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The Flowers Of Spring

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on January 3rd 2003 by cuchulain54.

This tune has been added to 57 tunebooks.

Also known as Billy's, Bláthanna An Earraigh, Condon's Frolics, The Northern , Tom Billy's, Tom Billy's Favourite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Flowers Of Spring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:G | ABA ABd | edB G2B | dBB GBB | AB defg |
ABA ABd | edB G2B | dBB GBB | ABA A2 :|
|:e | eaa aga | bab age | ege dBd | ega ged |
eab aga |bab age |e/2f/2ge dBG | ABA A2:||

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The Flowers Of Spring sheetmusic
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I don't really know anything about this tune, but I like it.

# Posted on January 3rd 2003 by cuchulain54

Pressured by recent postings to say more about this, I should add that I learned this tune from a friend and I don't know where he got it, nor have I ever heard it recorded. We played in in A dorian, then broke into the Walls of Liscarroll, which we treated as if in D mixolydian (I see it posted in the Sessions as D minor, which affects the melody not a bit but of course influences the backer's choices greatly).

# Posted on January 8th 2003 by cuchulain54

The Flower's Of Spring

Hey Cuch, the woodenflute tune database lists this tune, along with a three-part jig called Tom Billy's. Apparently the Tom Billy's name is also someotimes applied to Flowers Of Spring. There are a few differences in the setting. I started playing around with it, and ended up with the following for the A part:

|:ABA ABd|edB G2 B|dBA GBA|GBd edg|
|ABA ABd|edB G2 B|dBB gBB|1 ABA A2 G:|2 ABA A2 d||

The database also lists it in E dorian, based on DeDannan (no recording or performance info given), and this setting falls very easily onto fiddle:

K: E dorian
|:~E3 EFA|BAF D2 F|AFE DED|DFA BAd|
|~E3 EFA|BAF D2 F|AFF dFF|1 EFE E2 D:|2 EFE E2 A||
|:Bee ede|~f3 edB|BdB DFA|~B3 dBA|
|Bee ede|~f3 edB|BdB DFA|1 EFE E2 A:|2 EFE E2 D||

# Posted on January 18th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts

Usually played in Amin

I've always encountered this tune played in the key given here, tho E obviously works well, as with most A tunes in this mode.

It's often played after Scotsman Over the Border (see http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/548) and is done so on Noel Hill's and Tony Lenane's album.

# Posted on April 16th 2003 by pchaffee

This tune is called "Tom Billy's" on the Molloy, Brady, Peoples album following the Creel or Turf aka Up Sligo

# Posted on June 3rd 2005 by glennP

Here is a nice variation for the B Part I pinched from Tommy Peoples on the above mentioned disc:

|:eaa aga|bab age|e/2f/2ge G3|ede ged|eaa aga|bab age|e/2f/2ge dBG| ABA A3:|

# Posted on August 26th 2005 by glennP

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