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The Thorn Tree slip jig

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

The Thorn Tree has been added to 1 tune set.

The Thorn Tree has been added to 34 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Thorn Tree
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:EGE EDE G3|A3 AGA BGE|B2c AGF G2F|E3 GEE DB,A,|
B,2E EDE G3|A3 AGA BGE|B2c AGF G2A|BdB AFD E3:|
|:B2e ede g3|afd f2e dBA|B2e ede g3|aba fed ef/g/a|
b2b agf g2f|e2e gee dgf|e3 edB BAB|G2B AFD E3:|
2
X: 2
T: The Thorn Tree
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:E3 EDE G3|A3 AGA BGE|B2c AGF G2F|E3 GEA DBA|
B2E EDE G3|A3 AGA BGE|B2c AGF G2A|BdB AFD E3:|
|:B2e ede g3|afd f2e dBA|B2e ede g3|a3 fed ef/g/a|
b3 agf g2f|e3 gee dgf|e3 edB BAB|G2B AFD E3:|
# Added by JACKB .

Two comments

“The Thorn Tree”

This is a self-composed piece from the album by the same name by Grainne Hambly. From the liner notes:

“I composed the first tune in 2004. Lone thorn trees (hawthorn or whitethorn) feature prominently in Celtic folklore - such trees were thought to be home to the Little People or to protective spirits, and it is considered very bad luck to cut one down”.

Thanks to Grainne for her transcription.

Flute or whistle-

For the low notes, on flute of whistle I’ve been changing the 4th and 5th measures of the tune to something like E3 GEE FBA | B2E EDE G3.