The Humours Of Bandon

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 26th 2003 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Also known as Humors Of Bandon, The Humors Of Bandon.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Friend Indeed by Liz Carroll
• Bright Silver Dark Wood by Martin Nolan
• Irish Dances by Various Artists
• Outside The Box by Billy McComiskey
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Final Round CD 1 by Kevin Joyce
• The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• The Last House In Ballymakea by Junior Crehan
• The Professor by James Morrison
• Traditional Irish Dance Music: All Star Ceili Band by Joe Derrane
• Two Gentlemen Of Clare by Gerard Commane And Joe Ryan

X: 1
T: Humours Of Bandon, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D2 G GFG | A2 G FGA | B2 G GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BAG FGA | BdB cAF |1 G2 F E2 ^D :|2 ~G3 G2 B ||
| d2 g gfg | a2 g fga | g2 f d2 e | fed c2 e |
d2 c Bcd | c2 B G2 A | BAG GFG | A2 G F2 E |
D2 G GFG | A2 G FGA | B2 G GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BAG FGA | BdB cAF | ~G3 G2 E |

Humours of Bandon

This tune was requested, so here's the version I know--a single jig or a slide. I learned this off a dance cd, "The Complete Ceili Collection," featuring Christopher McGrory on accordion. I got over the cheesy ceili dance packaging (and not just on the cd cover), and got into this tune, hooked in part by that slide down from E to D sharp to D at the end of the first half. You can make this tune really swing if you slur across the bars--treat the last note in one bar as the pick up note for the next bar.

# Posted on November 26th 2003 by Will CPT