I’ve had this tune stuck in my head for a few weeks now, used to have a name for it, but forgot it. Anyone have a name for it?
http://members.cox.net/eskin4/namethistune.mp3
(Copeland brass high D whistle recorded on an Edirol R1)
Thanks,
Michael
It’s “The Humors of Trim”.
Excellent, thanks!
Dont you hate it when the Cheiftains dont list their tunes as “reels: tune 1, tune 2, tune3, etc..”
I think we usually call it “Rolling Waves” around here. (And not just here – At First Light gives it that name as well.)
Though I seem to recall hearing it called “Humors of Trim” as well.
I’ll cite O’Neill’s as my reference. And by the way, Eskin, a mighty fine rendition.
A little poking around on the net suggests there are two jigs called “The Rolling Waves”, both of which are in O’Neill’s under different names (“Humours of Trim” and “Maguire’s Kick”).
I learned the first one as “The Rolling Waves”, and the second as “The Lonesome Jig” AKA “The Rolling Waves”. When I learned that the second was called “Maguire’s Kick” in O’Neill’s, I assumed the “Rolling Waves” name properly belonged to the first (which I didn’t know was also in O’Neill’s). I can assure you that at least some people around here do call “The Humors of Trim” “The Rolling Waves”, and the habit was established well before At First Light came out. (Though it is possible that we picked up the name from McSherry and McGoldrick, or vice versa – some of the guys have hung out with them quite a bit.)
This sort of thing is a large part of the reason Irish musicians tend to give up on names. (Which in turn makes the problem worse…)
WIllie Clancy called the Humours of Trim the Rolling Wave, or at least it appears so in DMWC. Both Humours of Trim and The lonesome jig appeared as Rolling Waves 1 and 2 in Part three of ‘Learn to play tinwhistle with the Armagh Pipers club’ by Brian and Eithne Vallely during the 1970s. pretty much the only whistle tutor at the time and the influence of their naming of tunes for their collections should probably not be underestimated. Interesting to note by the way that my 1976 edition (the 7th ed) has a price tag of 40 p per volume. That’s inflation for you.
I came across the name the Lonesome jig for the second tune for the first time in Ceol, Vol V (1), july 1981. In a notation by Breandan Breathnach from the playing of Johnny Leary.
That should cover your tune trivia intake for a few days
Related to Niall and Cillian?
That should cover your tune trivia intake for a few days
Well, minutes, anyway. 
Parents
Brian V. has gone into painting since as John B. V.
