leary in the grave."
N:Ed believed in O'Leary-and in Emmet and
N:Tone. This reel celebrates
N:their Ireland: O'Leary's Ireland.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:C
GF|EGcG EDEF|GAGE FDDE|FAdA FAde|fedc BGFD|EGcG EGcd|
edcB dcBA|GABc defg|1afdB c2 GF:|2 afdB cde^f||
g2 ec gcec|gcec g2 ^fe|de^fg add^c|de^fg adfd|
=cde^f gccB|cde^f g2 fe|1de^fg afdc|BGAB cde^f:|
2de^fg afdB|cedB cBAG||

X: 19
T:Eleanor Kanes's
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:reel
N:Eleanor Kane's. Eleanor lives in
N:Chicago with her husband Jim (Neary).
N:Both are long time friends of Ed.
N:Eleanor is one of the few pianists in
N:the tradition who play melody as well
N:as chords. This reel is considered
N:one of Ed's top tunes.
Z:Joseph Reavy
K:G
GFGA B2 GA|Bgfg edBA|GFGA B2 EF|(3GFE (3FED EB,B,D|
GFGA (3BcB GA|Bgfgefga|(3bag (3agf gafg|ecAF GFGA|
BGFG EFGA|Bgfg edBA|GFGA B2 EF(3GFE (3GED EB,B,D|
GFGA B2 GA|Bgfg efga|(3bag (3agf gafg|ecAF GFGA||
Bdef gfga|(3bag af gfed|BGEF GFGA|Bdd^c d2 ef|
(3gfg af gedc|(3BcB Ac BGEF|GABG FGAc|(BcB AF GFGA:||

X: 20
T:Reilly Of The White Hill
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Reilly had a wild look and a fondness for
N:cheating at cards. Before the night was
N:finished you could bet your
N:last skin of a potato that Reilly would
N:be stirring up trouble. No one
N:knew his first name. He was one
N:of the "White Hill people" from a
N:region beyond the northern borders
N:of Ed's farmland.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
FG|:Agfe dcdA|B2 (3dcB AFDF|GFGB AFDF|EA,CE DEFG|
Agfe dcdA|B2 (3dcB AFDF|GFGB AFDF|1 EA,CE DEFG:|
2EDCE D2 g||fdAd fgaf|bged cdeg|fdAd fgaf|
bgeg fdde|fgfe dfaf|gfed cdef|dcdA (3Bcd AF|
1EDCE D3 g:|2 EDCE DEFG||

X: 21
T:In Memory of Coleman
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:reel
N:No tune can adequately commemorate this
N:great fiddler. Ed felt that he
N:was the last of the great players,
N:and the only one he ever heard who
N:had that strange wildness in
N:his playing that only the great
N:ones possess. Ed wrote the tune as
N:if Mike were to play it. Perhaps he
N:alone had the tools to do
N:it complete justice.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:Bb
F|DFBd cBGF|DF (3F=EF GFDF|GABc d^fga|(3bag (3ag^f dgga|
(3bag (3ag^f g=fdc|(3=Bcd BG FDCD|FGBd c2 =Bc|c=BcA  _BG G:||
A|B2 fB gagf|=ec (3cBc AFFA|B2 a/2g/2f/2=e/2 fdcA|FGAc BGGA|
B2 fB DBfB|DBfB AF (3F=EF|GABc dbag |d (3cBA BG G:||

X: 22
T:The Glen Fiddler
M:2/2/
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Ed was told there lived near the edge of the
N:glen a fiddler unlike any he had ever heard.
N:To this day he wonders
N:about that solitary fiddler and the strange
N:tunes he played beside a
N:distant glen in Cavan. Although he never saw
N:him play, Ed has heard
N:some of those same strange tunes in his
N:dreams. And they have become
N:his finest compositions.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:G
DF|G2 dG BGdG|=F2 cF AFcF|G2 dG Bcd=f|ec (3cBc BGFA|
G2 dG BGdG|=F2 cF AFcF|GABc (3dcB (3cBA|1 GBA=F DGG^F:|
2 GBA=F DGG^f|| g2 dg Bgde|=f2 a^f gfaf|g2 dg Bgdg|
fd (3cBA BGGf|g2 dg Bgde|=f a^f gfaf|gbag fagf|defd cAFA||

X: 23
T:The Highest Hill In Sligo
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:From this county came some of the greatest
N:fiddlers in the tradition: Coleman,
N:Morrison, Scanlon, O'Beirne, and
N:others before them. It is their Sligo,
N:the Sligo of Ballymote, Gurteen,
N:and Collooney. And it is also the
N:Sligo of Ben Bulben, that most famous
N:hill immortalized in the verses of
N:Ireland's Nobel Prize winning poet
N:William Butler Yeats.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
AF|:FdAF G2 EG|FEFD CDEG|FDFA efaf|gece dBAG|
FdAF G2 EG|FEFD GFEG|FAdf ecdB|1 AFGE FDDE:|
2 AFGE FD D2||fgaf defa|gfga bgeg|fgaf defa|
gbeg ed d2|fg (3agf bagf|(3agf ec dcAG|FAdf ecdB|
1AFGE FD D2:|2AFGE FDDE||

X: 24
T:KnockBride
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:The Reavys lived half way
N:between Knockbride and Maudabawn
N:chapels. They had the luxury of
N:attending either. And they did.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
c|d2 cd fdAB|cBcd dAGA|d^cAB [E2=c2] AG|FGAB cAGA|
d^cde =fdec|dcAF GE=CE|DEFG (3ABA GE|=FDEC D3:||
c|defg ad (3ddd|adfd adfB|=cdef gc (3ccc|g=cec gcec|
defg (3agf (3gfe|fdec dcAG|FGAB cBAF|GECE D3:||

X: 25
T:Shanvaghera
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:The name of Brigid's school in County
N:Mayo. Like so many other place names in
N:Ireland it has the sound of the tradition in it.
N:The school no longer stands, but Ed's
N:tune, we trust, will live on to honor
N:the memory of Delia's little schoolhouse
N:in the far west of Ireland.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
FG | Addc d2 AB|=cAG=F ECCE|DA,DE FEFG|(3ABA G_B Adde|
=fedf ed^ce|d^cA^F GE=CE |DEFG Ad=cA|GE=CE D2:||
A2|defg afdB|[E2=c2] Gc EcGc|defg afdf|e=c (3cBc Addf|
afdf edce|dcAF GE=CE|AEFG Ae=cA|GE=CE D2:||

X: 26
T:Hughie's Cap
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:A favorite story of Ed's tells of
N:Hughie, an easygoing sort who had a fierce
N:look when he wore a certain cap. Friends would
N:take Hughie along whenever a fight was
N:anticipated. One look from Hughie and
N:his cap would silence the most
N:quarrelsome bullies. One night, as it
N:would happen, Hughie's friends found
N:themselves in the worst sort of mix and quickly
N:looked for Hughie's help. But Hughie,
N:alas, had ventured out this time without
N:his menacing capeen. "Oh God," one
N:exclaimed, "somebody go fetch Hughie's cap,
N:or there'll be hell to pay for all
N:of us this night!"
Z:Joe Reavy
K:F
FG|A2 de fedc|AF (3FEF DGGB|A2 de f2 df|ec (3c=Bc agfe|
A2 de fedc|AGFE FDEC|A,DDE FGAd|1cAGE F2:|2 cAGE FGA=B||
c2 AF A=BcA|d2 =BG =Bcdf|ec (3cBc agfe|fagf dcA=B|c2 AF A=BcA|
d2 =BG =Bcdf|ec (3c=Bc agfe|1 fdcA FGA=B:|2 fdcA F2||

X: 27
T:Maudabawn Chapel
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:The local chapel in Ed's parish
N:where he first
N:learned the simple ways of faith.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
EF|(3GFE (3GED ECDB,|G,A,B,D ECEB,|G,A,B,D GABd|gabg eaaf|
gabg efge|dfed Bc d2|(3efg fa gbec|dBA=c BEEF|
(3GFE (3FED ECDB,|G,A,B,D ECDB,|G,A,B,D GABd|
gabg eaaf|gfga (3bag (3agf|gfed efge|dfe=c BcdB|
A=cBA GEED||:E2 BE eEBE|GABG AFDF|EDEF GFGB|A2 (3FED A,DFD|
E2 BE eEBE|BAFA B^cde|f2 (3agf gfec|1dBA=c BEED:|2dBA=c BEED||

X: 28
T:The Time We Had In Bansha
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:The tune commemorates the day the local
N:fife and drum corps went to Bansha.
N:It happened over seventy years ago,
N:but Ed remembers it as yesterday.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
A,||:D2 FA =cBA=F|ED^CD EFGE|D2 (3FED FAdB|cege fdde|
fgaf dfed|=cAG=F EC (3CB,C|DEFG AB=cA|1 G=FEG FDDA,:|
2 G=FEG FDDg:|fgag fddB|=c2 gc acgc|fgaf gfge|cdeg fddf |
a^gaf gfge|cded cAGE|D2 (3FED FGAB|1 =cAGE =FDDg:|2=cAGE D3||

X: 29
T:The Wild Swans at Coole
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:reel
N:Ed wanted one of his tunes to commemorate
N:this favorite poem of his. He didn't know
N:much Yeats, but what he knew
N:he appreciated-particularly
N:the last verse of "the Swans"
N:But now they drift on the still water,
N:Mysterious, beautiful;
N:Among what rushes will they build,
N:By what lake's edge or pool,
N:Delight men's eyes when I awake someday,
N:To find they have flown away.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:D
dc|:Ad (3edc d2 AB|cBcG E=FGE|DA, (3A,G,A, =CA, (3A,G,A,|
=FEDB, =CA,G,_B,|A,2 =FE FED=C|A,B,=CD =FGAB|=cd^fg agfa|
1 ge^ce d3 c:|2 ge^ce d2 Ac||d2 Ad fgaf|e=c cBc efge|d2 Ad fgaf|
gfag eddc|defg abag|e=c (3cBc efge|a^ga=g (3efg ed|
1=cAGE D3 c:|2=cAGE D3 E||

X: 30
T:Brefni O'Reilly
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Is one of the landed names of
N:Cavan and of old Brefni before it. The
N:O'Reillys have spread far and wide to wherever the
N:immigrant has ventured in his many meanderings.
N:This title could well be our
N:proud county's battlecry, or the triumphant
N:chant of a Cavan footballer
N:scoring a winning goal at Croake Park.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:G
DF||:G2 dG FDCD|GAcd fgaf|gd (3dcd cAGA|dcAG FDCD|G2 dG FDCD|
GAcd fgaf|gbaf fagf|1dcAF DGGF:|2dcAF DGGA||B2 ga fagf|
dcBc A=F (3FEF|GABc defg|agfa gfga|(3bag (3agf gfdc|
BGdG A=F (3FEF|GABc dgbg|1 gdcA BGGA:|2fdcA BGGF:||

X: 31
T:Ann From Monaghan
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's favorite aunt on his mother's side. She was a
N:lively story teller who could capture
N:the hearts of the children who heard
N:her speak. And she knew everyone who lived
N:in her region. Ed never quite
N:finishes talking about this fascinating
N:woman of the tradition. Much of
N:his musical inspiration has been kindled
N:by recollections of what Aunt
N:Ann said many years ago.
K:D
c|:d2 fa gece|dged dAA=c|BGGB AFFA|GFED CDEF|D2 FA E2 GB|
ABce defg|afge fded|cAGE FD D:||g|:faa^g afdc|dfa=g fdd=f|
egg^f ge=cB|=ceg=f ecce|d2 eg ^f2 af|g2 bg ecAf|
(3agf (3gfe (3fde fded|cAGE FD D:||

X: 32
T:The Lad From Balinrobe
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Written to honor the memory of Steve Murphy,
N:Joe's father-in-law, who was born outside
N:Balinrobe in the Neale in the early nineteen hundreds.
N:Steve was a spirited man and a true friend.
K:D
D2 (3FED FGAB|=cdeg fd^ce|dcAG FGAc|dcAF GECE|D2 (3FED FGAB|
cBcd cAGA|dcdB =cBcA|1GE=cE D^CA,C:|2GE=cE D2||:(3ABc|defg addc|
Addc defd|=cdef gccB|=cdef gfeg|f2 ec dcAG|FGAB =cdeg|
(3fgf e^c dcAF|GECE D2:||fe|:defg abae|cdef gage|defg abaf|
gece d2 fg|abag efge|defd AB=cA|FGAB =cBAF|GE=cE D2 z:|
2GE=cE D^CA,C||

X: 33
T:The Hunter's House
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It would be furnished with every evidence
N:of the prize game he caught.
N:It would be a place where the best men
N:would choose to gather and listen
N:to Ireland's finest players. This is the
N:setting Ed provides for this
N:most popular of his tunes.
K:G
A|:Bd (3dcd =cAFA|G2 BG dGBG|Bd (3d^cd =cAFA|GBAG FDCA,|
DGBG cAFA|BGAF GABc|defg agfd|cAFA G2 GA:||B2 gB aBgB|
(3BBB gf edcB|A2 ad bdbd|(3ddd af gfed|B2 gB aBgB|
(3BBB gf edcB|cBAg fdBd|cAFA BGGA|B2 gB aBgB|
(3BBB gf edcB|A2 ad bdad|(3ddd af gfed|B2 gB aBgB|
(3BBB gf edcB|cBAg fgaf|gdBd cAFA:||

X: 34
T:The Letterkenny Blacksmith
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Written to commemorate a legendary
N:smithy with the strength of
N:"the Hair O'Brady," who could toss a
N:stubborn six hundred pound
N:jackass clear across a stream.
N:Neil Dougherty was the
N:first to tell Ed of this hulk of a
N:man who handled horses as if they were
N:just a simple sack of meal.
K:G
DF|:G2 BG AGFD|GABG EA,A,F|G2 BG A2 (3B^cd|ed=cA FDEF|
G2 BG AGFD|GABG EA,A,2|G,A,B,D EFGA|1(3BcB Ac BGGF:|
2(3BcB Ac BGGA||:(3Bcd gd Bdgd|^ceae ce a2|B=cd gd Bdge|
fdcA BGGA|(3Bcd gd Bdgd|^ceae ce a2|(3efg fa gbag|
1fdcA BGGA:|2fdfd cAFA||

X: 35
T:The Way to Shercock
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:When Ed returned with us to
N:Ireland for a visit in 1969,
N:we were amazed at his recall of
N:the old roads in his native region.
N:He knew which ones stood and
N:which were changed. He never lost his
N:childhood sense of direction. To
N:this day, he could still show us the
N:way to Shercock.
K:G
c|:d2 Ad fdAB|[E2=c2] Gc EcGc|d=cAG FGAF|G2 E=C EFGB|
A2 FA FGAB|[E2=c2] Bd cAGB|Addc defd|cAGE D3:||
c|:defg afdB|=cdef gedA|defg adfa|ge^ce d2 fg|
adfa g=ceg|fedc dcAG|1FGAB cded|cAGE D3:|
2FGAB (3ccd ed|cAGE D3||

X: 36
T:The Whistler of Rosslea
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed was to a fair once in Rosslea and heard
N:this whistler. He had a
N:whistling range that could
N:easily match the register
N:of a fiddle or flute. And he had
N:all the embellishments of a great
N:traditional player, too. He sold fish
N:in the market places and charmed
N:his customers with choice
N:tunes-many of his own making.
K:D
GABc (3dcB cBA|=fdcA BGGE|=FGAB c2 Bc|(3dcB (3cBA BGAF|
GBAc Bdce|dgfa gfdc|3Bcd =fd c2 A^F|1 G2 AF DGGF:|
2G2 AF DG G2||:g2 dg Bgdg|gbag fdde|=f2 cf Afcf|
=fedc AG=FA|Gggf gfdc|Bcde fdcd|gfde =fdcA|
1GBAF DG G2:|2GBAF DGGF||

X: 37
T:The Shoemaker's Daughter
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed wrote the tune in the fifties,
N:but it did not become popular in Ireland
N:until the seventies, when it
N:was record by Seamus Connelly,
N:the well-known Galway fiddler.
K:G
DF|:G2 DG BcdB|G=FDE FDCD|G2 DG Bcde|=fdBd c2 Bc|
dg (3gfg dc (3cBc|Bcde =fdcd|g^fdc BcdB|FGAF G2:||
ef|:g2 dg bgdg|gfdg fdcd|g2 dg Bgdg|f2 (3cBA BGGf|
g2 dc BGGE|^FGAB c2 Bc|dg (3gfg de=fd|cA^FA G2:||

X: 38
T:The Fisherman's Island
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed believes that fishermen long
N:to have their own island so
N:they can live surrounded by the sea they love.
N:This reel celebrates their quest for
N:that elusive island home. It is
N:one of Ed's most popular compositions.
K:D
B,|:A,DFA d2 cd|BA^GB AFDF|(3GFD (3FED CDEF|GBed cBAg|
fd (3dcd edAc|dcdB AGFD|EFGA cded|1cAGE FDEC:|
2cAGE FD E2||:fd (3ddd AF (3FEF|DFAd fdAf|gece bece|
dfed cAGE|DF (3FEF Adfd|Bg (3gfg edcB|Adfa gbed|
1cAGE FD D2:|2cAGE FDEC||

X: 39
T:The Cuilcagh Mountains
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The origin of the majestic Shannon
N:is in this small remote mountain
N:range in Cavan. Ed took pride in this
N:and for that reason called his
N:first book of tunes: Where the Shannon Rises.
K:G
DF|:G2 AG FDCD|G2 Ac defg|agfa gfdc|(3ABc AG FGAF|
G2 dG FDCF|G2 Ac defg|agfa gfdc|1AGFA G3 F:|
2AGFA G3 f||g2 ag fdcd =fefg ^fdcd|fgag fdcA|
GBAF DG G2|gfag fdcd|cdfa g2 fg|agfa gbag|=fefg ^fdcA||

X: 40
T:The House of Hamill
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's mother was a Hamill and
N:they came from Monaghan. They had
N:a fondness for music and the
N:traditional way of life.
N:Ed learned many tunes from Mom, who
N:as an old-time "lyddler." She played
N: no instrument, but she could hold a
N:tune with the best in her region.
K:D
D|:EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFD|
EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA (3Bcd ef|gfec dAFA||
BE (3EEE dE (3EEE|BE (3EEE dAFA|BE (3EEE (3Bcd ef|
gfec dAFD|BE (3EEE dE (3DEE dAFA|BAGF GBef|gfec dAfA||
B2 ^GB eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|B2 ^GB eBGB|=gfec dAfA|
B2 ^GB eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|BA=GF GBbf|gfec dAFD:||

X: 41
T:The Day We Went To Kells
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed was quite young when it happened,
N:but he remembers vividly the festivity of
N:the occasion-music of course, and young
N:and old together to celebrate the trip
N:to some far off place they had only dreamed of going.
K:G
GA||:BG (3GFG AGFD|BGBG cAFA|BG (3GFG A2 Bc|dfed cAFA|
BG (3GFG AGFD|BGBG cAFA|BG (3GFG A2 Bc|dfed dAFA||
(3Bcd gf afgB|(3ABc eg fdcA|(3Bcd gf afge|fdcA BG G2|
(3Bcd gf afgB|(3ABc eg f2 fg (3agf ge fdeg|fdcA BG G2:||

X: 42
T:The Flight Of The Wild Geese
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It could be a title that recalls the flight of those
N:Ulster patriots or just a celebration of
N:one of nature's recurring themes: the
N:departure of a wild flock to some distant
N:shore. The tune is superbly built and
N:fitting to honor both occasions.
K:D
FG|A2 FA gfec|dBAF E2 FG|(3ABA FA BGBc|dBcA G2 FG|
AF (3FEF EFGA|BGFG E2 ef|gece bged|1cdfe d2:|
2cdfe defg||a2 fd DFAG|FAdf afdf|g2 e=c Gceg|
fagf eAce|a^gab afdf|gfga gece|(3fga fd bged|
1cdfe defg:|2cdfe d2||

X: 43
T:Pat Clark's
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed learned some of the basics of
N:fiddle playing from this
N:old Cavan friend who died in 1969
N:(just a short time after our visit there).
N:It was also through Pat that Ed
N:(and his brother George) joined the local
N:fife and drum corps in Cootehill. The tunes
N:he learned stimulated an interest
N:in the old marches. Pat also taught
N:him a few traditional tunes that he
N:himself had mastered on the fiddle.
K:D
D2 (3FED FAAc|defd  gbeg|fedf ecAF|GBAG EDCE|
D2 (3FED FAAc|defd gbeg|fedf edce|1dBAF DA,G,A,:|
2dBAF D3 g||fedf ecAF|GBAF GEEF|DFAF EGBG|
FAdf e2 fg|afbf gfec|defd AGFA|(3GGG BG (3FFF AF|
1EDCE D3 g:|2EDCE DA,G,A,||

X: 44
T:The Ireland We Knew
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Much has come and gone in
N:Ireland since the early
N:days of this century. Nothing remains
N:the same in a world that has long
N:since entered its most advanced technological
N:age. But poets dream their
N:dreams, and the heart of every Irishman
N:longs for the Ireland he once knew.
K:G
dc|BdcA BGG_B|A=F (3FEF ABcA|BdcA G2 A=F|DCB,C DE (3=FGA|
BdcA BGG_B|A=F (3FEF CF (3FEF|GABc (3dcB (3cBA|BdcA BGGA:||
Bggf gd^cd|A=F (3FEF DEFD|Bggf gdBd|cBdc BG=FD|Ggfg agfg|
ecBc A=F (3FEF|GABc dcBc|dg (3gfg fdcA:||

X: 45
T:Chapel Gate
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The Chapel Gate is Knockbride's,
N:the family parish. Many a good wedding
N:party started there featuring the wedding
N:fiddler and his charming selection
N:of nuptial tunes.
K:A
A2 EA cdef|gfga gede a^ged cdeg|aged cA=GD|E=GAB =cBAG|
E=GGF G2 AB|^cde^g aged|cA=GB A2 z:||cd|eaag a2 ag|
ea (3aga bgag|edBd =gfgf|(3ef=g dg edcd|eaag a2 ag |
(3ba^g (3a=gf gfed|cdef gfec|dB=GB A2 z:||

X: 46
T:The Light in Dennis Munion's Window
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Dennis lived along the "starry" lane.
N:His place was near Aunt Ann's home.
N:As children, Ed and his brother George
N:would often walk Ann home when night
N:came on. Ann had keen eyesight and was
N:able to see Dennis' place long before
N:the boys could. She said she could
N:always tell the time of night it was by
N:"the light in Dennis Munion's window."
K:G
AG|FGAF BDB,D|GBAc BGGA|B^cdf eB=cA|E2 AG FDB,D|
(3GGG BG AGBG|GABc defg|(3agf ge defd|cAFA G2:||
GA|B2 ef gfed|(3BcB GB ABGA|B2 ef gfga|(3bag (3agf gfed|
B2 ef gfed|eBBA B^cdf|(3efg fa gbaf|gedB G2:||

X: 47
T:The Donegal Doughertys
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:In memory of the many talented Dougherty
N:families. First, of course there
N:was Neil and his son John, who were
N:from the Glenties. Neil, a very close friend
N:of Ed's and a gifted fiddler, was
N:a special talent. Ed praised Neil as
N:"a little known master of his trade."
N:The tune also comemorates Charlie
N:Dougherty and his wife Mary ("dear people"),
N:no relation to Neil. And finally
N:the tune recalls John, the tinker,
N:and his musical family from the same region of
N:the Glenties.
K:D
D2 FA dfaf|gece dcAG|FEFG A^GAB|cBcG ED^CE|
DEFD G2 FG|ABcA dcde|fgaf cded|1 cAGE EDCE:|
2cAGE EDDc||d2 fd fafd|cAGF EFGE|d2 fd fafd|
cdeg fddf|(3agf (3gfe fdec|dcAG FEFG|(3AAG AB cBcd|
1faeg fddc:|2(3efg ed cAGE||

X: 48
T:The Village Of Cong
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:This is the village of the Quiet Man, where
N:Sean Thornton (John Wayne) squares of against
N:Squire Danaher (Victor McLaglen) in one of
N:Hollywood's legendary donnybrooks. Ed loved the
N:quaintness of this village and the people he met there.
K:G
A|GFDE FEFD|G2 dG eGdG|=FEDC B,CDE|F2 cF dFcF|
G^FGA GFDA|GABc defg|(3agf (3gfe d^cde|=fd=cA G3:||
f|gfgd BGGe|=fefc AFF^f|gfga (3_bag ag|fgaf dfga|
(3_bag (3agf gfde|=fage fdcA|G2 (3ABc dBcB|GE=FE DEFE||

X: 49
T:The Loughs of Cavan
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Cavan, "the place of caves," is
N:also a region spotted with lovely lakes
N:like Lough Sheelin. Ed likes to refer
N:to his Cavan birthplace as "my old lake country home."
K:G
GFGB AF (3FEF|dBcA BGAF|GBAF DEFA|dBcA BGAF|
GFGB AF (3FEF|dBcA BGAF|GBAF DEFA|dBcA BGGf|
g2 ag fddf|eccB cdef|gbag fafd|cBAc BGGf|
g2 ag fddf|eccB cdef|gbag fafd|cedc (3Bcd cA||

X: 50
T:The Exile
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The sad gaiety of this tune celebrates
N:the longing of the exile for his native
N:home. No one quite understands the
N:irony of a happy farewell as well as the poet
N:in Frank O'Connor's translation from the Irish:
N:What happier fortune can one find,
N:Than with the girl who pleases one's mind;
N:To leave one's home and friends behind
N:And sail on the first favoring wind.
K:G
FE|DGBd cAFA|DGBd g2 fg|afdf gfed|^cdBG FGAF|
DGBG B,DFA|GABd c2 Bc|(3dcB (3cBA fdBd|cAFA G:||
ef|g2 bg fgaf|^cdeg fddf|eccB cde^c|defd =cAFA|
g2 dg bgdg|fed^c defg|(3agf (3gfe BABd|cAFA G:||


X: 51
T:The Passing Fancy
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Only the great tunes survive. But in
N:our time we also welcome the charming
N:lift of a passing fancy. The first fresh
N:strains of a well-wrought tune make
N:us all a little bit better for the hearing of it.
K:G
DF|G2 Bd cAFA|GBAG FDB,D|G2 Bd (3cBA FA|defd cAFA|
G2 Bd (3cBA FA|GBAG FEFA|GBAc (3B^cd eg|1fdcA BGGF:|
2fdcA BGGf||gfeg fedf|gfga bgef|gfeg fedf|ecAG FGAf|
g2 eg fedf|gfga bgeg|(3bag (3agf agfg|1ecAc BGGf:|
2ecAF G2||

X: 52
T:Charlie Mulvihill's
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Named for a very popular musician who was
N:born in the Bronx of Irish parents.
N:He probably knew more tunes than any musician
N:in Ed's memory. He had a great love
N:for the tradition and this was reflected
N:in his sensitive renditions of the countless tunes he knew.
K:D
A2 FA DAFA|G2 E=C EFGB|(3ABA FA DAFA|defd ^cAGE|
A2 FA DAFA|(3GGF E=C EFGB|AB^Cd fded|cAGE DEFG:||
d2 fd fafd|e=c (3cBc efge|d2 fd fafd|cAGE EDDc|
d2 fd fafd|e=c (3cBc efge|defg abag|eaag eddc:||

X: 53
T:Molly on the Shore
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Fritz Kreisler once recorded a setting
N:of this popular tune. Ed re-wrote the first
N:two parts and added an original third
N:part. That third part is one of his
N:finest compositions.
K:G
GF|DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF|DGGB d^cde|=fd=cd Agg^F|
DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF|DGGB d^cde|=fd=cd AGGA|
dg (3gfg afgf|dfcf dfcf|dg (3gfg afgf|d=fcd AGGA|
dg (3gfg afgf|dfcf dfcf|(3bag (3agf gfde|=fdcA G2 G^F|
DGGB dcAG|D=FCF DFCF|DGGB d^cde|=fdcd AGG^F|
DGGB dcAG|D=FCF DFCF|DGGB d^cde|=fdcA AGGA|
g3 a fe^fa|gfga fdcf|gfga fgag|^fdcd AGGA|
g3 a fe^fa|gfga =f2 ga|(3_bag (3agf gfde|=fdcA G2||

X: 54
T:Killour House
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The home of Matty and Bridie Murphy
N:in the Neale (County Mayo). Ed visited there
N:in '69 with Joe and his wife Mary Jo,
N:(niece of the Murphys). The house was
N:traditionally Irish: no hot water,
N:no "fancy plumbing," only a full
N:measure of love and genuine
N:Irish hospitality. The Murphys follow the
N:simple life and this left us
N:with fond memories long
N:after we returned to the States.
N:May Killour House live
N:on in this traditional tune
N:dedicated to them by Ed.
K:G
dc|BGFG Bdgd|BGFG cAFA|B^cdf e=ceg|fafd =cAFA|
(3B^cd AF GDB,D|G,B,DG Bdeg|(3fga fd cAFA|GBAF G2:||
ga|bagf gdBd|cBcA FGAF|GBdB ceag|fgfd ^cdef|
gbaf gdBd|cBcA FGAF|GABd cAfA|GBAF G2 ga||
bagf fdBd|cBcA FGAc|BcdB ceag|(3fga e^c d2 ef|
(3gfg bg dBGB|cBcA FGAF|GABc (3dcB (3cBA|GBAF G2||

X: 55
T:Whitecross
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:A title Ed picked for Lou Quinn,
N:a lifetime close friend who comes from
N:a place near Whitecross in County Armagh.
N:It was mainly through Lou's encouragement
N:and support that Ed continued to
N:write traditional tunes for the
N:last sixty years.
K:G
B,C|DG (3GFG G,A,B,C|DEFD (3GFG GA|BGdG Bcde|=fdBd Af (3FEF|
GABc de=fd|g^fdB c2 Bc|dg (3gfg dcBd|1cA=FA G2:|
2cA=FA G2 GA||K:Bb B2 df =egcA|B2 dB AcFA|B2 df =egcA|
(3Bcd cA BGGA|B2 FB DBFB|DBFB AF (3F=EF|GABc d2 CA|
BdcA BGGA|B2 df =egcA|B2 dB AcFA|B2 df =egcA|
(3Bcd cA BGGA|B2 FB DBFB|DBFB AF (3F=EF|
GABc (3dcB (3cbA|BdcA BGG=F||

X: 56
T:The Tinker Cart
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:This is Ed's setting of an old tune
N:that is seldom heard today. It's one of those
N:lovely slow reels that has the right
N:touch in the most important spots. Ed's "fixing"
N:of it in this setting makes it atruly superb fiddle tune.
K:G
D|GABd cAFG|AGGF GABc|(3dcB AG FGAc|BGAF GFED|
GABd cAFB AGGF GBdg|fdcA FDEF|1AGGF GDEF:|2AGGF G2 Bd|
gage fgfd|(3cBA Bc dcdf|gage fgfd|(3cBA dB c2 ef|
gage fgfa|gfed ^cdfg|(3bag fd cAFG|AGGF G2 Bd||
gage fgfd|(3cBA Bc dcdf|gage fgfd|(3cBA dB c2 ef|
gage fgfa|gfed ^cdfg|(3bag fd cAFG|1AGGF GDEF||

X: 57
T:Pat Boyle of Glencolumkill
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed met many fiddlers through the years,
N:but Pat was special. He came to Corktown
N:early in the century and encouraged
N:young Irish musicians who settled there. Some of
N:Ed's best compositions were
N:inspired by the playing of Pat Boyle.
K:D
DEFG A=cBd|=cAG=F EC (3CBC|DE^FG A=cBd|=cAGE (3DED D^C|
DEFG A=cBd|=cAG=F EC (3CB,C|DE^FG A=cBd|=cAGE (3DED DA|
def^g (3aga fd|cdef g2 ec|def^g (3aga fd|cA=GE FDDc|
def^g (3aga fd|cdef g2 Bc|dfe=g fdcA|GBAG (3FGF (3EFE||

X: 58
T:The Glen Reel
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
R:reel
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Glens are not always pictures of springtime
N:greenery. Ed remembers them much as
N:Nora did in Syngeis Shadow of the Glen-
N:"and seeing nothing but the mists rolling
N:down the bog, and the mists again,
N:and they rolling up the bog, and hearing nothing
N:but the wind crying out in the bits of
N:broken trees left from the great storm, and
N:the streams roaring with the rain."
N:Ireland is the terrible beauty of the dark glen
N:in the depth of its wild wind and storm.
K:Bb
GF||:DGGA B2 AG|Agfd cAGF|DGGA B2 AG|AdcA AGGF|
DGGA (3BcB AG|Agfd cAGF|DGGA B2 AG|1AdcA AGGF:|
2AdcA AGG^f||gbag fdd=e|(3ff=e fd cAGA|gbag fdd^c|
dg^fa gfga|(3bag (3ag^f gfd_e|(3=ff=e fd cAGF|
DGGA B2 AG|1AdcA AGG^f|2AdcA AGGF||

X: 59
T:John Roarty's
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:John had a taproom in West Philadelphia
N:in the thirties. Ed on occasion
N:played there for John and his friends.
N:John himself played the fiddle at the Philadelphia
N:dance halls (29th and Market Sts.) back in the twenties.
K:C
AG|EGAB cGAG|EGAB c2 AG|EGAB cGAc|d2 ed d^cAG|
EGAB cGAG|EGAB c2 AG|EGAB cGAc|d2 ed ^cde^f|
g2 ec Ace^f|gece abag|ecgc abag|ed^ce d=ca^f|
g2 ec Ace^f|gece abag|ecgc abag|ed^ce d=cAG||

X: 60
T:The Market Day
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Always a special day in the old tradition.
K:D
A||dcAG FDDE|FEFG AB (3=cBA|dcAG FDDg|fdec dfec|dcAG FDDE|
FEFG AB (3=cBA|d^cAG FDDg|fdec d2 (3ABc|d2 fd adfd|
cdeg fdec|d2 fd adfd|cdeg fddc|defg bged|
cdef g2 fg|(3agf (3gfe fded|cdeg fddc||

X: 61
T:The Starry Lane to Monaghan
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Barnagrove is near the Monaghan border.
N:On a starry night, so the story goes, one
N:could look down this lane and see clear through
N:to the neighboring county. Ed's mother came
N:from Monaghan. To this day, he has a special
N:fondness for Monaghan people.
K:G
EF|GEBE eEBE|GFGB AFDF|GEB,E GABd|(3efg fg ed^cd|
BEEF GEB,E|GFGB AFEF|GABG FGAF|1EFGA BEEF:|
2EFGA BEEf||gbef gbeg|fdd^c defa|gbef g2 fe|
defd Beef|geBA ^GABd|^cdeg fddf|(3gab eg fe^ce|
1dBAF E2 ef:|2dBAF E2||

X: 62
T:Lisnathara
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed says it was a legendary place in Ulster
N:where musicians gathered once a year
N:"to revel and make grand music.
N:"This reel is the fulfillment of a young boy's dream.
K:Bb
GA|BdBF DGGA|(3Bcd BF D=EFA|G^FGA BABc|dg^fa gfdc|
=Bcd=e fdeg|^fd=Bd cAFA|(3=Bcd BF D=EFE|1=FGAc =BGGA:|
2=FGAc =BGGg||(3bba gf gfdc|Bcde =fdcd|gabg ^fgaf|
dggf gfga|(3bag (3agf gfdc|_BABd cAFA|(3=Bcd B=F DCB,C|
1=FGAc BGGg|2=FGAc BGGA||

X: 63
T:The Old Players
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The tune commemorates the great fiddlers of
N:the past: Michael Coleman, Kipeen Scanlon,
N:and a host of unheralded ones who went to the
N:clay unrecognized. The history of Ireland is
N:a fiddle. It alone can convey the sounds and
N:feelings of sad gaiety that characterize the
N:plight of that long-troubled land.
K:C
BG|EAAB ^cded|^cdec dBGD|EAAB ^cde^f|ge^fa gefd|
^cde^f gfge|a^ge^c d2 cd|ede^f gfge|dBGB A2:||
e^g|a2 ^gb aged|^cdef gfef|g2 ^fa gfef|g^fgd BGG^g|
a2 ^gb aged|^cde^f gfge|(3aa^g a^f =gfge|dBGB A2:||

X: 64
T:The Last Tune
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It may not be the last one, but it certainly
N:will do as a fine conclusion to a story that began
N:almost a century ago on a country farm near the
N:town of Cootehill in County Cavan.
K:C
AB|c2 GF ECCD|B,CDE FDB,D|G,A,B,C DE^FG|AB (3ccd edcB|
c2 Bd cGEG|FEDC B,CDF|(3EED EG ^FGAc|1Bcdf eccB:|
2Bcdf ecc^f||g2 ^fa gece|=fedc BGGB|AFFE FGAc|
(3Bcd eg ^fdBd|g2 ^fa gece|=faaf dBGB|AFFE FGAc|
1Bcdf ecc^f:|2 BcdB cGAB||

X: 65
T:The Mountain Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:There is a mountain road that leads to this secluded home
N:in the Irish hills. The hill people that live there cherish
N:the old values. The exile secretly weeps for what is gone
N:forever: his long lost mountain home.
K:G
GA|BcdB GFGB|A=FcF dFcF|BcdB GFGB|AGFG AGGA|
BcdB GFGB|A=FcF dFcF|BcdB GFGB|AGFA G2:||
Bc|dggf gbag|fd^cd fd=cA|dggf gbag|fdcA G2 AF|
Gggf gbag|fdcd =f2 fg|ag^fa gbag|fdcA G2:||

X: 66
T:Charlie McDevitt's
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Named for a keen observer of the music. He was one
N:of the many Donegal fiddler friends of Ed, who came
N:often to exchange tunes and old stories. Charlie had
N:a great head for the music, but not the hands to match.
N:Trying to finger a difficult passage he was often heard
N:to exclaim, "They won't go down." But this did not deter
N:Charlie from becoming an important influence in the
N:tradition at that time. He affectionately called Ed,
N:"the Doctor".
K:D
ed|cAAG FDEF|GDEF G2 AB|cBAG EDEG|Addc dfed|
cAAG FDEF|GDB,D G2 AB|cBAG EDEG|Addc d2:||
ed|cdef gfge|a^gaf =gfge|cdef gfge|fage d2 ed|
cdef gfge|a^gaf =gfed|(3Bcd ef gfge|fage d2:||

X: 67
T:Crossmaglen
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:I'm told that the road from Carrickmacross to Crossmaglen
N:is lined with your worst sort of rogues. The verse
N:perhaps comes from some old cantankerous Irishman
N:who probably never himself walked this road. If he had,
N:he would surely have been charmed with the likes of what he
N:saw and heard. (Another tune to delight Ed's close friend
N:from Armagh: Lou Quinn).
K:F
de|fedc ADDE|FDAD FDDF|Ec=Bc ECCE|Ddd^c d2 de|
fgdf edce|(3ddc AF EDCE|DE^FG AdcA|GECE D2:||
de|fefg afdf|ec (3cBc Gceg|fefg afdf|ed^ce d2 fg|
afdf ed^ce|(3ddc AF EDCE|DE^FG AdcA|GECE D2:||

X: 68
T:The Drover's Journey Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt
N:should be remembered. He drove his herds across the cold,
N:dark fields of that ancient land much as his father did
N:before him. A part of that story is told beautifully
N:in Padraic Colum's poem "The Drover."
K:D
D (3gfd dfed|cAGA cdec|dcAG FGAE|FEDB, CA,G,B,|
A,2 DE =FD=CD|=FEFG A^cde|(3fga gf dcAF|1GE=cG EDCE:|
2GE=cG EDD^c||d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|d2 ad bdad|
=cAGA cdec|d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|abag efge|
dB=cG EDD^c||d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|d2 ad bdad|
=cAGA cdec|d2 ad Adad|(3ddd ag efge|abag efge|
dB=cG EDCE||

X: 69
T:Monaghan Hills
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:One of his tunes had to pay tribute to these hills;
N:not the Fork Hill region that Paddy Kavanaugh celebrated,
N:but the same nearby hills of Monaghan that Ed's mother
N:and his Aunt Ann spoke of in childhood stories. Ed's
N:mother played no musical instrument,
N:but she could "lyddle" all the great
N:tunes of her region. This love of the tradition she
N:passed on to Ed.
K:G
DG (3GFG BGAB|cABc dfeg|(3fga fd ^cdec|AB=cA FGAF|
G2 Bd cAFA|GABd cABc|(3dcB (3cBA fdBd|1cAFA G3 F:|
2cAFA G3 f||g2 bg BcdB|cbag fdde|f2 af ABcB|
cbag fddf|g2 dg Bgdg|cBAG FGAB|(3dcB (3cBA BGAG|
1FGAc BGGf:|FGAc BGGF||

X: 70
T:Captain Tom Connolly's
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For an old New York friend of Ed's and a fine fiddle
N:player himself. This fulfills a promise to Tom made
N:several years ago.
K:G
Bc|dBgB cAFA|DGBG FGAF|DGBd gdBd|cBAG FGAF|
DGBG B,DFA|GABd cABc|dg (3gfg defd|cAFA G2:||
ef|g2 dg Bgdg|Bcde fdde|fgaf defa|gfge fddf|
gbag fagf|d^cde fefg|(3agf (3gfe defd|cAFA G2:||

X: 71
T:Tales Of Barnagrove
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:What we feel in Paddy Kavanaugh's verses we can also
N:hear in Ed's tunes: the simplicity of country people,
N:their old roads and villages, and the nearby rising
N:Monaghan hills. Tales of Barnagrove tells how Ed
N:felt about his early native experiences in that
N:region of Ireland.
K:A
cd|eA (3cBA EAcd|eAce aecd|eA (3cBA agec|dB=GB d2 cd|
eA (3cBA EDCD|EAcd ef=gd|ea (3aga =gece|dB=GB A2:||
cd|ea (3aga bgag|ea (3aga edcd|eg (3gfg agfg|(3ef=g fg gdBG|
ea (3aga bgag|edcB cdef|gfge a^gec|dBGB A2:||

X: 72
T:The Side Of The Road
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The talented, wayward travelling people made it their home.
N:We weep to tell the sad loss of talent among those wild
N:wanderers of the road. Some of the best fiddle players in
N:Ireland came from their ranks.
K:G
ef|gfed BEEF|(3GFE B,E G,EB,E|GFGA BABd|(3efg fd e^def|
gfeg fedf|edBG FDB,D|EDEF GFGA|(3B^cd AF E2:||
ef|gfga bgeg|fd (3d^cd Adfa|geBA ^GABg|fe^df e2 g2|
bagf agfg|ed^cd BGEF|GFGA BABd|(3efg fd e2:||

X: 73
T:Fiddlers Mountain
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Fiddlers need to be heard, so why not a place apart, a mountain
N:just for them. And where is this spot to be where the great tunes
N:of Ireland are commemorated? If it is only in the mind of man,
N:it is place enough for those of us who seek it.
K:C
AB|cGAG EGGB|cGAB cded|cGAG EGGB|cedB (3AGA AB|
cGAG EGGB|CGAB cded|cGAG EGAB|cedB (3ABA AB|
cde^f gfge|dBGB dedB|cde^f gfge|a2 (3ba^g a=ged|
^cde^f gfge|dBGB dedB|^cde^f gfge|1(3a^ga (3bag a=ged:|
2a2 (3ba^g a2||

X: 74
T:The Old Camerionian
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's setting of a very old tune. Just how much he altered the reel
N:over the years is hard to say now. Some of his later compositions are
N:traceable to the fine strains of this old tune.
K:F
A=B|cF (3FFF cFAF|cF (3FFF cFAc|=BGG^F GABc|dG (3GGG dcA=B|
cF (3FFF cFAF|cF (3FFF cFAc|=BGG^F GABc|dG (3GGG dcAG|
Ffeg fdcA|Ffeg fdcA|Gg^fa gbag|=fage fedc|Ffeg fdcA|
Ffeg fdcf|egcg ^fade|1=f2 ag fed=B:|2=f2 ag f2||

X: 75
T:The Hills Of Old
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ireland has no mountains, only high hills. And these
N:hills are older than the centuries of man, and
N:older too than the many tunes he fondly fashions.
K:F
de|fagf dcAF|G2 AG FDCD|FEFG AGFG|cAGc Adde|
fagb agfe|1dfec dcAG|FGA=B cdeg|fdec Adde:|
2dfec dcAE|FGA=B c2 AF|G=BAG FDDe||f2 af Afaf|
Afaf gece|f2 af Afaf|gece fdde|f2 de (3efe ce|
defd cAGA|FEDE FGAc|fdec Adde:|2FEDE FGA=B|cAGE D2||

X: 76
T:Green Island Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Many a green island rests along the rim of the far oceans;
N:but for those Irishmen that cherish the memory of their own
N:dear land, there is only one Green Island Home.
K:D
AB|=cBcA G2 fg|Addc AddB|=cBcA GBAG|FD=CG, A,DDB|
=cBcA G2 FG|AB=cA d^cde|f2 df edce|1dcAG FDDB:|
2dcAG FDDe||fgaf dcdf|e=ccB cdeg|fgaf d^cdB|
^cAGF Addf|abaf gage|fedc defg|(3agf (3gfe fded|
1cAGE D2 de:|2cAGE D2||

X: 77
T:The Creel Of Turf
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed got the "strains" of this tune
N:many years ago from Jimmy McElroy,
N:a County Monaghan flute player. The title
N:comes from Synge's verse
N:about Patch Shaneen and Maurya
N:Prendergast. Shaneen grieves
N:the passing of Maurya, his wife,
N:who travelled the roads with
N:him "west in Carnareagh"-
N:"She'd pick her bag of carrageen
N:Or perries through the surf,
N:Or loan an ass of Foxy Jim
N:To fetch her creel of turf."
N:The poor couple had little, but they loved
N:much. The poem and tune make a
N:good match for anyone seeking
N:a glimpse of the old Ireland.
K:D
dc|AD (3DDD AGAG|E=CCD EDEG|AD (3DDD AGAG|EDCE DcBc|
AD (3DDD AGAG|E=CCD EDEG|AGAB cBcA|1GE=CE D2:|
2GECE D3 F||GAcd efed|cAGA cAAF|GAcd efed|
cAGA c2 [E2c2]|GAcd efed|cAGA cBcd|edec dedc|
aG (3ABc dedc||

X: 78
T:The Crossroads Dance
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It was a popular place for holding
N:dances in the old tradition. Ed was not
N:much of a dancer, but he went along
N:just the same in hopes that an
N:"odd good player might be manning the fiddle."
K:G
e/2f/2|gfe dcB|A2 E E2 F|GFG DEF|G2 D D2 f|
gfe dcB|A2 E E2 F|GFG DEF|G3 G2 f||gfe dcB|
e2 E E2 F|GFG DEF|G2 D D2 f|gfe dcB|e2 E E2 F|
GFG DEF|G3 G2 A||:B^cd efg|dcB A2 B|cBA a2 g|
fdf gdB|GBd gfg|dcB A2 B|cBA a2 g|1fdf g2 A:|
2fdf g2 f:||

X: 79
T:Both Meat and Dhrink
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:"Old Pat Kane" was a Wexford
N:man who worked on a rich man's
N:estate in the Philadelphia suburbs.
N:Ed visited Pat and his wife
N:in the early seventies, a year
N:or so after his visit to Ireland.
N:Pat worked the farm much as he did
N:in the Old Country and he had
N:great flavor in his language. He
N:liked his bottle of "Porther,"
N:whenever he could get it. He
N:often exclaimed that man needed
N:nothing else to sustain himself
N:in this life. "It is more
N:than a drink," he was heard to
N:say-"it's both meat and dhrink."
K:G
DGB d^cd|edB cAF|GBd gfg|bag fga|geg fdf|
edB cde|fdf agf|1gdB cAF:|2cAF G2 g||
gfg gfg|dBG FGA|=fef fef|ag^f agf|gfg bag|
fga gfd|cAF DEF|AGF G3:||

X: 80
T:The Women of Monaghan
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For the Hamill women and the
N:other lovely people that Ed
N:knew as a child in neighboring Monaghan.
K:G
B/2A/2|GEF GAB|g2 B f2 B|efg fdf|e^ce dBA|
GEF GAB|g2 B f2 B|edc BcA|1G3 GBA:|2G3 G2 f||
gfe fga|f2 d def|gfe fga|b2 e e2 f|gfe def|
agf g2 f|edB cBA|G3 G2 f||gfe fga|f2 d def|
gfe fga|b2 e e2 f|gfe def|agf gfe|dcB cBA|G3 GBA:||

X: 81
T:The Castleblaney Piper
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed said that this was a great place for pipers
N:in his day. Ed is not a great lover of the pipes,
N:but he had a special feeling for these great pipers
N:of his childhood days when he visited the Hamills
N:and family friends in County Monaghan.
K:D
A/2G/2|FDF ABc|dfd AGF|GBG EFG|FDF GFE|FDF ABc|
dfd cde|faf gec|edc d2:||e||fed gfe|fed cAF|
GBG FGA|BGE E3|f2 d g2 e|fed cde|faf gec|edc d2 e||
fed gfe|fed cAF|GBG FGA|BGE EFG|FDF ABc|dfd cde|
faf gec|edc d2||

X: 82
T:Swans Among The Rushes
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed loved to watch their flight and see them
N:"paddle in the cold companionable streams or
N:climb the air." He watched them, too, when
N:they laid their eggs among the rushes in the lake
N:waters near the family farm in Barnagrove.
K:G
f|gfg agf|gdB e2 d|cBc EFG|AGE D2 B,|DGB BAB|dcB cBc|
fed cAF|GBA G3:||Bcd efg|fdf ecA|GBd eag|fdf g3|Bcd efg|
fdf ece|fef agf|gba g2:||

X: 83
T:Two Sisters
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For two of Ed's grandaughters,
N:Sheila and Eileen Steskey.
K:G
D/2F/2|G2 B F2 A|GBd gdB|G2 B F2 A|cAG FDB,|d2 B F2 A|
GBd gdB|cec BdB|AFA dBA:||Bd^c d2 e|dBd gdc|Bd^c d2 B|
AFA cBA|Bd^c d2 e|dBd gdB|cec BdB|AFA cBA:||

X: 84
T:The Bearded Fiddler
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Farley was a great tramp fiddler who roamed
N:through Monaghan and Cavan on fair days. His
N:daughter sold the family wares as he played
N:to the delight of their customers. Ed recalled
N:one day that Farley played so beautifully that
N:the daughter threw her arms around him in a
N:burst of spontaneous joy. Ed never forgot the
N:wholesome feelings expressed there, nor did
N:he fail to recognize the life-warming
N:secrets shared by those who love the
N:music of Ireland.
K:D
A/2G/2|FAd fAF|GBd gAG|FAd fAF|GEF GFE|FAd fAF|
GBd gag|fed edc|d3 d2:||f/2/g/2|afd Adf|gec Afg|
afd AGF|G3 GAG|FAd fAF|GBd gag|fed edc|d3 d2:||

X: 85
T:The Town Of Coothill
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's own town in Cavan, just a short distance from his
N:native village, Barnagrove. He was amazed at how little
N:the town had changed when he visited there in '69 -
N:"Only the lane where the fish was sold has
N:changed," he remarked. "It's still the same old Cootehill."
K:F
FAc faf|ece gfe|bgf ece|gfe fcA|FEF Acf|
eGA BAG Adc BGE|FGF F3:||Acf Acf|dBB B2 A|
GBd GBd|ecc cde|faf ebg|ece gfe|fcA BGE|FGF F3:||

X: 86
T:Packy's Place
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Owned by Ed's favorite neighbors, the Clerkins.
N:Their son Packy was running the farm when we made
N:our visit there in '69.
K:G
f|gdB GFG|ABG FED|gdB GFG|Ad^c def|gdB agf|
bag faf|gdB cAF|GAG G2:||A|B^cd def|gfe d=cB|
BGB dBG|cBc ABc|BGB def|gdB ecA|fdB cAF|GAG G2:||

X: 87
T:Aughtaboy
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The village the Morleys came from Delia (Brigid),
N:Ed's wife, was born there February 18, 1902. The old
N:house still stands after these many years, though no
N:one now lives there. Four of the eight children are
N:still living: Delia and Margaret here in the States,
N:and Jim and Eileen in England.
K:G
D|GAG BGB|d^cd gdB|GFG BAG|FDF AGF|GDB, G,B,D|
DAF FEF|BdB cAF|AGF G2:||A|Bdg fdf|ece dBG|Bdg fdf|
agf g2 A|Bdg fdf|ece dBG|c/2c/2AG FEF|AGF G2 A||
Bdg fdf|ece dBG|Bdg fdf|agf g2 a|bag faf|gdc BAF|
GBB FAA|cAF G2||

X: 88
T:Gene O'Donnell's
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Written for Eugene O'Donnell, the talented
N:dancer and fiddler from Derry. Gene has been a close
N:friend of Ed's since the fifties.
K:G
E/2F/2|GFG AGA|Bef gfe|BFE EFG|FDF AGF|EB,E GFG|
BAB efg|ed^c dAF|1GEE E2:|2 GEE E f|eBe gfg|
bge efg|fdd d^cd|fdf agf|eBe gfg|bge efg|
ed^c dAF|GEE E2 f|eBe gfg|bfe efg|fdA FAd|
fdf agf|gbg faf|gfe Bcd|ed^c dAF|GEE E2||

X: 89
T:The Swallow's Nest
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed could not explain why certain tunes became
N:jigs and not reels or hornpipes. His simple
N:retort was:
N:"I guess a jig was just meant to be a jig."
K:D
A/2c/2|dcd gdc|dAG FED|FAd cAF|E=cE GFE|DFA dAF|
EGB efg|f/2f/2df gec|edc d2:||f/2g/2|a<ba fdf|
gag ecA|fef gfg|ecA GFE|DFA dAF|EGB efg|
1f/2f/2df geA|edc d2:|2f2 f gec|edc d2||


X: 90
T:The Irish Washerwoman
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:JoeReavy
N:The original setting of this all-too-familiar tune
N:has been thoroughly played out. Ed's
N:setting elevates the strains of the old tune and
N:gives it more dignified footing. There is no Kiss
N:Me, I'm Irish in Ed's version of this popular
N:St. Patrick's Day tune.
K:G
d/2c/2|B<GB DGB|DGB dcB|cAG FGA|fef gdc|BGB DGB|
DGB dcB|cAG FGA|BGF G2:||f|gdB GFG|gfg bag|faf d^cd|
fdf agf|efg dBd|gfe fdB|cBc Adc|BGF G2 f||
gdB GFG|gfg bag|faf d^cd|fdf agf|g2 g efg|agf gdB|
1cBc def|gag fdc:|2CBC Adc|BGF G2||


X: 91
T:The Neale
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Dedicated to the people of this quaint region
N:of Mayo. Ed was the guest of his daugher-in-law's
N:family (the Murphys) when he visited the Neale in 1969.
N:He was charmed by the simplicity of their life
N:and the realization that many of his own
N:childhood values still remained there.
N:If his plan had been to return to Ireland,
N:the Neale, he felt, would have been a fitting
N:place to settle. But the exile seldom returns in
N:the end, and so the Neale too becomes
N:another part of his ultimate dream.
K:A
g|aec aec|fga ecA|aec aec|B2 c dcB|aec aec|
fga Bcd|gfe dBG|AGA A2:||d|c2 a ecA|cBc ecA|
c2 d e2 f|gfe dB^G|A2 a ecA|cBc efg|aec dBG|
ABA  A2:||

X: 92
T:The Girl From Killencare
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed has long cherished a love for the
N:written and spoken word. He might have
N:been a poet if his educational opportunities
N:had taken a different route. One of his earlier
N:verses talks of this lassie from Killencare:
N:Though frost may come and the winter's snow,
N:And bitter winds down the mountains blow,
N:I'll see you here again, my dear,
N:When spring comes 'round to Killencare.
K:G
A/2G/2|FDF ABc|dAF BGE|FDF ABc|dfd cAG|FAF A,DE|
DFA cBA|ged CAC|edc d2:||f/2g/2|afd dcd|Bcd efg|
fdf ged|cEF GFE|DFA dAF|EGB efg|fdf gec|edc d2:||

X: 93
T:The Traditional Jig
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed took one of his favorite reels (McKenna's)
N:and changed it into his extraordinary little jig.
N:Any musician who has tried this feat knows how
N:frustrating it can be. I'm reminded of a story
N:once of one who tried to change a tune and failed.
N:All too quick to take credit for his own
N:latest "improvement" of an old tune, our would-be
N:composer waited anxiously for the praise he
N:so confidently expected. A crafty old judge of
N:tunes himself was only too happy to deliver the
N:final judgment:
N:Son, if you left out what you put in
N:and put back in what you left out,
N:it'd be a good tune.
K:G
B/2c/2|dBG GFG|Bcd =fdB|cA=F FEF|CFA cBc|dBG GFG|
Bcd ^fga|gfd cAF|GAG G2:||B/2c/2|dgg gfg|bag agf|
cde fef|agf agf|dgg gfg|Bcd ^fga|gfd cAF|GAG G2:||

X: 94
T:Tubber Fair
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Synge told us of the things of this world the
N:world of "Red Dan Sally's ditch and drinking
N:in Tubber Fair." Being a fiddler of sorts himself,
N:John would have relished this little jig in G.
N:He would have thought it a fitting tune to
N:be played at Tubber Fair.
K:G
G/2A/2|BGA B2 f|gef gfe|BdB AGA|BGE EFG|BGA B2 f|
gef gfe|BdB AGA|BGF G2 A||BGA B2 f|gef gfe|BdB AGA|
BGE E2 F|GEG FEF|EFG B^cd|edB AGA|BGF G2 e/2f/2||
gba gfe|Bd^c def|g2 f gfe|Be^d e2 f|gbg faf|gfe def|
gfe BcA|BGF G2 e/2f/2|gba gfe|Bd^c def|gbg afd|
Be^d e2 f|gbg faf|gfe def|gfe BcA|BGF G2||

X: 95
T:Beyond Ballybay
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:As a boy, Ed was fascinated with the thought
N:of going to Ballybay "and beyond." He remembered
N:it as a lovely town, "full of grand music
N:on a market day."
K:D
A,|DFA dcd|fed cAF|DFA CBC|=cBA GEC|DFA dcd|
DFA cBc|d=cB cGE|1DED D2 A:|2DED D2 f/2/g/2||
afd dcd|Bcd efg|bge efd|ced cBA|1afd dcd|
Bcd efg|fed gec|edc d2 f/2g/2:|2fed gfe|
agf bag|fed cAG|FDD D2||

X: 96
T:Lad O'Beirne's
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Dedicated to Ed's friend Lad, who recently passed on.
N:He was one of the most talented people to come from
N:Ireland.
K:G
Bc|(3dcB gd BdcB|Agfa gfge|dfec BdcA|
FBAG (3fed (3CB,A,|G,B,DG BGDB,|
CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|1(3GFG BA G2:|
2Ggfa gfga||bgdg bgdf|afdf afdf|
gafg efdA|FBAG (3FED (3CB,A,|G,B,DG BGDB,|
CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|Ggfa gfga|bgdg bgdf|
afdf afdf|(3gag (3fgf (3efe dB|
(3cBA (3BAG (3FED (3CB,A,|G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|
1BGBd cAFA|(3GFG BA G2:|2BABd cBAG|
(3FED (3CB,A, G,2 z||

X: 97
T:Brigid Of Knock
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Named for Ed's wife, who came from Knock.
N:She was part of everything he did. To me,
N:she represents the warmth, beauty, and love
N:that inspires each of us to value what
N:we are and what we came from.
K:G
(3DEF|GFGA Bdgf|agfc ed^cd|BGDG cAFG|
ABcB AG (3FED|G,B,D=F ECEG|FDFA GBAc|
Bgfd cAFA|G2 GF G2:||fg|afdg bgfa|
gfge dcBd|ceAc BcdA|FAcA FD (3CB,A,|
G,B,D=f ECEG|FDFA GBAc|Bgfd cAFA|
G2 GF G2:||

X: 98
T:Muster Grass
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The other half of Connemara Skies (cf. 99 ).
K:G
B,A,|G,B,DG B2 cB|cAFA G2 FG|A^GAB cBA=G|
FGAF D2 Bc|dBGD G,B,DG|cAFA c2 dc|
(3BdB GB ADFG|AGGF G2:||Bc|dggf gedc|
BGBD gdcB|Aaa^g aba=g|fbaf gefd|bagf gdBG|
FGAB cbag|fedB cAFG|AGGF G2:||

X: 99
T:Connemara Skies
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It is one of Ed's many exquisite hornpipes.
N:Nice to pair it with Munster Grass. Both titles come from a
N:line in Yeats: "full of Munster grass and Connemara skies."
K:D
FE|DA,G,A, FA,G,A,|GFGB ADFA|dAFA Bdgf|
(3edc (3dcB (3AGF (3GFE|DA,G,A, FA,G,A,|
GFGB AdcB|Adfa gece|dfaf d2:||cd|edcd fage|
fd (3dcd bagf|edcd efgf|(3edc (3dcB AGFG|
fdcd fage|fd (3dcd bagf|edcB Acec|dfaf d2:||

X: 100
T:Tara Hill
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:A little-known hornpipe of Ed's that could
N:in time become one of his most popular compositions.
K:G
(3def|gd^cd BGDC|B,DGB edcB|cAFD ^CDFA|
(3cBc ed cAFA|BGDC B,G,B,D|GABd cAFA|
fed^c =cAFA|GDB,D G2:||(3def|gdcd edcd|
eaa^g a2 ef|gfge fdcA|Gggf gedc|BGDC B,G,B,D|
GABd cAFA|fed^c =cAFA|GDB,D G2:||


X: 101
T:Killala Bay
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For the great bay in the west, where so many
N:of Ed's friends came from.
K:G
DG|BGBG AGFD|GABG B^cdf|eBcA FGAF|GBAG (3FED (3CB,A,|
G,B,DG BGFG|EA^GA cABc|dfeg fdcA|1GBAF G2:|
2GBAF GFGg||bgdB GFGf|afcA FEFA|B^cdf egfa|
gbag (3fed (3cBA|GFGA BGBG|ABcA B^cdf|
(3efg fd cAFA|1GBAF GFGg:|2GBAF G2||

X: 102
T:Cavan's Own
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed is truly Cavan's own, as is this
N:delightful dancing hornpipe.
K:A
ED|CEA,C EAce|dcBa gece|(3fga ec dcdf|edcd BGED|
CEA,C EAce|dcBc defg|aece dBGB|(3ABA GB A2:||
cd|eAce aece|fd (3dcd bagf|eAce aecA|BE (3EDE BEGB|
cAce aece|fdcd bagf|eAce dBGB|(3ABA GB A2:||

X: 103
T:Quinn of Armagh
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For Ed's longtime friend Lou Quinn, who resides in
N:Flushing, New York. He has been Ed greatest supporter
N:through the years. Lou helped to publish Ed's first book
N:of tunes in 1971.
K:D
d2|DFA<d EAce|dfeg fdBd|ceA=c BGEG|(3GED A,D GECE|
DFA<d EAce|dfeg fdBd|cbaf gece|(3ddd f2 d2:||
fg|afdf Adfa|gfge cdec|dfba gfed|(3cdc (3BcB AGFE|
DFA<d EAce|dfdg fdBd|cbaf gece|(3ddd f2 d2:||

X: 104
T:Jim Erwin's
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:To Ed's friend, Jim Erwin, a \
N:talented dancer and dance instructor
N:from New York. This is one of
N:Ed's most popular hornpipes.
K:G
Bc|dBGB dgfg|ecAG FGAB|cBAG BGFG|(3ABA (3GFE ECB,C|
DB,G,B, DGFG|ECA,C EGAB|cAFA DAFA|G2 FA G2:||
Bc|d^cdf gdcd|eA^ce agfe|dgBd ceAc|BdGB ADFA|d^cdf gdcd|
eA^ce agfg|bgdB Afag|fecA G2:||

X: 105
T:The Gypsy's Return
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:He roams the land and drinks
N:his fill-and still returns
N:in triumph to the one who waits
N:patiently to share his love.
N:Gypsy fiddlers died young, but
N:not before they
N:tasted the fullness of life.
K:A
g|aecA EAce|fdBA GABd|cAEC DfBc|dfba gfed|
ceag agce|d2 ba gfed|cAEc dBG|(3ABA GB A3:||
d|cAEc dBGB|ecAc fdBa|gece dcBA|GABc dBGB|
cAEc dBGB|ecAc fdBg|aece dBGB|(3AGA GB A3:||

X: 106
T:The Lone Bush
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:There was a bush that bloomed
N:alone outside Ed's farmhouse.
N:Many times he has wondered about
N:that bush and why it survived
N:when all around it perished.
N:It has meant many things to
N:him and has always been
N:a life-sustaining thought".
K:G
DF|GcBd (3CBC dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfa gfdc|BABG FDCD|
GcBd (3cBc dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfd cAfA|G2 AFG2:||
Bd|gdBd =fcAc|gdBd f2 (3de^f|gb=fa g^fde|
(3fga ge fdcA|GcBd (3cBc dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfd cAFA|
1G2 AF G2:|2G2 g2 G2||

X: 107
T:Sean Quinn's
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Lou's oldest son, a very talented musician who plays
N:professionally in the New York area. He also helped us
N:produce Ed's first volume of tunes in 1971.
K:G
dc|BGBd (3gag fg|eBcA FEDC|B,DGB cBAG|FGAB A2 dc|
BGBd (3gag fg|agfa gdBd|cAFA cAFA|G2 B2 G2:||
AB|cAfd agfa|gfga gdBd|cBAG FEFG|(3ABA (3GFE DCB,A,|
G,B,DG Bdgd|bgdB cAFA|(3Bcd FA DAFA|G2 F2 G2:||

X: 108
T:The Man From Barnagrove
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The child is the father of man. And this same child is
N:the man from Barnagrove.
K:G
EF|GFGA BABd|e^def gfga|(3bag af gfed|(3Bcd BG FDB,D|
EDEF GFGA|BAGB d2 ef|gbaf gfed|B2 e^d e2:||
ga|bged Bdga|bge^c d2 ga|(3bag (3agf gfed|
BAFB [F2A2] BA|GBEF GFGA|(3Bcd ef gfga|
bagf gfed|B2 e^d e2:||

X: 109
T:The Doctor's Cross
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:I'm sure he had many a cross
N:to bear, but this title really
N:commemorates the crossroads located
N:near the old country doctor's
N:place outside Cootehill.
N:Ed tried to find these crossroads
N:during his '69 visit, but to
N:no avail. The road had been changed
N:some years back, and the doctor
N:had long since gone from the old
N:place that Ed knew as a child.
K:D
FG|ADFA d2 eg|(3fgf ec dAFA|GEB,E G,EB,E|FEDF E2 FG|
ADFA d2 eg|(3fgf ec dAFA|fdAf gece|1d2 dc d2:|
2d2 dc d3 e||fefa gfge|fefd ecAg|(3fgf df gfed|
c2 A^G A3 g|fefa gfga|bgec dAFA|fdAf gece|
1d2 dc d3 e|2d2 dc d2||

X: 110
T:The Blackrock Shore
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Aunt Ann used to sing the
N:Maid of the Blackrock Shore, and
N:she never missed a verse. Ed recalls part
N:of the song, but these lines stuck in him memory:
N:For seven long years
N:I waited on the maid
N:from the Blackrock Shore.
N:Ed loved the old songs that were sung by the people of his region.
K:D
g|fedc dAFA|GFGF EDCE|DFAF EGBG|FAdf gfed|
fefd gfec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|1EDCE D3 z:|
2EDCE D2 EF||GFED CEA,C|DFAc d2 cd|edef gfga|
bgec dAFA|dfaf bgec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|
1EDCE D2 EF:|2EDCE D3||

X: 111
T:Big Willie's Wedding
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Willie was a sight to behold and his wedding was
N:not in the grand tradition. But everyone
N:in Barnagrove loved Big Willie.
K:D
FE|DAFA DAFA|BGEd cAFA|fdAf gece|dfed (3cBA (3GFE|
DAFA DAFD|A,CEF GECE|DFAc Bdce|d2 dc d2:||
ed|cdeg fdcd|fgaf bged|cBAB cdef|gbed (3cBA (3GFE|
DFAc BGEd|cAFA fdAf|gecA ^GAce|d2 dc d2:||

X: 112
T:The Street Player
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Dedicated to Tom and Jim McCafferty, the great
N:street players who played in towns of Cavan
N:and nearby Monaghan in the early years of
N:this century.
K:D
FE|DFAd (3fgf ec|dcde fdAF|GFED CDEF|GBAF EA,CE|
FDA,D FGA=c|BGBG ^cdeg|fagf edcd|(3efe d2 d2:||
eg|(3faf dc dfaf|gbed cdeg|fg (3agf gfed|
(3cBA (3BA^G A=GFE|FDFA dAFA|GFGB edcB|Adfa gecd|
(3efe d2 d2:||

X: 113
T:The Fair Grounds
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For the many fairs held in the old days.
N:The land still feels special on the grounds
N:where those grand old festivals were held.
N:(A tune Ed dedicated to his old friend Tom Caulfield.)
K:A
E2|AcBd c<EGB|Aceg aece|dfBd ceAc|dBcA GEDG|
AcBd c<EGB|Aceg aece|dfBd ceAc|B<EGB A2:||
ce|agab aece|dcdf ecAc|defd cdec|BcdB GEDG|AcBd cedf|
efge aged|ceAc (3BcB GB|Aaec A2:||

X: 114
T:Reavy's Grand Hornpipe
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:As excellent as the other tunes are, some feel
N:that Ed's reputation will stand because of the high
N:quality of his hornpipes. If this dance form were
N:more fashionable today among the musicians, Ed would
N:certainly be much more widely acclaimed. No one has
N:written so many exquisite hornpipes, and the
N:Grand Hornpipe surely is a fitting example of
N:Ed's talent for this rhythmical dance form.
K:D
AG|FGAB =cAFA|G2 GF G2 EF|GEcd edcB|Adfa gece|
fedc dAFD|EFGE CDEG|FAce gece|d2 dc d2:||
fg|a^gba fdAf|gfge cdec|dfaf efge|cdef gece|
(3a^ga ba fdAf|gecA ^GABd|cdef gece|1d2 dc d2:|
2(3dcd AF D2 DE||

X: 115
T:The Road To Drum
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed took this road once when he was young.
N:The boys were on holiday to attend a session of music
N:in Drum. It was the first time Ed heard flutes
N:and fiddles playing tunes like Trim the Velvet,
N:Rakish Paddy. It was an early awakening to the
N:music for him that he never forgot.
K:D
D2 FA dAFd|c2 Ad cdeg|(3fgf ec dcAF|GECE A,ECE|
D2 FA dAFd|c2 Ad cAFG|(3AAA ce gece|1d2 dc dBAF:|
2d2 dc def^g||a2 ^gb afdf|(3aaa ^gb afdf|g2 fa gece|
Aece Aec^g|a2 ^gb afdf|(3aaa ^gb afdf|gece bece|
1d2 dc def^g:|2d2 dc dBAF||

X: 116
T:Kipeen Scanlon's Hornpipe
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Reputed to be one of the fiddlers who influenced
N:Michael Coleman. Mike once told Ed that Kipeen was the
N:best player in Ireland. A sad thing it is that none
N:of his playing was ever recorded for the younger
N:generation of players.
K:G
dc|(3BdB GB (3ABc FA|GBDC B,DGF|EGcB Acfg|(3agf (3gfe fdcA|
(3Bcd (3Bcd cAFA|GDB,D GDB,D|EcBc DAFA|G2 B2 G2:||
Bc|(3ded Bd bgdB|(3cdc Ac agfe|(3dgd Bd (3cdc Ac|
(3BdB GB ADFA|(3Bcd (3Bcd cAFA|GDB,D GDB,D|
EcBc DAFA|G2 B2 G2:||

X: 117
T:Cavan Town
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:One of Ed's favorite towns. He wanted to celebrate
N:its memory before he had completed life's work.
N:May Cavan Town live on wherever this hornpipe is played.
K:D
e|fece dAFA|EFGE CDEG|FDFA ^GABD|cdef gece|dfAd FADF|
EFGE CDEG|FAce gece||d2 dc d3 e|fece dAFA|EFGE CDEG|
FDFA ^GABd|cdef gece|dgAd FADF|EFGE CDEG|FAce gece|
d2 dc d2||fg|afdA FAdf|gecA EAce|fgaf efge|cdef gece|
(3fga dc dfaf|(3efg cA EAce|ba^ge cABc|1d2 dc d2:|
2d2 dc d3||

X: 118
T:Neil Of The Glenties
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's close friend, who died some time ago.
N:He was a true traditional player who knew how
N:to "brighten" tunes in the right places.
N:Ed called him "a little known master of his trade."
N:He was a superb player of highlands and a great
N:Donegal fiddler.
K:D
df (3edc dFFA|GEEG FDD<c|df (3edc dFFA|GEAG FDD<c|
df (3edc dFFA|GEE^G AFD<c|df (3edc dFFA|GECE D2 D2|
fgaf defd|cdef gece|fgaf defd|AFGE FD D2|fgaf defd|
cdef gece|(3fga ec defd|AFGE FD D2:||

X: 119
T:Lovely Lough Sheelin
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The lake near Ed's home in County Cavan.
K:D
D2 FA dAFD|E2 CD A,ECE|D2 FA dAFA|fdec dBAF|
D2 FA dAFD|E2 FA dAFD|E2 CE A,ECE|D2 FA dAFA|
fdec d2 dg|f2 af defa|gbed dAAg|f2 af defa|
gbec d2 dg|f2 af defa|gbed cAAg|(3fga ec defg|
(3agf ge fd d2:||

X: 120
T:The Fiddler's Wife
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:She deserves to be recognized-if only for
N:the many long patient hours she waited
N:when tea was held for "just one more tune."
K:D
A|FABc (3dcd AF|GEFD EA,CE|DFAc dfed|cAGE D2 DA|
FABc (3dcd AF|GEFD EA,CE|DFAc dfed|(3cBA (3GFE D2 Dg|
fece dAFA|f2 gf edce|fdec dfed|cAGE D2 Dg|
fece dAFA|f2 gf edce|fdec dfed|(3cBA (3GFE D3||

X: 121
T:Castle Bray
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed didn't write many highlands,
N:but the ones he wrote are
N:superb compositions.  And this
N:is the best of those highlands
K:A
A2 (3Bcd edcA|A,B,=CE DB,=G,B,|A,2 (3B,=CD ED^CD|
EAce dB=GB|A2 (3Bcd edcA|A,B,=CE DB,=G,B,|
A,B,=CD EA^ce|dB=GB A2 Ad|ceac dcBA|GABa gedB|
ceac dcBA|GABd cAAB|ceac dcBA|GABc d2 fg|
(3aba (3gag (3fgf ec|dfec Aaga:||

X: 122
T:Lovely Bannion
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:A very quaint modal highland.
N:Ed says it is not his tune,
N:but he has been wrong before.
N:It has the earmarks of a Reavy tune:
N:surprising accidentals, unusual
N:cadences, and a brilliant
N:matching of the two parts.
N:I have never heard anyone
N:but Ed play it.
K:G
FG|ABAG F<DDG|ABAG A<dd^c|ABAG FGAB|cAFA G2 FG|
ABAG F<DDG|ABAG A<dd^c|A2 BG FGAB|cAFA G2 FG|
Adde fde^c|Adde f2 e^c|Adde fed^c|AB=cA G2 FG|
Adde fde^c|Adde f2 fg|(3agf (3gfe fde^c|AB=cA G2||

X: 123
T:The Merry Wives
R:Highland
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:They are surely not from Windsor;
N:and they are merry
N:because their mena are off
N:"flutherin' with some old tunes,"
N:while they have the kitchen
N:to themselves.  They have some
N:work of their own to do,
N:and no one will escape them
N:in the end.  When the gossiping
N:wives make merry, there's hell
N:to pay in every quarter.
K:C
cA|GEcE GcEc|GcEc d2 cA|GEcE GcEc|(3efe d^c d2 =cA|
GEcE GcEc|GcEc d2 cA|GEcE GcEc|(3efe d^c d2 ec:||
cdef gfge|abaf g2 ed|cdef (3ggf ge|a^gec d2 ed
|cdef gfge|abaf g2 ge|cdef g2 bg|(3agf ge d2:||

X: 124
T:The Dances At Kinvara
R:Barn Dance
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed heard of them from a friend,
N:but never visited Kinvara himself.
N:He has long cherished this
N:unfulfilled wish.
K:G
(3DEF|G2 B2 BdBG|c2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cdef|gfaf gd^cd|
B2 G2 DBcB|A2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cAFA|G2 B2 G2:||
GA|B2 dB c2 e2|d2 b2 b3 f|agfe dcBA|G2 g2 g2 (3def|
g2 dB e2 cA|d2 BG [E2C2] AF|FGAB cAFA
|G2 B2 G2:||

X: 125
T:Silent The Lonely Glen
R:Air
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The tune laments the passing of the old ways and
N:the tradition as Ed remembers it: the old Ireland
N:he once knew.
K:G
g/2f/2|ed/2B/2 AG/2A/2|B/2d^c/2 dg/2f/2|ed/2B/2 AG/2A/2|
B/2>A/2G/2/F/2 eg/2f/2|ed/2B/2 ba/2g/2|g/2f/2e/2^d/2|
eg/2B/2 AF/2A/2|BG/2E/2 Ee/2f/2|ge/2g/2 ba/2g/2|
fd/2f/2 ag/2f/2|ge/2g/2 ba/2g/2|fd/2f/2 ag/2f/2|
ge/2g/2 ba/2g/f/2ed/2ee/2f/2ge/2g/2 fd/2f/2|
ed/2B/2 Bgf|ed/2B/2 AG/2A/2|bG/2E/2E||

X: 126
T:Cara's Song
R:Air
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Joe Reavy
N:An air Ed wrote for his granddaughter
N:Cara.  Cara is autistic, but has a
N:special fondness for music.
N:Maybe someday his music will touch her, too.
K:G
D2EF G2FG|A2FD B2GE|c2AG F2A,B,|C2B,A, B,2B,C|
D2B,D G2FG| A2FD B2GE|c2AG F2EF|G>G G2Bc||
d2ed B>G|Ec cBAG (3F2D2F2|G2FG A2FD(3c2B2A2 B2Bc|
d2^cded B2G2|EccBAG (3F2D2B,2|C2B,C F2EF|G2>G/2 G6 z||

X: 127
T:The Corncrake
R:Air
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The mournful cry of this
N:creature can still be heard
in the remote country
N:places of Ireland.  This
N:strange air of Ed's takes
N:us back to an earlier age
N:when one could wander
N:through the night fields of
N:Ireland and hear the dark
N:sigh of the solitary corncrake.
K:G
d>c|B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 (3cBc d g3|
M:2/4
g>f d3|
M:4/4
cB G F3 d>c|B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 (3cBc d g3|
M:2/4
gf d2|
M:4/4
cB G2 G4||
M:3/4
e=f f2 c3c2 de/2f/2 g2|gf d2 c2|BG/2D/2 =F d>c|
M:4/4
B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 (3cBc d g3|
M:2/4
gf d2|
M:4/4
cB G2 G2||