- Style
- Celtic
- Tradition
- Irish
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- D
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Fiddle and Mandolin
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
The first part leans on a C natural at the start of each phrase and resolves to D, and the second part is plainly in D. Francis O'Neill printed the reel in 1907. Older manuscript versions turn up as "The First Day in Ireland" in Leitrim musician Stephen Grier's copybook of around 1883, and as "Follow Me Down to Carlow" in a Longford fiddler's book from about 1885.
Flute player Tom Morrison recorded it in 1924 with fiddler Tom Higgins and melodeon player P. J. Conlon. The melodeon had no C natural, so on that record the note is sharpened.