“Handsome Sally” is a reel I learned from Stéphane and Adam Shapiro. They used to have a great sessions in Cooley’s Pub in Ennistymon. I believe they got this tunes tune from Catherine & John McEvoy’s CD “The Kilmore Fancy”.
X:1
T:Handsome Sally
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
E2BE GEBE|E2BE AFDF|E2B,E GBdB|AFDE FEED|
E2BE E2BE|E2BE AFDF|E2BE GBdB|AFDE FEE2||
fedB A2Af|fedB AFD2|e2ef gfef|dBAG FDD2|
fedB A2Af|fedB AFD2|~e3f gfef|dBAG FEDF||
“Jack Rowe’s” is an old Clare reel that I associate with the playing of Peader O’Loughlin and Maeve Donnelly, it is the opening tune on their classic album “The Thing Itself”.
“I Will if I Can” is a jig that I associate with the village of Kilfenora, and fiddle James Devitt in particular. I learned it through various sessions in North Clare and it is quite a popular tune in the area.
“The Earl of Thomond” is a barndance composed by Charlie Lennon. He wrote this tune for Tony O’Connell, concertina player from Limerick, who recorded a lovely album with Ben Lennon (Charlie’s brother) called “Rossinver Braes”.
