“The Daisy Field” is a reel composed by Paddy Kelly (It is very often simply called Paddy Kelly’s) that I got from Thierry Masure and is one of my friend JB’s favourite tune.
X:1
T:Daisy Field, The
T:Paddy Kelly’s
C:Paddy Kelly
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmaj
|:dGG2 dGBd|c=FF2 c=F (3ABc|dGG2 dGBG|BdcA GABc|
d~G3 dGBd|c=FF2 cFAc|d~G3 DGG2|AdcA G2 (3ABc:||
|:dggf g2ag|=fdcB A=F (3ABc|dggf g2gf|defg a2gf|
dggf g2ag|=fdcB A=FAc|dGG2 D~G3|BdcA G2 (3ABc||
I love this reel, “The Boys on the Hilltop”. I think I first learned it from Gavin Whelan. It is played quite regularly in Doolin, I particularly enjoy playing it my friend JB Samzun on fiddle.
I learned “Barrel Rafferty’s” from the playing of Mike Rafferty, I listened to his recordings a good bit a while back and this is where I got this jig. Danny Mahony also recorded this tune on his solo album “In Retrospect”, on which it is followed by “The Drumraney Lass”.
“Con Curtin’s Big Balloon” is a beautiful jig I learned from Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn’s album. It can also be found in O’Neill’s under the name “Hide And Go Seek”. I associate this jig with Paddy Carty as well, who recorded it twice actually!
