X: 1
T: Fisherman's Lilt / The Kerryman's Daughter (C major)
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: Reel
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
N: also played in D major
S: learned from uilleann piper Walter Lelle in 2003 (in C major)
N: Chords: | C  -  | C  Am | C  -  | G  C   :|
N:         | C  -  | C  -  | C  Am | G  Am   |
N:         | C  -  | C  Am | C  -  | G  C    |]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=180
K: C major % no sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A | G2 GE GAcd | edcB cA~A2 | GE~E2 GA cd | edcB c3  :|
N: d | eg~g2 agea | gede cA~A2 | eg~g2 ea~a2 | gabg a3g  |
N:     eg~g2 agea | gede cA~A2 | GE~E2 GA cd | edcB c3   |]
N:
N: P: Variations:
N: A | G2 GE GAcd  | ecdB cA~A2 | GE~E2 GA cd | ecdB c3  :|
N: d | eg~g2 ea~a2 | gedB cA~A2 | eg~g2 ea~a2 | gabg a3g  |
N:     eg~g2 ea~a2 | gedB cA~A2 | GE~E2 GA cd | ecdB c3   |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A | "C" G2 GE GAcd | "C" edcB "Am" cA~A2 | "C" GE~E2      GA cd | "G" edcB "C"  c3  :|
d | "C" eg~g2 agea | "C" gede      cA~A2 | "C" eg~g2 "Am" ea~a2 | "G" gabg "Am" a3g  |
    "C" eg~g2 agea | "C" gede "Am" cA~A2 | "C" GE~E2      GA cd | "G" edcB "C"  c3   |]
N:
P: Variations:
A | "C" G2 GE GAcd  | "C" ecdB "Am" cA~A2 | "C" GE~E2      GA cd | "G" ecdB "C"  c3  :|
d | "C" eg~g2 ea~a2 | "C" gedB      cA~A2 | "C" eg~g2 "Am" ea~a2 | "G" gabg "Am" a3g  |
    "C" eg~g2 ea~a2 | "C" gedB "Am" cA~A2 | "C" GE~E2      GA cd | "G" ecdB "C"  c3   |]
N:
D: 1971: Tommy Potts (fiddle): The Liffey Banks (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1977: Bothy Band (Paddy Keenan, Matt Molloy, Kevin Burke, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Dónal Lunny & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill): Out of the Wind Into the Sun (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1979: Comhaltas Tour Group: The Green Fields of Ireland (titled 'Molly, What Ails You?')
D: 1989: P.J. Hernon (accordion) & Marcus Hernon (flute): Béal a' Mhurlaigh (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 1989: Boys of the Lough: Aly Bain & Friends (first tune in the 'Kerryman's Daughter' set)
D: 1992: Michael Coleman (1891-1945, fiddle): Ceotóir Mórthionchair na hAoise (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1994: Eileen Ivers (fiddle) & Joanie Madden (flute): Eileen Ivers - Traditional Irish Music (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 1994: Mary MacNamara (concertina) & Martin Hayes (fiddle): Traditional Music from East Clare (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1995: Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle) & Felix Dolan (piano): The Funny Reel (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 1995: Bothy Band (Kevin Burke, Matt Molloy, Paddy Keenan, Peter Browne, Dónal Lunny, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill): BBC Radio One - The Bothy Band Live in Concert (recorded 1976-1978, released 1995, named 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1996: Albanatchie: Native (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 1996: Phyllis Gaskins: Home Now (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 1997: Eileen Ivers: So Far - The Eileen Ivers Collection 1979-1995 (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 1997: James Morrison (fiddle): Wheels of the World, Vol. 2 (released 1997, recorded in the 1920's)
D: 1998: Damp in the Attic (P.J. King, Martin Murray, Cyril O'Donoghue & Colm Murphy): I Was ...... Flyin It (titled 'Andersons Reel')
D: 1998: Rare Folk: Green (untitled, first tune in the 'Two Reels' set)
D: 1999: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 10 (third tune in South Sligo Lancers Set, Fig. 4)
D: 2000: Charlie Lennon: Time for a Tune (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2000: Finlay MacDonald: Finlay MacDonald (untitled, second tune in the 'Jock the Box' set)
D: 2001: Frankie Gavin (fiddle): Fierce Traditional (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2002: James Morrison (fiddle): From Ballymote to Brooklyn (titled 'Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2003: The London Lasses & Pete Quinn: Track Across the Deep (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2003: The Tap Room Trio (Harry Bradley, Jesse Smith & John Blake): The Tap Room Trio (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2004: Oisín MacDiarmada (fiddle): Ar An Bhfidil (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2005: Patsy Touhey (1865-1923, uilleann pipes): The Piping of Patsy Touhey (titled 'Halligan's Fancy')
D: 2008: Joe Finn: The Piper Calls the Tune (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2008: Conal Ó Gráda (flute): Cnoc Bui (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2009: Ciaran Ward & Éire Nua: Blasta (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2010: Birkin Tree: Virginia (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2010: Frankie Gavin & DeDannan: Jigs, Reels & Rock n’ Roll (third of four tunes in the 'Planet Ireland' set)
D: 2012: Tommy Potts: Traditional Fiddle Music from Dublin (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2013: P.J. Hernon (accordion): P.J. Hernon (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2013: Lucy Farr: Heart and Home (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt / The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2014: Eoin O'Neill, Quentin Cooper, Aoibheann Queally & Noirin Lynch: Crag Road (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2014: O'Phan: Love & Freedom (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2015: Battlefield Band, Don Meade, Tony DeMarco & Robin Morton: Beg & Borrow (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2015: Séamus McGuire (fiddle) & John Lee (flute): The Missing Reel / An Ríl ar Lár (titled 'The Banks of Inverness / Molly what ails you')
D: 2016: Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy: The Reel Note (titled 'The Missing Reel / An Ríl ar Lár')
D: 2017: Aileen Donagher McGowan: Friends of Note (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2017: Hasse Ljungdahl: Low Pressure and High Humidity (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2019: Will Woodson, Caitlin Finley & Chris Stevens: The Glory Reel (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2020: Jean Banwarth: Just Sound (titled 'Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2022: Paudie O'Callaghan: To Castle I'm Going  (titled 'The Kerryman's Daughter')
D: 2022: Ciara O'Sullivan: Clare Horizons (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2023: Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Martin Simpson & Andy Seward: Beguile (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2023: Joey Abarta (uilleann pipes): King of the Blind (titled 'Cunningham's Fancy')
D: 2023: Sorcha Costello (fiddle):The Primrose Lass (titled 'The Fisherman's Lilt')
D: 2025: Tempest (Brendan Mulholland, Bláithín Mhic Cana, Aaron O'Hagan & Luke Ward): Tempest (titled 'The Lilting Fisherman')
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N: Title statistics:
N: 19 The Kerryman's Daughter
N: 20 The Fisherman's Lilt