Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 29th 2002 by B Rad .
This tune has been added to 90 tunebooks.
Also known as Garrai Na Saileog, Mary Bergin's, Miss Galvin, Miss Galvin's, Miss Galvin's Highland Fling, Mrs Galvin, Mrs. Galvin's, Mrs. Galvin's Highland Fling, Woodford Fling.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Miss Galvin's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
d2cA GEFE | D2FA D2FA | d2cA GEFA |1 cdef ~g3B :|2 (3Bcd ec d3z ||
fgaf ~d3e | fgaf ~g3e | fgaf ~d3d | =cdef ~g2fg |
fgaf ~d3e | fgaf ~g3e | fAeA dcAG | =cdef ~g2fg :||
Miss Galvin's
A nice little hornpipe, not very hard & you can get your teeth into it.
# Posted on March 29th 2002 by B Rad
PS watch out for those pesky C naturals in the ends of the high bar.
# Posted on March 29th 2002 by B Rad
I play it a bit differently, without the c-naturals - I may just hae misremembered it, as I don't hear it played very often. It is a lovely tune, and unusual among hornpipes in that it only has 8 bars per strain, like a single reel, as opposed to the usual 16 bars.Less is more.
# Posted on March 30th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Those C naturals are 6 of each & a half dozen of the other, I often forego them & play it with C#'s. This is the setting I got of it & thought it was nice.
# Posted on April 4th 2002 by B Rad
I picked this setting up from a soundfile of Cincinnate (Ohio) flute player Tim Benson. (He called it Miss Thornton's.) I really like the c nats and also the little fAeA downhill run in the second half. I also prefer to play this smoothed out as a slow-ish reel, rather than hornpipey.
T: Miss Galvin's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
gfe | d2 cA GEFE | D2 FA dAFA | d2 cA GEED | (3Bcd ef g2 fe |
| d2 cA GEFE | D2 FA dAFA| d2 cA GEED | (3Bcd ec d3 g |
| fgaf d3 g | fgaf g2 ag | fgaf d=cAB =cdef (3gag fe |
| fgaf d3 g | fgaf g2 ag | fAeA d=cAB | =cdef g2 fe |
# Posted on September 1st 2003 by Will Harmon
And here's a setting from my local session:
|:d2cA GEFE|D2FA DAFA|d2cA GE~E2|1 (3Bcd eg fdef:|2 (3Bcd ec d3e||
faaf ~d3e|faaf ~g3a|fgaf dcA2|(3Bcd ef g2ag|
faaf dcde|fzaf g2ag|fAeA dcA2|(3Bcd ef g2fe||
# Posted on September 1st 2003 by Dr. Dow
FLING - HIGHLAND - HIGHLAND FLING = 16 BARS
Well, what can I say. No, the second part doesn't repeat; no, it isn't a hornpipe; yes, there are specific dances that accompany this form; and yes, I've no doubt that these are being dumped under 'hornpipes'. Since there's no place for the form, the nearest thing would probably be 'barndance', though the deserve their own category.
Damn dog, get up will you and do some howling. Where did all these maggots come from and these damn bot flies?
# Posted on July 30th 2004 by ceolachan
Click my name for a clear apology -
Apologies: I hadn't meant 'SHOUTING' in the use of capitals, my inexperience. Rereading this one it sounds pretty judgemental, but my mind set wasn't there, again apologies if it was taken that way. I can see how this one would be. I now know and will curb this tendency to capitalize headers and the like, and will watch my tendency toward bluntness. The capitalized header was part of an experiment that didn't work, trying with three examples of highlands to find some way to search out that tune form on site, that might help others who would like to see them under the 'collective' term. They make damned nice 'single reels' too, and better that they survive that way or in whatever form someone makes of them, than that they die out all together...
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by ceolachan
Garrai Na Saileog (highland)
The alternative title of the tune should be *Mrs.* Galvin's. According to Pat Mitchell, she was Thade Carthy's sister and her maiden name was Nell McCarthy.
# Posted on June 7th 2005 by slainte
"Mrs. Galvin's Hornpipe" ~ married & different
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on December 21st 2002 by quirl.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1234
# Posted on December 9th 2005 by ceolachan
This is the first of "Two Woodford Flings" Jack and Charlie Coen recorded on "The Branch Line."
# Posted on September 23rd 2006 by slainte
Also recorded by Andrew MacNamara, who calls it "Mary Bergin's".
# Posted on September 24th 2006 by GaryAMartin
"Mrs. Galvin's Highland Fling"
X: 1134
T: Mrs. Galvin's Highland Fling
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: D Major
|: (3edc |
(3ddd c>A G>EF>E | D2 F>A D>A (3FGA |
d2 c>A G>E (3EEE |[1 (3Bcd e>g f>d :|[2 (3Bcd e>c d3 A ||
f>g (3agf dcdA | f>ga>f g>ba>g |
f>ga>f d2 d>A | (3Bcd e>f g2 (3gfe |
f>ga>f (3ddd d>A | f>ga>f g2 (3bag |
f>d (3edc d>BA>d | (3Bcd e>f g2 |]
# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
Miss Lonely Heart's
Tim Benson version's B part is fantastic! I'm so glad I've stumbled across it--Thanks so much for posting it!
# Posted on December 7th 2009 by muspc
"Mrs. Galvin's Highland Fling"
X: 5
T: Mrs. Galvin's Highland Fling
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: D Major
(3gfe |:\
d2 c>A G>EF>E | D2 F>A D>AF>A |
d2 c>A G>E E2 |[1 (3Bcd e>g f>d (3edc :|[2 (3Bcd e>c d3 A ||
f>ga>f d2- d>A | f>ga>f g>ba>g |
f>ga>f d>BA>d | (3Bcd e>f g2 g>e |
f>ga>f d2- d>A | f>ga>f g>ba>g |
f>Ae>A d>BA>d | (3Bcd e>f g2 |]
# Posted on February 1st 2010 by ceolachan
Happy little carefree melody!
I like the cascading opening notes: d2 cA GEFE ! with that c# in an unusual 'early' position!
# Posted on August 3rd 2010 by birlibirdie
Mcsherry´s version Mary Bergins or Miss Galvin´s
Mcsherry´s version
X: 1
T:Mary Bergin´s
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:John McSherry "Soma"
R:reel
Z:M.Novo
K:Amix
|:A2 eA (3Bcd ed | BG~G2 dGBG | EA ce a2 ed |1 c/d/e dB BAAG :|2 c/d/e dB BAce ||
a2 ea~a2 ba|g~e3 ~g3b|a~e3 aged|(3Bcd GA B~A3|
a~e3 agef|g~B3 ~g3a|~b3 a~g3f (3gfe| dged BGA2||
# Posted on April 8th 2011 by Manu Novo
And golly here I am, learning about this tune online, when I could have just asked my husband sitting several feet away for his version.
Oh what a time to be alive
# Posted on August 16th 2011 by _Steph_