I just learned/transcribed this tune from The Irish Tradition: Corner House. It comes after Corner House. I like the tune, but it puzzles me a bit. Does anybody play it or have thoughts on its tonality? Thanks.
X:1
T:My MaryAnn
B:The Irish Tradition, Corner House
R:Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:C
zGAB |: c3d cAG2 | Ad2e dcAB | c3d cAGE | FAGE FGAB |
cc2d cAGc | Ad2e dcAB | cc2d cAGE | FAGE- ED3 
eg2e c3d | ea2b aged | e3e d3d | cAGA c3d |
egge c3d | ea2b aged | e3e d3d |1 cAGA c3d :|2 cAGA cGAB:|
Thatâs a great tune, not played often enough these days. It was pretty popular back in the days when the Irish Tradition recorded it, but I hardly ever hear it in sessions now.
Harry Bradley plays a version of it in a more flute-friendly key on his âAs I Carelessly Did Strayâ CD.
Brad,
interesting that it used to be played more: I donât recall hearing it anywhere else. I have considered bringing it up to D, but I play it (like The Irish Tradition) after Corner House, which is in A Dorian, and going up from A Dorian to all the Câs in My Maryann gives a great suspended feeling, I think. And on the whistle itâs not so bad, apart from those f-naturals, which one can get half-way used to, I think.
I am going to check out Harry Bradleyâs version. Thanks.
In addition to the Harry Bradley recording that Brad mentioned, Micheal O Raighallaigh (Iâve probably spelled that wrong) plays this tune on his great concertina CD called The Nervous Man. I havenât checked it out to see if he plays it in C or D, though. Myself, I play it in D after the Harry Bradley version. But the tune has been around a while - itâs in OâNeillâs, in C.