A lovely little jig well suited to my old generation Bb whistle.  Enjoy

The Bride's Favourite

I found this in Charles Nicholson's book. I transposed it to G minor and added a harmony, hope you like it.  

Ónagh

Another F whistle yoke.  I found this one in Edward Bunting's book from 1796.

Have You Seen my Valentine?

Another one from Edward Bunting's 1796 publication (A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music).  I tried to include all of the notes this time, at least within the confines of my old school generation Bb whistle.

The Dear Black Maid

Mickey the Mauler

Sonny Brogan's

Up the Garrett / The Bride’s Favorite

Connal’s Ghost / The Cricket’s March Over the Salt

Favoriten efter Hedlund

Grattis Lotta

Cig a Chwrw

Australian Waters, When Sick is it Tea You Want?

The Maid that Jigged it in Style

Drunken Landlady, Flags of Dublin, Galtee

The Peacock’s Feather, Byrne’s

Michael Egan 3/4 Set c. 1840

Paddy Fahy’s

Meanwhile, at the Craic House

I'll be in Dublin a week from today, hope to see you there.  

The Dublin Reel, Tommy's Reel

I found this little bamboo flute at a thrift store a few years back.  it had cracks in several places but the finger holes seemed to be carefully placed and the bamboo well seasoned--plus it was selling for $3 US.  So I bought it, did some crack repairs, and now it plays pretty nice I think.  It pitches in somewhere north of G.  Here I have tuned my fiddle up to match it.

Green Grow the Rashes Oh!

Some day when all the madness in the US is far behind us, when doctors and scientists are taken seriously again, when this pandemic is a distant memory, we'll finally get to go back to Galway for a few tunes.

The High Road to Galway, Hickey's

Some session blasters.  We all miss the sessions these days...

Lad O'Beirne's,  Knocknagow, Geese in the Bog

The first tune I read out of O'Farrell's Pocket Companion, the second I got from the great Willie Clancy.

Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning, Fraher's Jig

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