The Humours Of Tullyknockbrine

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 11th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 54 tunebooks.

Also known as James Byrne's, Jimmy Byrne's, Maid Of Tullyknockbrine, The Maid Of Tullyknockbrine, The Maids Of Tulluhnochbrine, The Maids Of Tullyknockbrine, The Miad Of Tullyknockbrine, The Rat In The Thatch.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Treasury Of Irish Music by Various Artists
• Aberdeen Folk Club 'A Celebration' by Various Artists
• Anthem by De Danann
• Atlantic Roar by Paul Bradley
• Becky Taylor by Becky Taylor
• Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• Ceol Aduaidh by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh And Frankie Kennedy
• Champions Of The North by Dezi Donnelly And Mike McGoldrick
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 10 by Matt Cunningham
• Dochas by Dochas
• East To Northeast by John Redmond
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• How The West Was Won by De Danann
• In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Mind The Pipes by Leonard Barry
• Morga by Morga
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• Smalltalk by Smalltalk
• The Brass Fiddle: Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• The Drones And The Chanters Vol.2 by Various Artists
• The First Ten Years: 1986 - 1995 by Altan
• The Pirates Of Puirt by Daimh
• The Red Crow by Altan
• The Rough Guide To Irish Folk by Various Artists
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• Track Across The Deep by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Up And Away by Paul Smyth
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan

X: 1
T: Humours Of Tullyknockbrine, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2 dG BdGB | dGBd ecAF | G2 dc Bcde |1 dBcA BGAF:|2 dBcA BG G2||
egfg egfe | d2 fd Adfd | egfg efga | bgaf geed |
efga bge^c | defg afdB | G2 GA Bcde | dBcA BG G2 ||

Tullyknockbrine

I first heard this reel by Derry piper Joe McLaughlin, but it's probably better known from Frankie & Mairead's 1st LP. Also "De Danann" used to play it. Alternative title is "The Rat In The Thatch".

# Posted on May 11th 2004 by Kenny

Tullyknockbrine

Great tune Kenny! Got this from the Frankie and Mairead album you mentioned, but for some reason I started playing it in F rather than G on the fiddle, I'll have to translate it back up again.

# Posted on May 12th 2004 by Jamie

I love that album...in fact, maybe I'd better go find it right now...Kenny, check your e-mail for TheSession if you haven't, would you? (If you have, that's fine too!) A great tune, for sure...

# Posted on May 12th 2004 by Zina Lee

De Danann's version

Here a setting based on Frankie Gavin's fiddling from the CD How the West was Won (and also on Anthem).

X: 1
T: Jimmy Byrne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
G2 dG BdGB|dGBd cedB|G2 dG Bcde|dBcA (3BcB EF|
GBdG BdGB|dGBd cedB|GBdG Bcde|dBcA BGGB||
egfg egfe|fd d/d/d Adfd|egfg efga|bgaf gfed|
egfg efge|defg afdf|geaf gedB|cAdc BGAF||

and the lower octave "doubling" version

X: 1
T: Jimmy Byrne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
G,2 DG, B,DG,B,|DG,B,D CA,DB,|G,2 DG, B,CDE|DB,CA, B,/C/B, A,B,|
G,B,DG, B,DG,B,|DG,B,D CEDB,|G,B,DG, B,CDE|DB,CA, B,G,G,A,||
B,EED B,E^CE|D2 FD A,DFD|EFGF EFGA|BGAF GFED|
EBGE B,E^CE|DEFG ABAF|GABc dedB|cAdc BGAF||

# Posted on October 10th 2006 by Will Harmon

Matt Cunningham's version of The Humours of Tullyknockbrine

In Volume 10, Track 4 of Matt Cunningham's Dance Music of Ireland there is a slightly different version in C called "The maid of Tullyknockbrine"
X:1
T:The maid of Tullyknockbrine
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
C2GC EGCE | GCEG AFDB, | C2 GC EGGA | GEDG EC C2 :|
A3G (3ABc BA| G2BG dGBG | (3GAB cB ABcd | egdg eAAG |
ABcd egdB | G2BG dGBG | C2GC EGGA | GEDG ECCB, ||

# Posted on March 25th 2007 by Trevor Jennings