I'd imagine the original was composed in Eb - it sounds like a perfect Eb tune. As you know, I transcribed it from a recording of Angus Fitchet. With one semitone difference between E and Eb,, it could have been my turntable was slightly fast, or the orig... more…
Posted by .I'm interested to see this was written in E major. The version I've listened to most is Aly Bain's on Boys of the Lough's 1983 album, Open Road, and I think he plays it in Eb. The sleeve notes confirm the composition as being by J D Michie for Angus Fitch... more…
Posted by .Paddy Tunney said he learned it from his Uncle Mick (Michael) Gallagher. It was recorded by the Tunney family in 1952, when Colum was less than a year old. Precocious wean! A Sean Nos teacher told us that it was written in the 1800s to poke fun at the ver... more…
Posted by .Regarding the opening air, it would be a Jerry Holland composition, found in his second book of tunes, For My Mother Dear. (Cranford Publications) more…
Posted by .https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=126&v=rWqvBCt90h0&feature=emb_logo more…
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