The Otter's Holt
Sheet music and tabs for The Otter's Holt
About this tune
The Otter's Holt is a three-part reel in B minor, written in C| time. The tune contains about 25 bars and spans from E3 to B4. It is credited to Martin "Junior" Crehan (1908-1998). There's a poem that goes with it: By my mother's house there was a stream It's here they'd play music and sit and dream From his holt the otter came to listen That's why I composed "Poll an Mhadra Uisce". The second part includes some variations.
ABC notation for The Otter's Holt
fBBA FEFB | A2FB ABde | fBBA FEFB | ABBA ~B3e | fBBA FEFB | A2FB ABde | faaf effe |1 dBAF ~B3e :| 2 dBAF ~B3c || d2fd Adfa | bfaf effe | d2fd Adfa | bfaf ~e3f | ~d2fd Adfa | bfaf efde | fBBA FEFB | ABBA ~B3c || dAdf a2fa | bfaf effe | dAdf adfa | bfaf ~e3f | d2 (3fed adfa | bfaf efde | fBBA FEFB | ABBA ~B3e ||