I got “The Cavan Reel” at a session with Terry Bingham & Yvonne Casey at McGann’s Pub. Mary MacNamara also recorded it on her album “Blackberry Blossom”, and it is known as Mike Flannagan’s as well.
X:1
T:Cavan Reel, The
T:Mike Flannagan’s
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEFA|
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEDF||
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|G2dG eGdG|efdB AFDF|
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|EFGA Bcdf|edBA FEFA||
“Joe Killmurray’s” is a slip jig I learned from Peter Carberry and Pádraig McGovern, it is the opening tune of their wonderful album “Forgotten Gems”. I actually received this album as a birthday give from Tom Delany
This is a true Doolin classic. “The Boy In The Gap” is a reel that is very much associated with Micho Russell. He used to play it after another fine reel, “Seán Sa Cheo”, but these days you hear them the other way around most of the times.
“Gerry’s Beaver Hat” is a common jig. I learned it from the playing of Cathy Custy, who recorded it on her lovely CD “An Ceoltoir Fanach”.
