Is this a real tune?

Trad Irish Music
1

I posted this link on the whistle forum recently, but thought I’d try it here.

http://www.coastalfog.net/whistles/mysterytune.html

This tune has been rattling around in my head since well before I took up the whistle last month. I’ve been playing it on the guitar for months.

I don’t know if it’s something traditional that I’m misremembering, or if its part of an actual tune.

If I can’t pin it down, maybe I should write a B part and claim to have composed it?

2

Sounds similar to the A part of Napolean Crossing the Rhine aka Napolean Crossing the Alps. And before you ask, yes, it was indeed to get to the other side.

djm

3

Thanks, but neither of the versions of Napoleon Crossing the Rhine on JC’s ABC Tune Finder site sound much like it to me–and they are not a lot alike, either.

4

Definitely not Napoleon Crossing the Alps. I don’t recognise the tune, but that doesn’t mean much. Sounds good, though.

5

Notice I said similar. I can’t think of a recorded version that sounds the way I have heard it played. I’m only going by the midi file you provided.

djm

6

Aha.