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The Furze In Bloom jig

By Gerry Harrington

Also known as The Furze In The Bloom, Peter Horan, Peter Horan’s.

There are 13 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Furze In Bloom has been added to 19 tune sets.

The Furze In Bloom has been added to 191 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Furze In Bloom
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:edB BAB|def eff|edB BAF|AFD Eff|
edB BAB|gfe eff|edB BAF|1 AFD Eff:|2 AFD E3||
|:e3 eff|edB d2A|ded dAa|b2a faa|
e3 eff|edB d3|edB BAF|1 AFD E2d:|2 AFD E3||
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2
X: 2
T: The Furze In Bloom
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
f|:edB BAB|def e2f|edB BAF|AFE E2f|
edB BAB|gfe ~f3|edB BAF|1 AFE E2f:|2 AFE Bcd||
e3 efg|edB d2A|ded dfa|b2a faf|
~e3 efg|edB d2f|edB BAF|1 AFE Bcd:|2 AFE E2f||
3
X: 3
T: The Furze In Bloom
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
f|:edB BAB|def e2 f|edB BAF|AFE E2 f|
edB BAB|gfe f2 g|edB BAF|1 AFE E2 f:|2 AFE Bcd||
|:e3 efg|edB d2A|ded dfa|b2a faf|
e3 efg|edB d2 f|edB BAF|1 AFE Bcd:|2 AFD E2 f||
4
X: 4
T: The Furze In Bloom
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
f|:"Bm"edB {A}BAB|"D" def e2 f|"A" edB {A}BAF|"E"AFE {F}E2 f|
"Bm"edB {A}Bef|"D" ~g3f2 f|"A"edB {A}BAF|1 "E"AFE {F}E2 f:|2 "A"AFE Bcd||
|:"Em" ~e3 efg|"G"edB d2A|"D"ded {e}dfa|"A"{a}b2a faf|
"Em" ~e3 efg|"G"edB d2 f|"D"edB {A}BAF|1 "D" AFE Bcd:|2 "A"AFD E3||

Six comments

Composed by Gerry Harrington, who originally recorded it on *The Smoky Chimney* with Eoghan O‘Sullivan and Paul De Grae. My transcription is based on Desy Adams’ version that he plays on *Wooden Flute Obsession 3*, minus ornamentation.

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Peter Horan Jig

My transcription from the playing of Michael McGoldrick at a workshop (from a recording made by a friend). He knows it as Peter Horan Jig.

X: 1
T: Peter Horan Jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
f|:edB BAB|def e2f|edB BAF|AFE E2f|
edB BAB|gfe ~f3|edB BAF|1AFE E2f:|2AFE Bcd||
e3 efg|edB d2A|ded dfa|b2a faf|
~e3 efg|edB d2f|edB BAF|1AFE Bcd:|2AFE E2f||

This is Gerry Harrington’s version, as close as I can get it:

X: 1
T: Furze In Bloom, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
f|: edB BAB | def e2 f | edB BAF | AFE E2 f |
edB BAB | gfe f2 g | edB BAF |1 AFE E2 f :|2 AFE Bcd ||
|: e3 efg | edB d2A | ded dfa | b2a faf |
e3 efg | edB d2 f | edB BAF |1 AFE Bcd :|2 AFD E2 f||

Having gone to the effort of working out the tune from Gerry Harrington’s record I’ve just realised it is identical to McGoldrick’s version!

The Furze In Bloom, X:4

I absolutely love playing this tune with the chromatic harmonica. It will always be in my repertoire. I never played or heard it in a session, this is one of those tunes that I enjoy playing in the quietness of my home. I learned it from this video that my friend PJ did in YouTube quite long time ago, it is the first tune in the set:

https://youtu.be/3qWmeGfJX3w