Fly by Night Item Info
- Title:
- Fly by Night
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- I first heard this hornpipe in the early 1960s, played by Mr. Kieran Kelly, a wonderful accordionist from near Athlone, County Westmeath. The tune has been recorded by a number of musicians and has been given different titles, including 'The Low Level' and 'Fly by Night'. Settings of this hornpipe in two different keys may be found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, where one is named 'Best Shot'. As my friend Peter Catto of Brookline, Massachusetts, cleverly suggested, 'When you fly by night, your best shot is to not fly at a lower level!' The tune is played on this track by Boston's own fiddle player, Brendan Bulger. Brendan gives the hornpipe a bouncy lift, clearly imparting his own unique musical imprint.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Bulger, Brendan Knox, Bill
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Hornpipes Fiddle tunes Kelly, Kieran
- Playlist:
- Playlist 04
- Collection:
- Hornpipes
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Bulger, Brendan ;Knox, Bill, "Fly by Night", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed June 4, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/433.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/433.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.