This is a jig composed by Eddie Kelly, fiddle player from East Galway. He wrote several other beautiful tunes, including “The Meelick Team“. I learned this particular one from my friend Stéphane.
X:1
T:Eddie Kelly’s
C:Eddie Kelly
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
|:BEF G2A|Bee edc|~B3 GBG|AFD AFD|
GEF G2A|B2e edc|~B3 GBG|1 AFD E2F:|2 AFD E2e||
|:gfe fed|Bee Bee|gfe fed|B^cd e2f|
gfe fed|Bee Bee|gfe fed|1 B^cd e2f:|2 B^cd ed=c|
I learned Bill Collin’s Jig from Hugh Healy and Blackie O’Connell’s album “We Were Drinking And Kissing The Ladies”. It is a very nice jig that is quite common in sessions. They call it “The Harty Boys” on their album
I learned “If I Had a Wife” from the great concertina duet album “Na Fir Bolg” by Jack Talty and Cormac Begley. They play if after another great slide called, “Paddy Cronin’s”. This album was released back in 2011 and nearly ten years later it is still one of my favourite albums.
I learned this reel from Terry Bingham’s album, but it is also a tune I associate with Sean Vaughan, a great accordion player from Kilmaley who plays in Doolin often. It was also recorded by John Williams on his first album. He plays it after “Thadey Casey’s” and this is a set I play regularly.
