The Land Of Sunshine

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on November 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.

Also known as Andy McGann, Great Eastern, The Great Eastern, The Jacket Of Batteries, John Bowe's, John Bowe's Favorite, Land Of Sunshine, The Saxaford.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Friend Indeed by Liz Carroll
A Jacket Of Batteries by De Danann
A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
Carousel by Seamus And Manus McGuire
Dookin' For Apples by Alistair Anderson
Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
Keeping It Reel by Ian Walsh And Kevin Buckley
Land Of Sunshine by Dan Possumato
Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
Music From The Blind Fiddler by Cathal Hayden, Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Synnott & Seamus O'Dowd
Russell's House by Russell's House
Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Land Of Sunshine, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
C2EC B,DGF|EccB cGEG|FAdF EGCE|FEDC (3B,A,G, B,D|
C2EC B,DGF|EccB cGEG|FAdc BGFD|1 DCB,D ~C3G,:|2 DCB,D ~C3e||
|:ge~e2 fdBd|cedB cGEG|FAdF EGce|fed^c defa|
ge~e2 fdBd|cedB cGEG|FAdc BGFD|1 DCB,D ~C3e:|2 DCB,D ~C3G,||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The Land Of Sunshine

Composed by Martin Mulhaire. Transcribed from a live recording of Brid Harper & Dermot Byrne.

I wonder if anyone will spot the irony in my posting this... :-)

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Well, northern OZ is heading into "The Wet" about now.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

Good try :-)

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Hmmmm....it's usually in D when I've heard it. Are we making a point about not cutting and pasting?

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

Or is this a political irony?

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

The Sun is certainly shining over here in Perth this afternoon.
I know this tune from somewhere else and when I get home I am going to have to try and track it down. I can't post a setting "as I play it" but maybe as I hear it....
I used to play with someone who played this tune quite a bit and a great tune it is too.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough

I know this tune as Jacket of Batteries, from De Danann's album of that same name.

Seamus and Manus Maguire also recorded it on their cd Carousel, as The Great Eastern.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

The Great Easter - that's it, thanks Will you have saved me wracking my brains.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough

The Silver Spire http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/240 is a similar tune in D, which sometimes goes by the name "Great Eastern Reel". This is a different tune. It was composed in C major and given this title, so stop playing it in D and make an effort ;-) Will, you're right about the political irony. Once everyone wanted to live there, now everyone wants to move out ',:-⌡

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Silver Spire I know. The Maguires play this tune on Carousel and call it the Great Eastern. Perhaps their mistake?

Political was my first instinct...so what did I win? :o)

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

Could easily be my mistake, Will. Whatever it's called, it's a damn nice tune. You win a copy of "Celtic Moods" - brand new copy, never been out of its cellophane.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Oh joy. :-|

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

John Carty plays it awesomely on "Across the Waters: Irish Traditional Music from England", confusingly listed as Finbar Dwyer's on the sleeve!

# Posted on April 22nd 2006 by patrick cavanagh

Mulhaire's title

Martin told me that "The Land of Sunshine" was a reference to the USA, as compared to Ireland.

# Posted on August 25th 2009 by blarneystar

Andy McGann

X: 1
T: Andy McGann
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:(3A,B,C|"D"D2FD "A"CEAG|"D"Fddc dAFA|"Em"GBeG "D"FADF|"Em"GFED "A"CEA,C|
"D"D2FD "A"CEAG|"D"Fddc dAFA|"em"GBed "A"cAGE| EDCE "D"D2:||
|:fg|"D"afdf "A"gece|"D"df"A"ec "D"dAFA|"Em"GBeG "D"FAdf|"Em"gee^d "A"efg^g|
"D"afdf "A"gece|"D"df "A"ec "D"dAFA|"Em"GBed "A"cAGE| EDCE "D"D2:||

# Posted on October 4th 2011 by swisspiper