X: 1
T: The New Post Office / Tom Billy's Reel / Scartaglen Reel / Scartaglen Road / Humours of Scartaglen (D major)
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: Reel
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from the Bow Brothers album
N: Title Statistics:
N: 16  Tom Billy's Reel
N: 12  Scartaglen Reel
N:  6  The New Post Office
N:  2  Scartaglen Road
N: Chords: | D (A) D . | A  -  | D (A) D . | A  D   |
N:         | D (A) D . | A  -  | D     G   | A  D  :|
N:         | Bm    -   | Bm A  | D     G   | A  D   |
N:         | Bm    -   | D  A  | D     G   | A  D  :|
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=180
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A | DFEF D2dB | cAAG EFGE | DFEF D2dB | cAGE EDDA  |
N:     DFEF D2dB | cAAG EFGE | Addc dfed | cAGE EDD  :|
N: e | f2fe fage | f2ge fdAd | effe fage | fdec Adde  |
N:     f2fe fage | fdge afde | fage dfed | cAGE EDD  :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A | "D"  DF "(A)" EF "D" D2dB | "A"  cAAG     EFGE | "D" DF "(A)" EF "D" D2dB | "A" cAGE "D" EDDA  |
    "D"  DF "(A)" EF "D" D2dB | "A"  cAAG     EFGE | "D" Ad       dc "G" dfed | "A" cAGE "D" EDD  :|
e | "Bm" f2       fe     fage | "Bm" f2ge "A" fdAd | "D" ef       fe "G" fage | "A" fdec "D" Adde  |
    "Bm" f2       fe     fage | "D"  fdge "A" afde | "D" fa       ge "G" dfed | "A" cAGE "D" EDD  :|
N:
D: 1969: Denis Murphy (fiddle) & Julia Clifford (fiddle): The Star above the Garter - Fiddle music from Kerry (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 1978: Mick Moloney & Eugene O’Donnell: Mick Moloney with Eugene O’Donnell (third of three tunes in the 'West Limerick Medley', titled 'The Humours of Newcastle West')
D: 1982: Tommy Peoples (fiddle) & Daithi Sproule (guitar): Iron Man (titled 'Scarta Glen')
D: 1989: Dervish: Boys of Sligo (titled 'Tommie People's Reel')
D: 1993: Gerry Harrington (fiddle) & Eoghan O'Sullivan (accordion): Scéal Eile (titled 'Tom Billy's Reel')
D: 1994: Frankie Gavin, Arty McGlynn & Aidan Coffey: Irlande (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 1994: Afterhours: Up to Here (titled 'Scarta Glen')
D: 1995: Denis Murphy (fiddle): Music from Sliabh Luachra (titled 'The New Post Office / The Gleanntán Reel')
D: 1996: Cherish the Ladies (Joanie Madden, Mary Coogan, Mary Rafferty, Donna Long, Siobhan Egan & Aoife Clancy): New Day Dawning (interlude in song 'The Galway Rover', titled 'The New Post Office')
D: 1997: Déanta: Whisper of a Secret (titled 'The Scarta Glen Road')
D: 1999: Noeleen O'Connor (fiddle), Johnny McCarthy (fiddle), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Con Ó Drisceoil (accordion), Paudie O'Connor (accordion) & Hammy Hamilton (flute): The County Bounds (Compilation, titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2000: The Chieftains, with Ashley MacIsaac (fiddle), Seamus Begley (accordion), Laurence Courtney (banjo), Eoin Ó Beaglaoich (concertina): Water from the Well (last of three tunes in 'The Dingle Set', titled 'Star Above The Garter')
D: 2002: Wake the Neighbors: Wake the Neighbors (titled 'Scartaglen')
D: 2002: Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki) & Tara Connaghan (fiddle): In Session (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2003: Tim Browne (fiddle) & Len McCarthy (accordion): Mutiny in the County (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2005: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins: In the Window (last of three tunes in the 'Piper's Despair' set)
D: 2006: John Doyle: Masters Of The Irish Guitar (Compilation, titled 'The New Post Office')
D: 2008: Martin Hayes (fiddle) & Dennis Cahill (guitar): Welcome Here Again (titled 'The New Post Office')
D: 2009: Seamus Creagh: Tunes for Practice (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2012: Seamus Glackin (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion), Michael O'Brien (flute), Mary Corcoran (piano) & Mick Gaynor (drums): Crossroads Céilí (titled 'Scartaglen Reel')
D: 2012: Connie O'Connell (fiddle): Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry (titled 'Tom Billy's Reel')
D: 2012: Louise Mulcahy, Aoife Granville, Mick O'Connor, Josephine Nugent, Maura Walsh & Michelle Mulcahy: Comhaltas Live 390-1 (titled 'The New Post Office')
D: 2013: Toner Quinn & Malachy Bourke: Live at the Steeple Sessions (titled 'Noelle O'Connor's')
D: 2013: Seisiun Ceoil Bheal Feirste: Celtic Jigs & Reels (Compilation, titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2014: Portherhead: Portherhead (titled 'Scartaglen Road')
D: 2015: Gordon McLeod: Just Fiddlin' (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2015: Clann Uí Ceallaigh & Kelly Family: Ceol Agus Foinn Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy (titled 'Ríl Tom Billy')
D: 2016: Siobhan, Niamh & Eoin O'Sullivan: Scully's Fest 2016 (titled 'Tom Billy's Reel')
D: 2016: Michael Sheehy (piano accordion) & Ed Barrett (fiddle): The Cat's Rambles - Music from the Sliabh Luachra Tradition (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2016: Gerry Carter: With ... (titled 'Scartaglen')
D: 2017: Cathal Hayden (fiddle), Stephen Hayden (fiddle) & Niall Murphy (fiddle): Bow Brothers (last of three tunes in the 'Mountains of Pommeroy' set, titled 'The Scartaglen Reel')
D: 2017: The Fiddlers: Dance for Dublin (titled 'Scartaglen Reel')
D: 2017: Seisiún Ceoil Bhéal Feirste: Irish Heritage (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2018: Laurel Martin: Larks & Thrushes (titled 'The Scartaglen')
D: 2018: Four Leaf Peat: The Bijou Sessions (third of three tunes in the 'McGreevy's Set')
D: 2019: Jon Pilatzke: Amongst Friends (titled 'The Scartaglen Reel')
D: 2021: Diarmuid O Brien & Donal O Sullivan: Abroad In The Back Kitchen (titled 'The Queen of Hearts')
D: 2022: Paudie O'Callaghan: To Castle I'm Going (titled 'Scartaglen')
D: 2022: Floating Crowbar: The Twisted Tree (titled 'Scartaglen')
D: 2022: Pat Fleming: Live Music from Sliabh Luachra (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2023: Flinn: To the Well for Water (titled 'Scartaglen')
D: 2023: Therese McInerney: Down the Strand (titled 'Tom Billy's')
D: 2025: Enda Scahill: Pick It Up (titled 'The New Post Office')