The Thrush In The Storm reel

Another great tune from Andy Morrow who got this from Tom McElvogue who got it from his flute teacher Pat Knight who got it from the playing of Davey Arthur. Its all in the CD cover so buy the CD…..You wont regret it.

Here’s my transcription of Tom McElvogue’s playing, in F maj.

X: 1
T: Thrush In The Storm, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S:Tom McElvogue, Wooden Flute Obsession, Vol. 2., track 19
K: F maj
AccA cdfg|abag fddg|fdcA cdcA|GBAG F~d3|
AccA cdfg|a2 ag f~d3|fdcA cdfg|1 a2 c‘b affB:|2 a2 c’b af f2||
agfa gfde|f/f/f af dcAc|F~A3 c2 af|gbaf gf d/e/f|
agfa gfde|f/f/f af dcAd|~c3 A cdfg|a2 c’b affg|
~a3f gc’ag|fagf dcAc|F~A3 c2 af|g/a/b af gf d/e/f|
~a3f ~g3a|f/f/f af dcAd|~c3A cdfg|a2 c’b affB||

And a transposition of that into D maj.

X: 1
T: Thrush In The Storm, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FAAF ABde|fgfe dBBe|dBAF ABAF|EGFE D~B3|
FAAF ABde|f2 fe d~B3|dBAF ABde|1 f2 ag fddG :|2 f2 ag fd d2||
fedf edBc|d/d/d fd BAFA|D~F3 A2 fd|egfd ed B/c/d|
fedf edBc|d/d/d fd BAFB|~A3 F ABde|f2 ag fdde|
~f3d eafe|dfed BAFA|D~F3 A2 fd|e/f/g fd ed B/c/d|
~f3d ~e3f|d/d/d fd BAFB|~A3F ABde|f2 ag fddG||

It’s closely related to The Flax in Bloom,
https://thesession.org/tunes/748

Different enough to be a different tune, though.

To be found on Anglo International 3rd disc, track 17. It’ll knock your socks off.

includes most of Vincent Broderick’s hornpipe The Midnight Owl? Any indication of which came first?

This tune sounds like a version of “Coming to Mind,” which was penned by Mike Rafferty, or vice versa. See: https://thesession.org/tunes/12530

In F

A setting from a 2011 seisiun recording of Mitch Fanning at the Limerick Pub in Wheaton, MD.

I have since caught up with Patrick Knight and he has asked me to clarify that this was actually learned by him from the setting in Ceol Rincena hEireann Volume 1:

167. An Smólach sa Stoirm [The Thrush in the Storm]
[from John Brennan, flute]

Hope that helps in the discussion!