Creamer's
CREAMER'S REEL. AKA - "Creamery (The)," "Michael Cramer's." AKA and see "Tinker's Daughter (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Creamery" title comes from Cherish the Ladies flute player Joanie Madden. Mulvihill notes: "Played by Jimmy McGreevy." Michael McNamara, the Leitrim flute player and scion of the famous musical family, says that Michael Creamer was an itinerant labourer who came to the Leitrim area from northern Ireland. Creamer played the whistle and knew about a dozen tunes, but always started the evening with this one, which entered local tradition and was named in his honor.
Source for notated version: Tony Smith (County Cavan & Dublin) [Mulvihill].
Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 140, p. 92. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 175, p. 48.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irish Traditional Tune Index [1]
X:1 T: Creamer's Reel S: "First Collection of Traditional Irish Music" (M.Mulvihill) Z: B.Black L: 1/8 M: 4/4 R: reel K: D e|A2 AB AFDF|AFAd f3 g|afef dBBc|dBAF FEDF| AFAB AFDF|AFAd f3 g|afef dBAF|Adfe d3 :| e|fded BAFA|dcdf a2 af|fefd edBc|dBAF FEDF| A2 AB AFDF|AFAd f3 g|afef dBAF|Adfe d3 :||
X:2 T:Michael Cramer's T:Tinker's Daughter, The R:reel D:Conal O'Grada: The Top of Coom Z:id:hn-reel-291 Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:C| L:1/8 K:D ~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef dB~B2|dBAF FEDF| ~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2dB:|2 Adfe d2de|| |:fded BAFA|dcdf a2af|g2fg eB~B2|dBAF FEDF| ~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2de:|2 Adfe d2dB|| "Variations:" ABdB AFDF|~A3d f2fg|afef d2dB|dBAF FEDF| AFAB AF~F2|AFAd ~f3g|afef dB~B2|1 Adfe d2dB:|2 Adfe d2de|| |:fded BdAB|d2df ~a3f|g2fg edBc|dBAF FEDF| ABdB AF~F2|AFAd ~f3g|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2de:|2 Adfe d2dB||
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