The First Month Of Summer

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on January 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Also known as First Month In Summer, The First Month In Summer, First Month Of Summer.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• Doctor A's Secret Remedies by Four Men And A Dog
• Dog Big And Dog Little by Ben Lennon, Seamus Quinn, Gabriel McArdle, Ciaran Curran
• Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert Tour 2006
• Evergreen by Becky Tracy
• For The Love Of Tara by Denis Lanctot
• From The Archives by Sean McGuire And Josephine Keegan
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Irish Women Musicians Of America by Cherish The Ladies
• Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Man Of Achievement by Sean Maguire
• My Love Is In America by Various Artists
• Portraid by Sean Maguire
• Remember Des Donnelly by Des Donnelly
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• Taking Note by Meitheal Cheoil
• The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
• The First Month Of Summer by Buttons And Bows
• Tripswitch by John McSherry And Dónal O'Connor
• Tru The Years by Jim McKillop
• With Friends Like These by Various Artists
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• Zoe Conway by Zoe Conway

X: 1
T: First Month Of Summer, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
AFDF E2CE|A,ECE d/2c/2B cB|A~F3 E~A,3|1CEAB c2 cB:|2CEAB cABG||
A~c3 ecfc|ecAc fe f/2g/2a|e~c3 fcec|d/2c/2B BA Bcdf|
e~c3 ecfc|ecAc ~f3g|agfe fedc|d/2c/2B BA B2cB|

Lads Of Laois/First Month of Summer

This is a great set & I've never heard the First Month of Summer played without being preceded by the "Lads of Laois". Sometimes the "First Month of Summer" is played in G, but If it's played with the "Lads.." I think it sounds best in A - it's the modulation of Em to A that makes the set cook.

# Posted on January 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Oops did I say "Never" I meant "rarely"... is that better Will?

# Posted on January 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Angry lunchmeat

Brad I really enjoy your new moniker...I smile every time I log on now. I only wish my name had such a fun anagram (and if it does, I'm sure you or Zina or Glauber will soon unfurl it on these pages) *grin*

And I genuinely do appreciate the comments you post with your tunes, such as this one, which helps me think about a new and interesting approach to these two tunes as a set. Maybe you can persuade Josh Kane and others to take the time to comment more on their tune postings.

# Posted on January 8th 2002 by Will CPT

It was a child hood nickname that I still think is kind of funny. I'll give Josh a good punch in the head if I see him tonight. Or even better - I'll tell his mom to.

# Posted on January 8th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Hey!

I love you too, Brad...

# Posted on January 8th 2002 by Josh Kane

First Month Of Summer

I've heard 2 different versions of this at our session which are in different keys. The first is Matt Molloy's version which he calls First Month Of *Spring* http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3806, and the 2nd is a bit like Brad's version and also similar to the version in the Miles Krassen ed of O'Neill's:

X: 1
T: First Month Of Summer, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
AF~F2 E2CE|A,2CE dBcB|AF~F2 EA,~A,2|CEAB c2cB|
AF~F2 FECE|A,ECE dBcB|AF~F2 EA,~A,2|CEAB c2Bc||
Ac~c2 ecfc|ecAc defa|ec~c2 acec|dBBA Bcdf|
ec~c2 ac~c2|ec~c2 defb|(3aba ga faec|dBBA BdcB||

This tune also gets played in G, and I find that this lies under my fingers better. My setting goes like this:

X: 1
T: First Month Of Summer, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GECE D2B,D|G,DB,D cABA|GECE D2B,E|DEGA (3Bcd BA:|
GB~B2 dBeB|dBGB cdeg|dB~B2 eBdB|cAAG ABce|
dB~B2 dBeB|dBGB cdef|gzfd egdB|cAAG AcBA||

In Amaj, that's:

X: 1
T: First Month Of Summer, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
AFDF E2CE|A,ECE dBcB|AFDF E2CF|EFAB cecB:|
Ac~c2 ecfc|ecAc defa|ec~c2 fcec|dBBA Bcdf|
ec~c2 ecfc|ecAc defg|azge faec|dBBA BdcB||

# Posted on January 9th 2006 by Dow