Some advice on a whistle tune

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Been a while since I was last here and I have improved my playing skills since last time, don’t tongue so much and got a better feel on playing whistles.

I live in Ireland and I am currently working on nature videos where I go to different places and film the wildlife, habitat there and what I would like to do is record a whistle tune for the intro to these videos. I would like to record a traditional tune as this is about places in Ireland, and traditional tunes are old enough to be free use. It must have a nature like feel about it.

I have Cheiftan Low D whistle, Tony Dixon Low G flute, Low G polymer flute (Tony dixon, plastic polymer body, Susato Mezza A whistle head) ABS flute in key of A, Susato ABS plastic Mezza A, Cheiftan high C aluminium, Nickel High F with Tony Dixon high C head (which doesn’t sound half bad that way), Tony Dixon high C piccolo with changeable whistle head (have both heads), Generation nickel high D and nickel Bb whistles and a generation Nickel Eb.

What I would like to do is use one to record the tune. The intro has various video clips of trees, bees, birds flying in the air, butterflies, grassy fields, deciduous forests and coastal areas.

I have thought of a few tunes but thought they were overplayed (Si Bheg Si Mhor, South Wind, Planxty Irwin etc…) but if anyone has suggestions, be greatly appreciated, don’t know if a fast tune will sound good, something airy might work but not too slow.

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I want to be the first to suggest ‘The Butterfly’.

Here is a clip with some pretty creature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXanHvrjQO0.

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Dr Phill might well have nailed it there, especially as you can play “the butterfly” as fast or as slow as you choose. Plus you could multi-track yourself playing it as a round.

But… (as a Down man myself) I wonder… how about “the Dear Irish Boy”? “The little Red Lark”?

[ I’m a Down man, and my wife keeps complaining about the fluff on the furniture… ]

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I have just learned the butterfly so may try it. I have not heard “the Dear Irish Boy” or “The little Red Lark” but will listen to them. Might try o’carolan’s cup but I don’t know that one so well yet. Maybe the coolin could work. Have to think