Annotation:Twilight in Portroe
X:1 T:Twilight in Portroe T:Dawn [2], The C:Seán Ryan (-1985) R:reel M:C| K:A A2ce D2{A}FD|E2GB ~A3c|d2{a}fd {a}edcA|~B2cA {c}BAec| A2ce d2{a}fd|~E2GB ~A3c|d2{a}fd {a}edcA|(3BcB AB cA~A2|| c2ec fc{a}ec|~A3c BAFD|~E3F ABcA|defg ae{a}fe| c2ec fc{a}ec|A2Ac BAFA|~E3F ABcA|dfed cA{c}AB|| P:"variation of first part" A2ce d2{a}fd|e2gb ~a3c|de{a}fd {a}edcA|BcAB cAFE| A2ce d2{a}fd|e2gb ~a3c|df~f2 {a}edcA|BcAB cA{c}AB|| P:"variation of second part" ce~e2 (3faf ec|A2cA {c}BAFA|E2EF A2Bc|defd ae{a}fe| ce{a}ec fe{a}ec|~A3c BAFA|E2EF A2Bc|dfed cA~A2||
TWILIGHT IN PORTROE. AKA and see "Dawn (2) (The)," “Michael Reilly's Reel,” “Seán Ryan's Dream.” Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. "Twilight in Portroe" was Nenagh, Tipperary, fiddler Seán Ryan’s (d. 1985) title for the tune. It was mistakenly listed as “Dawn (2) (The)” on De Danann’s album “Mist Covered Mountain,” however, due to the popularity and influence of that recording (and by the fact that the first strains of both tunes are quite similar) Ryan's reel is nowadays often referred to by that title. As “Michael Reilly's,” the tune is set in the key of ‘G’.
