Five comments
Nice simple tune
I got it originally from a book called "The Trip to Sligo". There’s an E somewhere I usually play as a D, but I’ve noted the original E because it’s more interesting.
I just play the tune straight, with bounce. I like it better as The Winding Road than as the Idle Road. It seems to wind.
"The Idle Road"
K: D Major
|: cB |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fgf ecB |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fdc d :|
|: dc |
d2 d Bcd | cBA GEF | D2 d dcd | ecA GFE |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fdc d :|
~ and another way with it:
|: CB, |
A,FF A,GG | A,FF G2 B | AFD CDE | FGF ECB, |
A,FF A,GG | A,FF G2 B | AFD CDE | FDC D :|
I love the growl of it down low…
The Cordial Jig
I know this as "The Cordial Jig", as played by Francis McPeake. It’s also in his whistle book.
"The family often use two whistles when playing this jig, one taking the upper the other the lower notes, as written below"
I generally play it A first time around and C second.
X:30
T:Cordial Jig (the)
T:Port na Cordiale
M:6/8
R:Jig
S:Francis McPeake
K:G
E|DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BAG AFD|
DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BGGG2:|
|:G|Ggg efg|fed cAF|Ggg gfg|afd cAF|
DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BGGG2:|
It’s nice as a bouncy slow jig, as played by John Doonan.
#4, Simon Doherty setting
Setting that appears as an Untitled Jig in the Northern Fiddler.