Kitty Gone A-Milking is a common session tune in the area. It is a reel very much associated with concertina players from County Clare, and has been recorded, among others, by Elizabeth Crotty, Kitty Hayes, Gerdie Commane and Tom Carey. I learned this tune through various sessions.
X:1
T:Kitty Gone A-milking
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
d~G3 d2cA|dGG2 FGAB|d~G3 d2eg|fdcA GABc|
d2GG d2cA|d~G3 FGAB|d~G3 d2eg|fdcA GABc||
d~g3 agg2|dggf d2cA|d~g3 a~g3|dcAB c2Bc|
d~g3 agg2|dggf d2cA|defg a2ag|fdcA G2Bc||
“Dowd’s Favourite” is a very beautiful reel which I associate with the playing of Paddy Carty. It is also simply called “Dowd’s” or “O’Dowd’s” and was recorded by Tommy Peoples on his album “The Iron Man”. I am not really sure where I originally learned this tune though, I think it might have been from my friend Damian Werner.
“Johnny Leary’s Polka” is a tune I learned from Terry Bingham at a workshop during the Russell Memorial Weekend back in 2013.
“The Humours of Tullycrine” is a wonderful hornpipe and has been one of my favourite tunes for many years. It is quite a common hornpipe in Clare, and I associate it Sean Vaughan in particular. It is often followed by another beautiful hornpipe, “Mickey Callaghan’s Fancy”.
