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The Coming Of Spring

jig

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on January 18th 2004 by Miss Lonelyhearts.

This tune has been added to 51 tunebooks.

Also known as Coming Of Spring.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

An Cailín Rua (The Red Haired Girl) by Kathleen Boyle
Draíocht by Dave Flynn
Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
In The Middle Of The Night by Theresa Larkin And Noel McQuaid
Potsticks by Sean Moloney
Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
The Coming Of Spring by Eitre
The Rowsome Tradition: Five Generations Of Uileann Piping by Kevin Rowsome
Under The Diamond by Liz And Yvonne Kane

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X: 1
T: Coming Of Spring, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
|: BEE B2 A | (3Bcd B {d} BAG | ~F3 DFA | dfe dBA |
BEE B2 A | Bef gfe | dBG FGA |1 BGE Ed=c :|2 BGE E2 F ||
|: GEF G2 A | B2 A Bec | dAA BAG | (3FGA F DEF |
GFE FGA | Bef gfe | dBG FGA |1 BEE E2 F :|2 BEE Eef ||
| g3 efe | Beg bag | f2 d dcd | AFA def |
g2 e efe | Beg bag | fed (3fga f | ge^d e2 f |
g2 e efe | Beg bag | f2 d dcd | AFA def |
g2 e fed | Bec dfe | dBG FGA | BGE Ed=c ||

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The Coming of Spring

Besides being a great three-part jig, this tune offers some optimism for those of us living in northern climes. I like how the major chords of the B part counter balance the minory sounds of the A and C parts--spring is surely coming, but it's not here yet.

This jig was composed by Paddy O'Brien, and the transcription here is from Kevin Rowsome (on pipes) and Lorraine Hickey (on fiddle) from the cd, The Rowsome Tradition. They play it in a set, after the Trip to Bantry (also a Paddy O'Brien composition), which is already in the database here.

There's lots of opportunity for nyah in this tune (as in most of P.O'Brien's tunes), smearing up to nearly any quarter note, and especially those high g's in the third part. The c natural at the end of the first and third parts also lends a nice touch.

# Posted on January 18th 2004 by Miss Lonelyhearts

Nice thought

i'll hold that thought while watching the snow fall here in washington, suppose montana looks the same. if we play this one a lot maybe it will speed up the spring process. does it go with the frost is all over? don

# Posted on January 18th 2004 by Dont

fun tune, by the way. paddy o'brien tunes are usually winners.

# Posted on January 18th 2004 by Dont

Here in Montana we also play a jig called Early Winter, written by a local (and sometimes Nashville-based) fiddler, Al Cantrell. And then there's the Chinook Reel, and Dougie MacLean's One Summer's Morning....

# Posted on January 18th 2004 by Miss Lonelyhearts

"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien"

J.D.C. Publications Ltd., 1992

Page 7: "The Coming of Spring"

# Posted on December 15th 2005 by ceolachan

The Coming of Spring

It seems Paddy O'Brien paired this tune with another of his compositions, the Black Lough: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5459 You can actually listen to his daughter Eileen O'Brien and fluter Deirdre McSherry play the two tunes together: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/story/1015109.html (Weds 18th August 2004, starts around 34:30) East Galway flute player Sean Moloney recorded them on the silver flute, but in reverse order.

By the way, this is a beautiful tune. And easy to learn and play too.

# Posted on January 28th 2006 by slainte

I accidentally found nice sound clips of the Sruleen Ceili Band of South Birmingham, the last year's winner at the All Britain Fleadh. Here's one of them: http://www.wibbleh.com/comhaltas/cd/04%20Track%2004.mp3 It was originally broadcasted on the RTE radio programme Ceili House last year. The first tune they play in the clip is the Coming of Spring.

# Posted on February 4th 2006 by slainte

Here's the new link to the Sruleen Ceili Band's playing of this jig: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/25june.smil
From Ceili House Archive 2005: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/1034199.html

The Sruleen Ceili Band of South Birmingham is one of a few senior ceili bands which have been representing Britain in All-Ireland in recent years. The Leeds Ceili Band is still active though.

# Posted on August 17th 2007 by slainte

The jig set starts around 8:30. Yes, the first one.

# Posted on August 17th 2007 by slainte

"The Coming of Spring" ~ C: Paddy O'Brien ~ a rescued duplication

Submitted on November 21st 2008 by JACKB.
~ /tunes/display/9106

This is the lovely jig Declan Masterson plays on his album "At the End of the Harvest".

# Posted on November 21st 2008 by JACKB
http://www.thesession.org/members/display/6451

NOTE: I really like the C-part variants as given here, JACKB's transcription. JACKB had this as e minor, but following the version of this printed in Paddy O'Brien's collection and as it lies I've change the K: to E Dorian, relative D Major, meaning this tune has two sharps, F# & C# throughout... But, I tend to play the descent JACKB gives in the penultimate bar for every part as ~ | d=c/B/A FGA | ~ ...

# Posted on November 21st 2008 by ceolachan