The Humours Of Lisheen

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on April 17th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 106 tunebooks.

Also known as The Humors Of Lisheen, The Thrush In The Straw, Tommy's Favorite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
• A Moment Of Madness by Brendan Begley And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Flute Tunes by Peter Woodley
• Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
• In Good Company - The Very Best Of by Kevin Burke
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
• Nos Na Gaoithe by Brian Owens And Tom Dunlop
• Phoenix: Traditional Music From Cork And Beyond by Any Old Time
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Various Artists
• Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• Since Maggie Dooley Learned The Hooley Hooley by The Washington Square Harp And Shamrock Orchestra
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Bonny Bunch Of Roses by Seamus Ennis
• The Boston Edge by Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly And John McGann
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
• The Lake Of Learning by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim by Noel Sweeney
• Up Close by Kevin Burke
• Voyager: Ireland's Tin Whistle by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Humours Of Lisheen, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
d|:efg edB|c2A BGE|GFG BdB|BAG ABd|
efg edB|cBA BGE|GFG BdB|1 AGG GBd:|2 AGG G2D||
GBd gfg|agf g2f|gfe fdB|cBA BGE|
GBd gfg|agf g2f|gfg B/c/dB|1 AGG G2D:|2 AGG GBd||

Tune requested by Andee. Nice Tune!

Source: John and Julia Clifford.
Transcription: g.m.p.

# Posted on April 17th 2003 by gian marco

Thrush in the Straw

Grey Larsen does essentially the same tune as "The Thrush in the Straw" on his album The Green House. In the album notes he says it is from the whistle playing of Seamus Ennis. Grey does it as a slow jig, followed by The Banks of Lough Gowna, and I love it. Grey plays a D/A anglo concertina and Paddy League is on guitar. Here is a basic version of what he does, without the concertina ornaments. Of course he varies it each time through, for example three eighth notes become a quarter and eighth or a dotted quarter or vice versa (apologies for the American terms; quavers to crochets and vice versa). I included a few examples of his variations in the repeated phrases.

The meter and key are the same as in Humors of Lisheen.
d|:efg edB|c2A BGE|GFG BdB|BAG ABd|
e2g edB|cBA BGE|GFG BdB|1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF G2G||
GBd g2g|agf g2e|fed edB|cBA BGE|
GBd gfg|agf g2e|fed edB|1 cAF G2D:|2 cAF GBd||

# Posted on April 18th 2003 by KenC

Charlie Mulvihill composition

Paddy Reynolds believes this is a Charlie Mulvihill composition. It appears on their duet album Atlantic Wave under the title Tommy's Favourite.

# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by 52Paddy

A variant of The Humours of Lisheen

I heard a version of this tune recently, played by Sonnich Lydom on the button accordeon. If you can tell me more about the origin of this version, whether I got it right, etc., please do.

efg edB|c2A bGE|GFG BdB|BAG ABd|
efg edB|c2A bGE|DEG AGA|BGF G2G:|
GBd gfg|agf edB|g2d ege|dBA ABd|
efg edB|c2A bGE|DEG AGA|BGF G2G:|

# Posted on August 3rd 2007 by sixholes

Humours of Lisheen

Nice version here......third tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPQx_5m5U8

X: 1
T: Humours of Lisheen
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
B/d/ | efg edB | ~c2 A BGE | ~G2 B/c/dB | BAG ABd |
efg edB | ~c2 A BGE | ~G2 ABB | AGF G2 :|
D | GBd ~g3 | agf g2 e | fed edB | cBA BGE |
GBd ~g3 | agf g2 e | fed edB | AGF G2 :|

# Posted on June 11th 2009 by bogman

Not a Mulvihill composition

Tommy Mulvihill, Charlie's son, told me that his father did not compose this tune. Charlie was a good friend of Denis Murphy and got a lot of tunes from him, both during Murphy's years in New York and via the exchange of reel-to-reel tapes.

# Posted on May 5th 2010 by blarneystar

Transmogrifier, Engage!

Just for fun, here it is, but played as a hornpipe:

X:1
T:The Humours of Lisheen
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
|: (3Bcd | efgf edBd | ~c3 A BGEF | GFGA BGdG | B2 A2 A2 (3Bcd |
efgf edBd | cBAc BGEF | ~G3 A BGdB | A2 G2 G2 :||: (3DEF |
GABd g2 fg | agfa ~g3 f | gfeg fdBd | cBAc BGEF |
GABd g2 fg | agfa ~g3 f | gfeg fd (3BdB | A2 G2 G2 :|

Enjoy!

# Posted on January 8th 2011 by jaychoons

An old tune

Setting #307 in "O'Neill's 1001" under the title 'The Woeful Widow' is essentially the same tune, so it goes back.

# Posted on April 26th 2011 by rwwt