McFadden's Handsome Daughter
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X:1248
T:McFadden's Handsome Daughter
R:reel
H:Version 4 is Cathal Hayden's "inside out" version.
H:Versions 2 and 3 are somewhere in between.
D:Molloy, Peoples, Brady
D:Music at Matt Molloy's
D:Four Men and a Dog: Barking Mad
Z:id:hn-reel-334
M:C|
K:A
~E3F ABcA|~A2cA BFAF|~E3F ABcA|1 BF~F2 BFAF:|2 BAFB A3F||
~A2ce fecf|e2cA BFAF|A2ce fecf|ecBc A3F|
A2ce faaf|e2cA BFAF|~A3e faec|~B3F ABcd||
~e3f ecac|ecac fB~B2|ce~e2 ceaf|ecBe cA~A2|
ce~e2 ceae|ceae fB~B2|cefg ~a3f|e2ce aecA||
P:Version 2
|:~E3F A2cA|eAcA BFAF|~E3F ABcA|1 BF~F2 F2AF:|2 ecBc A3B||
ce~e2 f2af|e2cA BAFA|ce~e2 fgaf|ecBc A3B|
ce~e2 feaf|edcA BAFE|~a3e f2af|edcB ABcd||
~e3f ecac|ecac fB~B2|ce~e2 ceaf|ecBe cA~A2|
ce~e2 ceae|ceae fB~B2|cefg ~a3f|e2ce aecA||
P:Version 3
|:~E3F ABcA|~B3c ecAF|~E3F A2af|1 ecBd cBAF:|2 ecBd cAA2||
aece f2af|edcA BAFA|aece f2af|edcB ABce|
aece aecA|B2cA BAFA|agfe f2af|edcB ABcd||
~e3f ecac|ecac bB~B2|ce~e2 ceaf|ecBd cA~A2|
ce~e2 ceae|ceae fB~B2|cefg ~a3f|e2ce aecA||
P:Version 4
|:~E3F ABce|BA (3Bcd ecBA|FAGB Aaaf|1 ecBd cAFA:|2 ecBd cAAa||
aece f2af|ecec BABa|aece fgaf|ecBc ABca|
aece ec~c2|BdcA BAFA|aAgA faaf|ecBc ABcd||
e2~e2 ecBc|Aceg aB~B2|cefa afec|B2AB cAAB|
cBcB cAAB|cAce aB~B2|cefa afec|B2AB cAAF||
About this tune
McFadden's Handsome Daughter is a twelve-part reel in A major, written in C| time. The tune contains about 84 bars and spans from E3 to B4. Version 4 is Cathal Hayden's "inside out" version. Versions 2 and 3 are somewhere in between.
ABC notation for McFadden's Handsome Daughter
~E3F ABcA | ~A2cA BFAF | ~E3F ABcA |1 BF~F2 BFAF :| 2 BAFB A3F || ~A2ce fecf | e2cA BFAF | A2ce fecf | ecBc A3F | A2ce faaf | e2cA BFAF | ~A3e faec | ~B3F ABcd || ~e3f ecac | ecac fB~B2 | ce~e2 ceaf | ecBe cA~A2 | ce~e2 ceae | ceae fB~B2 | cefg ~a3f | e2ce aecA || P:Version 2 |: ~E3F A2cA | eAcA BFAF | ~E3F ABcA |1 BF~F2 F2AF :| 2 ecBc A3B || ce~e2 f2af | e2cA BAFA | ce~e2 fgaf | ecBc A3B | ce~e2 feaf | edcA BAFE | ~a3e f2af | edcB ABcd || ~e3f ecac | ecac fB~B2 | ce~e2 ceaf | ecBe cA~A2 | ce~e2 ceae | ceae fB~B2 | cefg ~a3f | e2ce aecA || P:Version 3 |: ~E3F ABcA | ~B3c ecAF | ~E3F A2af |1 ecBd cBAF :| 2 ecBd cAA2 || aece f2af | edcA BAFA | aece f2af | edcB ABce | aece aecA | B2cA BAFA | agfe f2af | edcB ABcd || ~e3f ecac | ecac bB~B2 | ce~e2 ceaf | ecBd cA~A2 | ce~e2 ceae | ceae fB~B2 | cefg ~a3f | e2ce aecA || P:Version 4 |: ~E3F ABce | BA (3Bcd ecBA | FAGB Aaaf |1 ecBd cAFA :| 2 ecBd cAAa || aece f2af | ecec BABa | aece fgaf | ecBc ABca | aece ec~c2 | BdcA BAFA | aAgA faaf | ecBc ABcd || e2~e2 ecBc | Aceg aB~B2 | cefa afec | B2AB cAAB | cBcB cAAB | cAce aB~B2 | cefa afec | B2AB cAAF ||