The Bunny’s Hat reel

composed by dave lim, and on the Steve Finn, Andrew Dinan and John Joe Kelly album: Before the Flood, and also on Michael Mcgoldricks album

Nice one 🙂)

It’s a killer tune.

I was using the ABC search engine called "JC’s ABC Tune Match at trillian.mit.edu" (http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind) and I found this version here. It’s pretty much note for note on how McGoldrick plays it. Enjoy.

X: 1
T:The Bunny’s Hat
R:reel
C:David Lim
N: Not at all sure about the barring of the B part, may be a couple of
N: 2/4 bars in there somewhere 🙂
D:Michael McGoldrick : Fused
Z:Steve Mansfield July 2001
M:4/4
L:1/8
F:http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/favoris.abc 2007-08-14 22:56:15 UT
K:Bm
FABF cBAF | BcdB fedB | FABF ~A3 F | EF~F2 AB ~B2 |
FABF cBAF | BcdB fedB | FABd cA ~A2 | fdec B4 ::
FB de f2 ~ff | f2 ~ff edBA | FBde f2 ~ff | edBA B4 |
FB de f2 ~ff | afff bafe | dB~BB cA~AA | fdec B4 :|

I used to play in a band called ‘Reed Riot’ with David Lim, and another well-known piper Becky Taylor (early nineties) ‘Bunnie’s Hat’ had just been written at that time (originally called ‘Mending the Bunnies Hat’ - forgive me, Dave…) with another tune of David’s which was just as good - and in the unusual key of F sharp minor. I can’t remember the name of it, but next time I see him, I’ll remind him about it and post it up. David was (and probably still is) a great tune writer and ace piper - as well as a really nice bloke

Argh, I swear I’ve heard this tune on one of Lunasa’s albums… but what was it called there??

No, it was the Butter Dogs, that’s it!!!! Ahh, nevermind, my brain finally worked…

Hexatonic (not a minor or dorian 6th on sight)

This tune has a really strange melody: I heard it a few years ago in a session in Sligo (if I don’t remember bad) and immediately I wrote it.. and today, playing, I remembered it

Sunny Shat, that’s is quite funny but not its name. It’s called The Bunny’s Hat. Written by David Lim and already here.

…it is one of the best Chinese whispers I’ve heard for a while though.

There are a few too many notes in bar 1, fashioneer.

Ha-ha, Nigel: very subtle! There’s only one bar with 128 notes in it, if I’ve got my maths right!

Would this be correct, Fashioneer?

I’ve just added the bars and I’m assuming there are repeats…

https://youtu.be/s3IAUwHDwow

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Unknown piper (all the less by me !) and Mick McGoldrick, from 01:01:00 https://youtu.be/4vSI4StT9Lk?t=3660

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