I just had a tune jump up and bite me on the bum!
Miss Thornton’s
The same thing happened to me the other day with “The Green Mountain”.
Nice tune Patrick, sorry about the bum 
Is it just me, or do others have trouble learning tunes that have very little repetition of phrases? I feel stupid, but I just can’t get my head around The Gooseberry Bush into The Spike Island Lasses. Any good thoughts on learning this type of tunes?
djm
Djm,
With those sorts of tunes I find it easiest to listen to them (if you can get them on a CD, that is) - listen repeatedly until it is implanted on your mind, so that you can lilt it, and so that you know what the next phrase of the tune is about to be as you listen to it. Then it is far easier to transfer it to the chanter.
Otherwise it’s down to sheer determination - learn two bars of printed music at a time, memorise it, then the next two. As you play the tune, gradually try to increase the amount of time you can play without looking back at the dots.
It’s all about getting the mental impression of the tune implanted in your mind - a bit more than just memorising it, it has to grow on you si that it also feels natural and you get into ‘the groove’ of it.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
DavidG
Tried it in D yet Pats? Works nicely too. 
Hi evrey bodys,
I use to play this tune after “Saint Anne’s Reel” (http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/103).
What do you thing about “St Anne’s Reel”?
All th best,
Sylvain
Pat,
you can find a recording of this on “Live at Mona’s” with Cillian Vallely on pipes, which he pairs with “My Love is in America.” Killer tunes. I’ve had the same reaction to Mr. Remarkable’s version of Jenny Picking Cockles lately.
Cheers,
Mark
St. Anne’s is one of those tunes that was played so often that everyone got tired of it (around here, anyway). If I recall correctly, the Chieftains picked this one up as a Canadian tune, played it at all their Canadian concerts, and then everyone had to learn it. 
djm
D… hmm… 
As usual a great sourse of hearsay information :roll:
Denis Murphy recorded the tune on a Gael Linn 78 rpm during the late fifties. Chris Droney is sometimes credited with picking up the tune while waiting around a Canadian airport.
Chris who? I referred to why it has been played to death here, not in Ireland. Or are you such an expert on sessions here as well?
djm