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'My poor father is minding sheep
Me sisters and brothers are fast asleep
I've been out in the hay all night
Get up and let me in!']]> Coen, Charles (lilting) (concertina) 38213636]]>
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Coen, Charles ]]> ]]> More info.]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford), I drank many's the mug of black tea. I remember her tea being very strong and having to drink it without milk. I questioned my granny as to why she made it so strong. Her response to me was that it was 'no good unless you could trot a mouse on it'. Food for thought I suppose.

My good friend, the wonderful musician Josephine Keegan, composed this lovely tune. She plays it here for us on fiddle to her own piano accompaniment. Josephine did make some tea for Sandy and me when we visited her home in County Armagh and she did have milk! Josephine's composition may also be found in The Keegan Tunes, Cuid a Trá (Book 3).]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle, piano) (composer) 72741909]]>
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Monsignor Charlie Coen from New York State, formerly of Woodford, County Galway, did an excellent job playing the tune in the style of Mr. Kierse. We recorded the tune at my home in Maine. Kevin McElroy pulled out Sandy's old guitar and strummed along.]]> Coen, Charles (concertina) 38213636]]> McElroy, Kevin (guitar) 70994386]]>
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'I wrote this tune for Séamus first and foremost as a "thank you" for all of the musical wisdom he has imparted to me. However, it is also a tale of the many afternoons spent in Séamus' music room, learning, listening, playing... Some days we just sat and listened to old albums on the wonderful sound system, the notes vibrating through the varnished floorboards and bouncing off the walls...

My favourite afternoons, however, were when it was just the two of us, sitting side by side, playing tunes for the fun of it; maybe Séamus would think of a special ornament he wanted to show me or a specific tune that was fun to play in a different key. I often enjoyed just sitting back and observing Séamus when he went on a rant of tunes. I was, and still am, mesmerised by the fluidity and grace of his fingers as they tickle the fingerboard, his bow flying over the strings, his mind at obvious peace. These are my favourite images, frozen in time, Séamus in another world entirely, just playing because he loves it so. When I play "The North Road", it reminds me of these moments...'


]]> Mette, Meghan (fiddle) (composer)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> McElroy, Kevin (mandolin) 70994386]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> O'Brien, Paddy ]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Guitar music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> O'Carolan, Turlough 76508266]]> Birdwatcher Hill, and that track appears here. The tune can be found as number 174 in Donal O'Sullivan's magisterial collection Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper, Volume 1.]]> Angarola, Anisa (guitar, synthesizer) 22056752]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> O'Carolan, Turlough (composer) 76508266]]> Kimball, Roger (cello)]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Connolly, Séamus]]> Cotter, Geraldine ]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Coen, Jack 49114583]]> Curry, David 68699117]]> Gavin, Larry]]> O'Neill's 1001 collection. I first heard the tune played by 'The Man of Many Tunes', Larry Gavin. I also heard a version of it performed by Mr. David Curry and his orchestra in a radio broadcast when I was still living in Ireland. A classical musician, David Curry took traditional tunes in the public domain and arranged them for orchestra. Maine flute player Nicole Rabata and I play David Curry's four-part setting of 'Old as the Hills'. We transposed it to the key of G major, the key that Larry Gavin played it in many years ago.]]> Rabata, Nicole (flute)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]>
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Rabata, Nicole ]]> Connolly, Séamus]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Dwyer, Finbarr 291261603]]> Forget Me Not, which Laurel Martin and I compiled for Mel Bay.]]> Dwyer, Finbarr (accordion) 291261603]]>
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Robbie McMahon, the master balladeer and composer, sings for us once again on this track. I first heard him singing this song around the same time as I did that interview with the lady from Killaloe. Robbie's compositions often tell of days gone by. He was a powerhouse of information and history, and his delivery of these songs had a way of transporting us back in time. He was a household name in County Clare, and in my home he was loved by all within.

The final verse in his song opens with a call for Father Dan. It was this same verse that appeared by kind permission on my mother's Memorial Card when she 'passed on to her eternal shore'. Thanks to my brother Michael for reminding me of Robbie's composition. The master kindly sang it for me again when I recorded him in his home in Spancilhill, County Clare, a few short years before he himself went to his place 'far beyond the sky'. The lines below are from that same last verse:

'Oh Father Dan, how are you, and come over here to me.
Come lay your holy hand on me for I am on my way,
To a land that's far beyond the sky where I'll have pains no more,
For God himself has called me to his own eternal shore.'

Robbie, we will miss you. Your likes will not be seen again.]]> McMahon, Robbie (vocals) (composer)]]>
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The track heard here is taken from a cassette recording that I made years ago of myself playing the tune from that manuscript. If memory serves me well, I believe it was a handwritten transcription of a page from The Roche Collection, where this tune occurs in the key of G under the title above. I moved the tune to the key of A, in order to give it a more open, pipes-like sound on the fiddle. At the time of recording, some variations had come to mind and I did not want to forget them, so onto the tape they went. I forgot about the tune after that, but I recently found the tape in a drawer in my music room. I thought it would make a worthy addition to this collection. So here is Maureen Glynn's old brown manuscript. A tune not to be forgotten. Enjoy!]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (keyboards) 103020997]]>
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