Tune name help.

Whistle
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I posted this https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/tune-help-please/74075/1
on the ‘Traditional String Instruments’ forum last week with no success yet,
so just in case anyone missed it there I’ve put a link to it here.

Many thanks.

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I looked for it, narrowdog. No luck yet. English, not Irish, I would think.

Reminds me vaguely of Dance of the Honeybees, but that’s not it.

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MT Guru,
My Mandolinist friend said it was Irish but then
these things can be a bit vague at times.
I’ll slow it down and try to learn it from the recording
but I struggle going from mandolin to whistle, it may take some time :frowning:
Thanks for having a look.

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I think you’ll find it on one of the Irish 78 rpms. I always forget the name of that sort of tunes, the Curlew Hills, Peach Blossoms, Mountain Pathway sort of tune I mean. A version of it is in my head but can’t put my finger on which one it is.

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I’m with Mr. Gumby on this - I know it from somewhere, but can’t think where. Barndance, for sure, and I’m thinking Donegal. I’m sure it featured as a theme piece of music in a film set in Ireland. I’ll try to track it down.

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Good news and bad news. I recognised the tune and remembered it from a 1980s recording made by the Dublin-based women’s group “Macalla”. It’s track 3 on “Macalla 2”, and the tune has 4-parts. Bad news is that it’s only listed as “Barndance”, but I seem to remember they got tunes such as this from fiddler Pearl O’Shaughnessy, and am sure it’s recorded somewhere with her name attached to it.
PS - Mary MacNamara, who was a member of “Macalla” has recorded it under the title “Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s”. The sleeve notes say it’s of Donegal origin, but has no known name other than “Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s”.
Who’s the daddy ? :slight_smile:

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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4321

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Thanks Kenny I think that might be the one.
I’ll have a chat with my mandolin friend next week
Cheers

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Came across another recording of this tune on one of those crappy Ceili Band compilations, where they don’t give you a list of the musicians playing, let alone the tune titles. It would appear to used for a dance called “Siamasa Beirte” [ sic ].