Donegal Doughertys (The)

X:1 T:The Donegal Doughertys R:Reel C:Ed Reavy M:2/2 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:In memory of the many talented Dougherty families. First, of course there N:was Neil and his son John, who were from the Glenties. Neil, a very close N:friend of Ed's and a gifted fiddler, was a special talent. Ed praised Neil as N:"a little known master of his trade." The tune also comemorates Charlie N:Dougherty and his wife Mary ("dear people"), no relation to Neil. And N:finally the tune recalls John, the tinker, and his musical family from the N:same region of the Glenties. K:D D2 FA dfaf | gece dcAG | FEFG A^GAB | cBcG ED^CE | DEFD G2 FG | ABcA dcde | fgaf cded |1 cAGE EDCE :|2 cAGE EDDc || d2 fd fafd | cAGF EFGE | d2 fd fafd | cdeg fddf | (3agf (3gfe fdec | dcAG FEFG | (3AAG AB cBcd |1 faeg fddc :|2 (3efg ed cAGE ||

Tune annotations