Anyone happen to know the name of the last tune played in the set on Track 5 of Lunasa’s debut CD?? They call the track “Bealtaine”.
Anyway, if anyone happens to know…Thanks!
B~
You should have mentioned that they list it as “Gan Anim” – I knew that all the tune names were listed inside the liner notes, and so just assumed you were asking a stupid question because you were working from a bootleg copy. Instead, it turns out to be a great and intersting question.
Hmmm… it sounds really familiar (more familiar than just being on this album would justify, as this is the Lunasa album I listen to the least), and I can more or less play along with the recording, but I don’t have a name for it. (Update: I’ve listened to it a couple more times, and I’ve definitely got it now.)
irishtune.info doesn’t list this album. I asked the Fiddler’s Companion (www.ceolas.org) to give me all the entries with “Lunasa” in the text – a fantastic set of tunes popped up, but not this one.
I’ll try to remember to ask around the local sessions to see if anyone has a name for it.
Figured it out myself. The fact they list it as a single jig threw me off – of course it’s a slip jig. From the Fiddler’s Companion:
BOYS OF BALLYSADARE/BALLYSODARE, THE [1] (Buacailli Baile-Easa-Dara). Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard. One part (O’Neill/1915 & Krassen): AB (O’Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Mallinson, Tubridy). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 33, pg. 138. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 89, pg. 37 (appears as “Boys of Ballisodare”). O’Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 217, pg. 116. O’Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 81. O’Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1134, pg. 214. O’Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 423, pg. 84. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 38. Green Linnet SIF-1110, Martin Wynne - “My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival” (1991).
T:Boys of Ballysadare [1]
L:1/8
M:9/8
K:G
|:D2G G2A B2d|ege d2e .g3|D2G G2A B2G|AGA B2G E2D|D2G G2A B2d|
ege d2e g2a|b2a g2e d2B|~A3 B2G E2D:|
|:B2d {e}d2B d2B|d3 d2f g3|B2d d2B d2B|AGA B2G E2D|B2d d2B d2B|d3 def g2a|
b2a g2e d2B|AGA B2G E2D:|