Annotation:Steeplechase (2)
X:1 T:Steeplechase [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel K:C G,~C3 E~G3 | Add^c dfed | c3G AGcA | G2 EC DCA,C | G,~C3 EG3 | Add^c dfed | c3G AGcA |1 GEDF EC C2 :|2 GEDE CGAB || |: c2 ec gcea | gece dcAB | c2 ec gcec | Add^c dfed | c2 ec Gcea | gece dcAc | e~g3 e~a3 |1 gedg eccB :|2 gedg ec c2 ||
STEEPLECHASE [2] (An Léimrás). AKA and see "Carrigaline," "It's a Hard Road to Travel," "Lad Among the Spriggens (The)," “Milestone (2) (The),” "Rocks of Cashel (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Flaherty): AA’BB’ (Taylor/Tweed). The melody was famously recorded in New York for Crown Records by south County Sligo born fiddlers Paddy Killoran (1904-1965) and Paddy Sweeney (1894-1974), in a medley following “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930’s. O'Neill printed the tune in his Music of Ireland (1903) as "Carrigaline." Breathnach (CRÉ III) gives “The Boys of 25” as an alternate title, however, this appears to be a mistake, as “Boys of Twenty Five” is another title for the melody “Ah, Surely”, the other tune in the Killoran/Sweeney medley. A version of the tune was recorded in Québec by French-Canadian fiddler Guy Bouchard.
