Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 25th 2006 by swisspiper.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Eire
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
B3G EFGA|Bd d4 Bd|e3d B2 A B/c/|B<E-E4 GE|
D3E G3 A|B c/d/ B4 G2|A3G FGAF|1 G8:|2 G6FG||
e3f g2eg|f6 gf|e3f g2 fe|dB-B3 z B2|
e3f g3a|f6 B2|f3g e3d|e4 z2 B2|
e3d efga|f6 gf|e3d B2 A B/c/|B<E-E4 GE|
D3E G3A|B c/d/ B4 G2|A3G F3A|G8||
Eire Slow Air
transcribed by Bill Reeder from the playing of Liam O'Flynn
# Posted on October 25th 2006 by swisspiper
This is listed as a reel, but would it not be a song tune (air)?
# Posted on June 12th 2007 by daveboling
Anybody knows who wrote that tune? Traditional, or is it Liam O'Flynn's composition?
# Posted on June 13th 2007 by Barfly
I learned it as a slow air from Siobhan Ni Chonarain. As I recall she talked about it as one of the romantic post Jacobite songs, in which Eire is often portrayed metaphorically as a lost love etc. Not sure if my memory serves me rightly.
# Posted on July 24th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds