The Gun In The Thatch reel

Also known as Chattering Magpie, The Chattering Magpie, The Chattering Magpies.

There are 43 recordings of a tune by this name.

The Gun In The Thatch has been added to 103 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: The Gun In The Thatch
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dc||BGAF DGG2|gfge fdcd|BG (3GGG DGFG|FGAB c2dc|
BGAF DGG2|gfge fdcd|BGAF DG (3GGG|FGAB c2Bc||
|:dg{a}gf (3ggg bg|dgbg fgaf|dg{a}gf (3ggg dg|1 bgaf gfef:|2 bgaf gedc||
X: 2
T: The Gun In The Thatch
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
A|:BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 dc|
BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 Bc||
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|dggf ~g3a|bgag fdcA|
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 dgBg|bgag fdcA||
# Added .
X: 3
T: The Gun In The Thatch
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BGAF DGGA|B2ge fdcA|BGAF DG~G2|1 FGAB c2dc:|2 FGAB c2Bc||
|:dggf g2bg|dg~g2 fgaf|dggf ~g3a|bgag fdcA:|

Six comments

Gun in the thatch

This version is by Sean McGuire.

Gun/Magpie

Does anyone know if this is another version of the Tune "Chattering Magpie" or are they considered distict tunes. They’re certainly very similar.
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Donough

Is there a defined boundary between what are two variants of a tune and what are two distinct tunes? What’s more, does it matter? I would say that this IS a version of The Chattering Magpie, but it is different enough from the ‘standard’ version to be called by a different name. But that’s only my opinion.

Liam’s Version

To my ear this version is much simpler than the version played by Liam O’Flynn, which is a fantastic version, I don’t know how you add another version of a tune on this site, but I think Liam’s version is a far better tune.

# Posted by JACKB .

Here’s a setting taken off a private session recording.

X: 1
T: Chattering Magpie, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
A|:BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 dc|
BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 Bc||
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|dggf ~g3a|bgag fdcA|
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 dgBg|bgag fdcA||

# Posted .

The Chattering Magpie

The version #3 is what I’ve been playing. Paul McGrattan and Chris Droney individually recorded almost the same versions except for a couple of phrases.