Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 11th 2006 by Faerie Feet.
This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.
Also known as The Whistling Gypsy.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Spailpin Fanach
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
||:gf|efed B2A2|GABG E2EF|G2GF GABc|dedc B2gf|
efed B2A2|GABG EDEG|FGAF DEFA|G6:|
|:GA|Bdef g2fg|agfe d2Bd|edef gfed|e2f2 g2fg|
efed BcBA|GABG EDEG|FGAF DEFA|G6:|
Spailpin Fanach
This is a really beautiful setdance danced in Irish dancing. It also goes by the name of "The Whistling Gypsy", and is often played with a swung, dotted feel. Hope you like it!
# Posted on May 11th 2006 by Faerie Feet
Nice tune. Is this also the basis for John McKenna's reel #2 (Happy Days of Youth)? The first part at least.
# Posted on April 5th 2008 by Loughcurra
It might be distantly related to the Stack of Barley: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2224
# Posted on April 6th 2008 by slainte