Crooked Road to Dublin (The)

CROOKED ROAD TO DUBLIN, THE. AKA and see "Duke of Leinster's Wife (The)," "Ladies' Pantalettes (1) (The)," "Lady's Panteletts," "Smiles and Tears of Erin (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mitchell, Mulvihill): AAB (Harker/Rafferty): AABB (Phillips). Daniel Michael Collins, in liner notes to Shanachie 29009, says this is a fairly common session tune which stresses triplets in the 'A' part and rolls in the 'B' part. It is not either of the "Crooked Way to Dublin" versions in Roche. Breathnach prints the melody as "Smiles and Tears of Erin (The)" (CRÉ I, no. 101). Alan Ng finds the "Crooked Road" as the first tune in the "Ladies Pantalettes" set on a few recordings, leading some to refer to the tune by the name "Lady's Pantelette's/Duke of Leinster's Wife," which really refers to another, unrelated tune.

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Andy McGann (New York) [Phillips]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; (Jr.) Cronin [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 63, p. 20. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 81, p. 76. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 27, p. 7. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; p. 13.

Recorded sources: Green Linnett GLCD 1155, Martin Hayes - "Under the Moon" (1995). Tara Records 2002, Christy Moore - "The Iron Behind the Velvet" (1978. Learned from the playing of John Kelly on concertina, John Regan on accordion and Paddy Glackin on fiddle). Shanachie 29009, "Andy McGann & Paul Brady" (learned by fiddler McGann from Michael Coleman. Liner notes to the album say McGann "remembers Coleman writing the Crooked Road for him").

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]


X:1 T:Crooked Road R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G ~G2 AG FGAF|~G2 FG AdcA|~G2 AG FGAd|fdcA ~d2 cA| ~G2 AG FGAF|~G2 FG AdcA|~G2 AG FGAd|fdcA ~d2 Bc|| d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 agfe|d~g3 fgag|fdcA ~d2 Bc| d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 ~a2 ga|bgaf g ~a3|fdcA ~d2 cA||

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X:1
T:Crooked Road, The
T:Crooked Road to Dublin, The
R:reel
Z:id:hn-reel-91
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2~G2 FGAF|G2FG AdcA|G2AG FGAg|1 fdcA dBcA:|2 fdcA d2Bc||
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 agfe|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA d2Bc|
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 a2ga|bgaf gbag|fdcA dBcA||
"Variations:"
G2BG FGAF|G2Ac BdcA\GBAG FGAg|1 fdcA dBcA:|2 fdcA dBcA||
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 agfe|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA dBcA|
dg~g2 fgaf|dg~g2 faga|b2af gbag|fdcA dBcA||

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