Key signature: Fmajor
Submitted on December 29th 2003 by jdicarlo.
This tune has been added to 60 tunebooks.
Also known as Josephine Marsh's, Lad O'Bierne's, Lad O'Byrne's, Lady O'Beirne's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
d2cA dAcA | GcAF GAFD | CF~F2 CFAc | dcde fagf |
d2cA dAcA | GcAF GAFD | CF~F2 DFBd |1 cbag f3e :|2 cbag f3g ||
a2gf afgf | dgfd cFAd | c2Bd cdfa | gfga g2fg|
af~f2 afgf | dgfd cFAd | c2Bd cdfa | gfga f3g |
a2gf afgf | dgfd cFAd | c2Bd cdfa | gfga bagf |
~a3g ~f3c | dcfd cAFD | CF~F2 DFBd | cbag f3e ||
Another Lad O'Beirne's
I heard this tune at a session in Boston a month ago. I've been obsessing about it since.
I love the way it flows into and out of minor in the first part. I found it on Josphine Marsh's
first album, and later on one of Sharon Shannon's. At the Boston session I was amazed that
the flute player was dead-on note for note. F is tricky even on a keyed flute, and there are
some tough passages in this tune. I've been playing it on a C whistle (G fingers) to get the
notes in my head. Maybe eventually I'll move it to the flute.
# Posted on December 29th 2003 by jdicarlo
This is just a beautiful tune--you're right about how it flirts with the minor in the A part, and then waxes lyrical in the B part. A nice fiddle tune (I'll leave it alone on my keyless flute
. Great post!
# Posted on December 29th 2003 by Will Harmon
No doubt this is a beautiful tune, but I prefer playing George White's Favourite on my keyless flute. There is some similarity between the two tunes.
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by slainte
Gosh, i just heard this tune at a session in California, can't remember if it was Jack's or Marla's session at the Plough or if it was John Sherry's out in Kensington...yay, now I can learn it! (I didn't have a recorder with me. Bad girl. No biscuit.)
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by Zina Lee
Recorder ????
I presume you mean tape or mini-disc recorder, Zina !Welcome back.
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by Kenny
LOL -- yes, Kenny, that was it. Ta very much, it's lovely to be back home.
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by Zina Lee
Variation
listening to this tune on Sharon Shannon's "Live in Galway", it seems somewhat different. more like this, as far as i can make it out (it's quite fast!):
X:2316
T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
d2cA dAcA | GcAF GFDF | CF~F2 CFAc | dcde fagf |
d2cA dAcA | GcAF GFDF | CFAc DFBd |1 cbag f3e :|2 cbag f3g ||
a2gf afgf | defd cBAB | c3d cdfa | g3a g2fg|
afgf afgf | defd cBAB | c3d cdfa | g3a f3g |
afgf afgf | defd cBAB | c3d cdfa | g3a bagf |
afge f3e | defd cAFD | CFAc DFBd | cbag f3e ||
# Posted on January 26th 2009 by rog