Rakish Paddy
Sheet music and tabs for Rakish Paddy
About this tune
Rakish Paddy is a four-part reel in D Mixolydian, written in C| time. The tune contains about 43 bars and spans from D3 to B4. The tune comes from the Scottish tune "Cabar Feidh" (The Deer's Antlers). It is related to "The Copperplate", #308. This is the standard version with variations. See also #54 (4-part version), #647 (Donegal version)
ABC notation for Rakish Paddy
c3B c2AB | cBAG EG~G2 | Add^c de=fe | dcAG FGAB | c3B c2AB | cBAG EFGE | DEFG ABcA |1 dcAG FGAB :| 2 dcAG FDD2 || |: eg~g2 ag~g2 | eg~g2 edBd | ea~a2 bgag | eaag edBd | eg~g2 ag~g2 | egge defg | afge fde^c |1 dcAG FDD2 :| 2 dcAG FGAB || P:Variations: cAAB cAAB | cAAG EG~G2 | Add^c de^fe | dcAG FGAB | cAAB cAAB | cAAG EFGE | D2 (3EFG ABcA | dcAG FGAB | c2AB cded | cABG EG~G2 | Add^c d2 (3g^fe | dcAG FGAB | c2AB cded | cABG EFGE | FD (3EFG ABcA | dcAG FDD2 || |: eg~g2 ag~g2 | eg~g2 eA (3Bcd | eaag ~a3g | ea~a2 eA (3Bcd | efge afge | fde^c defg | afge fde^c |1 dcAG FDD2 :| 2 dcAG FGAB ||