Ben Hill (1)

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Theme code Index	5543 135L3
Also known as	Father Kelly's Reel (2)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:P.J. Kelly (Fr.)
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	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Lesl Harker
Book/Manuscript title	Book:300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty
Tune and/or Page number	No. 161, p. 49.
Year of publication/Date of MS	2005
Artist	Biography:Máire O'Keeffe
Title of recording	Cóisir/House Party
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Gael-Linn CEFCD 165
Year recorded	1990
Media
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BEN HILL [1]. AKA and see "Father Kelly's Reel (2)". Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB: AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty). A c. 1960 composition of Father Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kelly (1925-2006), piano-accordion player and composer of some 35 tunes. Father Kelly was stationed for a time on Fiji, but returned to Ireland. Ben Hill is a place name from near Rossmore, County Galway, near Kelly's original home of Woodford, Loughrea. Father Charlie Coen, also a native of the area, says the Ben Hill is on one side of Rossmore, while on the other is Rossmore Jetty, the name of another Kelly composition. Fiddler Aggie Whyte lived near the base of the hill.

Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed source: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 161, p. 49.

Recorded source: Gael-Linn CEFCD 165, Máire O'Keeffe - "Cóisir/House Party" (1990).

X: 1
T:Ben Hill [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Father Kelly
S:from Mike Rafferty
R:Reel
N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list, August 2002
Z:Tom Madden
K:G
B|:d3B cAFA|G2 BG DGBG|AzAB cBAG|EAAG ABce|
d2dB cAFA|G2 BG DGBG|AzAB cdef|gdcA   BG G2:|
dgga gdBd|eaab ageg |fd ad bzaf|gage dcBc|
dgga gdBd|eaab agef  |~g3e d2 Bc|dBcA BG G2:||