Annotation:Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire
X:1 T:Carmel Maloney Mulhaire M:C| L:1/8 C:Martin Mulhaire Z:transcribed by Philippe Varlet R:Reel K:C GE~E2 CEG,E|CE~E2 GAcd|ecgc acgc|~d2 fd BGAB| (3cBA (3BAG AGED|~C2 EC G,CEG|AF~F2 dGBd|1 egdB cBcA:|2 egdB c2gf|| ~e2 ed eged|ce~e2 ge~e2|c'egc' e'c'ge|(3fed (3edc dGBd| ~e2 ed eged|ce~e2 gceg|~f2 eg fagf|1 efed c2gf:|2 efed c2ef|| gG~G2 EGcd|ec'~c'2 agfe|fdd^c d=cBA|~G2 ^FA G2ef| gG~G2 EGcd|ec'~c'2 agfe|fdd^c d=cBA|1 GEFD C2ef:|2 GEFD C2GF|| EG~G2 (3EFG CE|GCEG ageg|~f2 ef (3def cA|GdBG ^FG=FG| EG~G2 (3EFG CE|GCEG ageg|~f2 ef df cd|1 BGAB cBcG:|2 BGAB cBcA||
CARMEL MAHONEY MULHAIRE (Carmel Ní Mhathúna Uí Mhaoichéire). AKA - "Carmel Mahoney's." AKA and see "Brereton's/Brearton's," "California Girls," "Morning Mist (3)," "O'Mahoney's," "O'Mahoney's Fancy." Irish-American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD (Cranford/Holland): AA'BB'CC'DD' (Breathnach). Composed (in the key of 'C' Major) in the 1950's by New York City accordion player Martin Mulhaire (see "Golden Keyboard (1)") in honor of his wife, the corrected title being "Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire," although there are a few variations such as "O'Mahoney's" or "Mahoney's". However, the original title was "Carmel Mahoney", the "Mulhaire" appended to the composition after the couple wed. Mulhaire was originally from Dún an Uchta, east County Galway, and played in Ireland with the famed Tulla Céilí Band before moving to the U.S. The title "Brearton's/Brereton's" refers to accordion player Francie Brereton (Cathal McConnell and Robin Morton called it "Brereton's" on their album "The Irish Jubilee", and Seán Keane called it "Brereton's" on his album "Jig it in Style"). Sean Maguire recorded it as "O'Mahoney's Fancy," and Sligo fiddlers Seamus and Manus Maguire used the title "O'Mahoney's" on their recording. James Keane noted a variety of titles, including "Morning Mist (3)" on his 1993 album "That's the Spirit" (Keane himself also composed a different tune called "Morning Mist (1)"). Jackie Small, editor of Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. V, notes there is a fiddle version of the tune that dispenses with the 'c' notes and stays in first position.
