One the great session reels, “Last Night’s Fun” is a tune I have learned through different sessions over the years. I associate it with Mary Bergin in particular, as I have always loved her version on “Feadóga stáin”. Noel Hill also recorded it on “The Irish Concertina”.
X:1
T:Last Night’s Fun
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
|ADFD A2AB|ADFD EFGB|ADFD A2 (3Bcd|edfe dBBd|
ADFD A2AB|ADFD EFGB|ADFD A2 (3Bcd|e2fe dBAB||
|df~f2 af~f2|defd e2ef|df~f2 af~f2|egfe dBAB|
df~f2 af~f2|defd e2ef|a2ab afeg|fded BddB||
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
“The Kerryman’s Daughter” is one of my favourite tunes. I associate this reel with Sean Vaughan (and learned it from a recording I made of a gig I played with Sean and Noel O’Donoghue). Anytime he plays this tune feels like it’s party time! Great tune, thanks Sean!
“The Hag at the Churn” is a jig that I associate with piper Paddy Keenan, who is a regular visitor to Doolin. He recorded it with The Bothy Band and also on his album with Tommy O’Sullivan “The Long Grazing Acre”. Josephine Marsh also recorded a very nice version of this tune on the album “To Meet A Friend” with Cyril O’Donoghue.
