Name of this March/Jig?

Trad Irish Music
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This one is pretty well known, I suppose. Anyone have the name(s) for it? Per my debatable memory, please excuse any mistakes, but here are some ABCs that approximate the tune:

ll d3 d3 l dCB ABC l dCB AGF l DEG E2D l e3 e3 l edC eag l fed ABC l def e2d ll

ll fed eAA l fed eAA l gfe fBB l gfe fBB l fed eAA l fed eag l fed ABC l def e2d ll

ll dfa dfa l dfa afd l egb egb l egb bge l dfa dfa l dfa a2g l fed ABC def e2d ll

Everyone I’ve talked to has heard it somewhere at some time; it’s not the sort of tune you forget, but no one can think of what it’s called!

It’s being taught to a local whistler. The teacher is a seasoned, well-accomplished whistler and fluteplayer, and she knows an incredible amount of tunes, but seldom knows the names of them. In fact, we’ll ask her the names of tunes just for the craic. When she has the name of a tune, she’ll get all delighted and say, “Hey, I actually know the name of that one!”, and everyone celebrates. :smiley:

Anyway if someone could help me, I’d appreciate it much. Thanks.

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It’s the March from Oscar and Malvinia. O&M was a stageproduction which featured O’Farrell the unionpiper in the 1790s

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Thank you very much, Peter! :slight_smile:

Do you happen to know if the tune is older than that at all? One fellow thinks it sounds like an old harp tune, but I’m not so sure, myself.

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Fiddler’s Companion also gives the additional names, Leslie’s/Lesley’s March (not Playford’s “Lesleyes March”), The Blue Bonnets, and Duplin House.

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It’s on Chieftains 9 if I remember rightly, though my vinyl is in another building and it’s raining outside, for a change.

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Solas also played it on one of their earlier albums, I think their self-produced one.

Gets a lot of play up here in Ithaca.

Caj

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Not much play around here at all. But: sure enough, I go to the session after posting this, and guess what? Yep.

Spoooooky.