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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 47 tunebooks.

Also known as Billy's, Bláthanna An Earraigh, Condon's Frolics, 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 Will CPT

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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