Bellharbour Reel (2)

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Theme code Index	5L15L3 1H565
Also known as	Droney's Favourite, Rough Road (The), Sailor's Farewell
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Chris Droney
Title of recording	Flowing Tide (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic Records
Year recorded	1975
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BELLHARBOUR REEL [2]. AKA and see "Droney's Favourite," "The Rough Road." "Sailor's Farewell." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Although sometimes attributed to Bellharbour, County Clare concertina player Chris Droney, who recorded it on his 1975 recording for Topic Records, Mr. Droney has written (to Don Meade) to deny he was the composer of the melody. "Droney's Favourite," he said, was a title he believed the record company attached to the melody. The same tune, or one very similar, called "The Rough Road," had been recorded around 1960 by the Leitrim Ceili Band. "Bellharbour Reel" is sometimes called "New Town Bridge" stemming from its miss-labelling on the group Trian's (Billy McComiskey, Liz Carroll, Daithi Sproule) first album, where it is mistakenly attributed to Paddy O'Brien (who did compose a jig called "New Town Bridge"). Martin Mulhaire has also attributed it to O'Brien. However, in Eileen O'Brien's recently published book on Paddy O'Brien's compositions it is called "Paddy Reynolds'", a reference to the late Sligo-style fiddler long a resident of Staten Island (and very influential in the 20th century New York Irish music scene). Don Meade does not believe Reynolds composed the tune, as Paddy only claimed one composition (a reel, "Rakes of Drumlish").

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