X: 1
T: Speed the Plough #1 / Paddy Cronin's Reel (D major) / Speed the Plow / Cronin's Reel / Deifrigh leis an gCéachta / O'Keefe's Reel / Tom Billy's Reel
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: Reel
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from uilleann piper Walter Lelle in 2005
D: 1967: Kilfenora Fiddle Céilí Band: Irish Traditional Fiddle Music - Reels and Jigs
D: 1977: Dick Gaughan: Coppers & Brass (named 'O'Keefe's')
D: 1977: Séamus Ennis (1919-1982): Forty Years of Irish Piping
D: 1978: Matt Molloy, Tommy Peoples & Paul Brady: Molloy, Brady, Peoples
D: 1986: The Tulla Céilí Band: 40th Anniversary
D: 1991: Martin Nolan: Travel'n'Style
D: 1991: Dalriada Brothers: Farewell to Ireland
D: 1992: Paul McGrattan: The Frost Is All Over
D: 1996: The Fodhla Céilí Band: Play music for Set Dancing
D: 1997: Shebeen: Celtic Traveller
D: 1999: Gaelic Storm: Herding Cats (named 'John Brennan's')
D: 2001: Robbie Hannan: Live Recordings from the William Kennedy Piping Festival
D: 2001: Gaelic Storm: Tree
D: 2001: Public House Céilí Band: Go Figure
D: 2002: Cady Finlayson: Shines Like Silver
D: 2008: Baal Tinne: The Hounting
D: 2009: Mike Rafferty, Willie Kelly & Dónal Clancy: The New Broom
D: 2009: Four Leaf Peat: The Next One
D: 2009: Patrick & Cathy Sky: Down to us
D: 2010: Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith & John Blake: The Ewe With The Crooked Horn (named 'McGreevy's')
D: 2010: Kathleen Keane: Kathleen Keane
D: 2013: Garry O'Meara: Pickin' Time
D: 2014: Irish Fellas: Come South Along the Road
D: 2015: Dmitri Alano: The End of the Evening
D: 2016: Martin McMahon & Teresa McMahon: It Was Mighty - The Early Days of Irish Music in London (Compilation)
D: 2016: The Shandrum Céilí Band: Comhaltas Live #504-1
D: 2016: The Templemichael Céilí Band: Comhaltas Live #509-9
D: 2017: The Shandrum Céilí Band: The Dawn
D: 2018: Colm Keane: Tune Song Tune
D: 2019: Coming Up Threes: Converge
D: 2021: Jason Rouse: Fieldish Recording
D: Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann: Foinn Seisiún, Vol. 2 (named 'Cronin's)
N: Chords: | D  -  | D  A  | D  G  |    A (Bm)  |
N:         | D  -  | D  A  | D  G  | [1 A (Bm) :|
N:                                   [2 A  D    |]
N:         | D  -  | G  A  | D  -  |    D  A    |
N:         | D  -  | G  A  | D  G  | [1 A  D   :|
N:                                   [2 A (Bm)  |]
N:         Last line to finish:
N:         | D  -  | G  A  | D  G  |    A (Bm)  | D  |]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: e | d3  A BAFB | AF~F2 EFDE | F2 AF GB~B2 |    ABde fg fe  |
N:     d3  A BAFB | AF~F2 EFDE | F2 AF GB~B2 | [1 ABde fg f  :|\
N:                                             [2 ABde fd d   |]
N: e | fa~a2 afdf | ge fd edBd | fa~a2 af dB |    ABde fe~e2  |
N:     fa~a2 afdf | ge fd edBA | FA~A2 GB~B2 | [1 ABde fd d  :|\
N:                                             [2 ABde fg f   |]
N:
N: P: Last line to finish:
N:     fa~a2 afdf | ge fd edBA | FA~A2 GB~B2 |    ABde fg fe  | d8 |]
N:
N: P: Variations of the first part:
N: e | d3A BAFA | ~A2FA EADA | FA~A2 GB~B2 |    ABde fgfe  |
N:     d3A BAFA | ~A2FA EADA | FA~A2 GB~B2 | [1 ABde fgf  :|\
N:                                           [2 ABde fdd   |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
e | "D" d3  A BAFB | "D" AF~F2 "A" EFDE | "D" F2 AF "G" GB~B2 |    "A" ABde "(Bm)" fg fe  |
    "D" d3  A BAFB | "D" AF~F2 "A" EFDE | "D" F2 AF "G" GB~B2 | [1 "A" ABde "(Bm)" fg f  :|\
                                                                [2 "A" ABde  "D"   fd d   |]
e | "D" fa~a2 afdf | "G" ge fd "A" edBd | "D" fa~a2     af dB |    "D" ABde  "A"   fe~e2  |
    "D" fa~a2 afdf | "G" ge fd "A" edBA | "D" FA~A2 "G" GB~B2 | [1 "A" ABde  "D"   fd d  :|\
                                                                [2 "A" ABde "(Bm)" fg f   |]
N:
P: Last line to finish:
    "D" fa~a2 afdf | "G" ge fd "A" edBA | "D" FA~A2 "G" GB~B2 |    "A" ABde "(Bm)" fg fe  | "D" d8 |]
N:
P: Variations of the first part:
e | "D" d3A BAFA | "D" ~A2FA "A" EADA | "D" FA~A2 "G" GB~B2 |    "A" ABde "(Bm)" fgfe  |
    "D" d3A BAFA | "D" ~A2FA "A" EADA | "D" FA~A2 "G" GB~B2 | [1 "A" ABde "(Bm)" fgf  :|\
                                                              [2 "A" ABde  "D"   fdd   |]