Statia Donnelly's/The Old Favourite/Padraig O'Keefe's/the Wagtail/the Woodlands

The Morning Thrush, reel, traditional, arr. Matt Leavey.

The Morning Thrush

Composed after a night of good company and "Blaggard music".  Still not sure if that was meant as a complement...

The Blaggard

The Social Gallon - the eight pints you accidentally drink instead of the one you were going out for.  Challenged to compose a tune to this title after a weekend of good tunes and good company in our local.  Original composition, please ask permission before using.

The Social Gallon

Composed while living on Wagtail Road, but also while thinking of the bird - hence the tune bobs up and down a bit.  Original composition, please ask permission before using.

The Wagtail

Silly name.  Could also be called "The Trouble With Leggings", if required.  Written after a discussion on TheSession.org 

Original composition, please ask permission before using.

The Camel's Toe

Written to commemorate the theft of Bob Herdman's tomato.  Original composition, please ask permission before using.

Bob Herdman's Lost Tomato

Three more of mine.  The first was one of the first tunes I ever composed.  

The second can also go by the name "I might as well have shoved it up me hole", and was written for a friend who was given advice to apply the St. John's Wort oil to an injured elbow, to which he replied "rub it on my elbow - I might as well have... "

The third was written more or less on the spot in honour of a "jug" (not a jug) in my parent's kitchen.  Seriously, not a jug.  It's a po.  You can tell, because of the wide spout for "the pouring of the night soils". 

Original compositions, please seek permission before using.

Matt Leavey

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