Paddy Ryan's Dream
A reel in the key of Ador
Sheet music, mandolin tabs, banjo tabs, fiddle and accordion score for Paddy Ryan's Dream
See also #342 Same as the Scottish tune "Miss Lyall" There is a story that goes with this tune (from Ted Furey): Paddy Ryan was the son of a widow who lived in the Midlands. He had a dream that he went to Dublin, and that he walked to and fro on the bridge without stopping, and that he found his fortune there. He told this strange dream to his mother, who sold her only cow, and said: "Padraig, go to Dublin and see about your dream." So Paddy went on the train to Dublin, and there he marched up and down on O'Connell Bridge. He hardly had any money left, but after a while he met a neighbour from home, who said: "What are you doing here, Paddy? Have you come to Dublin?". "Well," said Paddy, "I had this funny dream three nights in a row that I should find my fortune here on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin." "Well," said the neighbour, "that's strange. I also had a dream three nights in a row that there was a crock of gold buried at the back of your garden, under a gooseberry bush." "Oh, I don't believe that", said Paddy. But that night he took the train back to where his mother lived in County Offaly, and he said: "Mother, find me a spade", and started digging under the gooseberry bushes in the garden, and it was true. Under the last one, which was all dry and nearly dead, he found three crocks full of gold. So Paddy and his mother could buy a lot of cows and build a new house, so wasn't it true that he found his fortune marching up and down O'Connell Bridge in Dublin?
Need a tuner?
If you find this tune on YouTube you can use
LoopTube
to loop and slow down sections so you can learn it by ear.Abc sheet music for Paddy Ryan's Dream
X:1057
T:Paddy Ryan's Dream
R:reel
H:See also #342
H:Same as the Scottish tune "Miss Lyall"
H:There is a story that goes with this tune (from Ted Furey):
H:Paddy Ryan was the son of a widow who lived in the Midlands. He had a dream
H:that he went to Dublin, and that he walked to and fro on the bridge without
H:stopping, and that he found his fortune there. He told this strange dream
H:to his mother, who sold her only cow, and said: "Padraig, go to Dublin and
H:see about your dream."
H:So Paddy went on the train to Dublin, and there he marched up and down on
H:O'Connell Bridge. He hardly had any money left, but after a while he met a
H:neighbour from home, who said: "What are you doing here, Paddy? Have you
H:come to Dublin?". "Well," said Paddy, "I had this funny dream three nights
H:in a row that I should find my fortune here on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin."
H:"Well," said the neighbour, "that's strange. I also had a dream three nights
H:in a row that there was a crock of gold buried at the back of your garden,
H:under a gooseberry bush."
H:"Oh, I don't believe that", said Paddy. But that night he took the train
H:back to where his mother lived in County Offaly, and he said: "Mother, find
H:me a spade", and started digging under the gooseberry bushes in the garden,
H:and it was true. Under the last one, which was all dry and nearly dead, he
H:found three crocks full of gold.
H:So Paddy and his mother could buy a lot of cows and build a new house, so
H:wasn't it true that he found his fortune marching up and down O'Connell
H:Bridge in Dublin?
Z:id:hn-reel-143
M:C|
K:Ador
cB|:AE~E2 cABG|ECDC B,CDB,|~A,3B, CB,CD|EAAG ABcB|
AE~E2 cABG|ECDC B,CDB,|~A,3B, CB,CD|1 EAAG A2cB:|2 EAAG ABcB||
|:Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|A2ag aged|cdBc AEFG|
Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|Ac (3Bcd cedf|1 edcB A2cB:|2 edcB ABcB||
P:Version 2:
|:AE~E2 cABG|(3EFG DB, G,A,B,G,|~A,3B, CEAB|(3cBA BG ABcB|
AE~E2 cE~E2|DB,~B,2 G,B,~B,2|~A,3B, CEAB|1 cABG A2cB:|2 cABG ABcB||
|:Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|A2ag aged|edcB (3cBA BG|
Aaa^g aecA|Gg (3fga gdBG|Ac (3Bcd cedf|1 edcB A2cB:|2 edcB ABcB||
P:Version 3:
|:AE~E2 cEAE|DEDC B,CDB,|A,B,CD EGAB|cAAG ABcB|
AE~E2 cEAE|DEDC B,CDB,|A,B,CD EGAB|1 cABG A2cB:|2 cABG ABcB||
|:Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|A2a^g aefd|edcB (3cBA BG|
Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|Ac (3Bcd cedf|1 edcB A2cB:|2 edcB ABcB||