The Land Of Sunshine

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on November 4th 2004 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.

Also known as Great Eastern, The Great Eastern, The Jacket Of Batteries, John Bowe's, John Bowe's Favorite, Land Of Sunshine, The Saxaford.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Friend Indeed by Liz Carroll
• A Jacket Of Batteries by De Danann
• A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
• Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
• Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Land Of Sunshine by Dan Possumato
• Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
• Russell's House by Russell's House
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes

X: 1
T: Land Of Sunshine, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
C2EC B,DGF|EccB cGEG|FAdF EGCE|FEDC (3B,A,G, B,D|
C2EC B,DGF|EccB cGEG|FAdc BGFD|1 DCB,D ~C3G,:|2 DCB,D ~C3e||
|:ge~e2 fdBd|cedB cGEG|FAdF EGce|fed^c defa|
ge~e2 fdBd|cedB cGEG|FAdc BGFD|1 DCB,D ~C3e:|2 DCB,D ~C3G,||

The Land Of Sunshine

Composed by Martin Mulhaire. Transcribed from a live recording of Brid Harper & Dermot Byrne.

I wonder if anyone will spot the irony in my posting this...

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dow

Well, northern OZ is heading into "The Wet" about now.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

Good try

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dow

Hmmmm....it's usually in D when I've heard it. Are we making a point about not cutting and pasting?

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

Or is this a political irony?

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

The Sun is certainly shining over here in Perth this afternoon.
I know this tune from somewhere else and when I get home I am going to have to try and track it down. I can't post a setting "as I play it" but maybe as I hear it....
I used to play with someone who played this tune quite a bit and a great tune it is too.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough

I know this tune as Jacket of Batteries, from De Danann's album of that same name.

Seamus and Manus Maguire also recorded it on their cd Carousel, as The Great Eastern.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

The Great Easter - that's it, thanks Will you have saved me wracking my brains.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough

The Silver Spire http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/240 is a similar tune in D, which sometimes goes by the name "Great Eastern Reel". This is a different tune. It was composed in C major and given this title, so stop playing it in D and make an effort Will, you're right about the political irony. Once everyone wanted to live there, now everyone wants to move out ',:-⌡

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dow

Silver Spire I know. The Maguires play this tune on Carousel and call it the Great Eastern. Perhaps their mistake?

Political was my first instinct...so what did I win?

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

Could easily be my mistake, Will. Whatever it's called, it's a damn nice tune. You win a copy of "Celtic Moods" - brand new copy, never been out of its cellophane.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Dow

Oh joy. :-|

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Will CPT

John Carty plays it awesomely on "Across the Waters: Irish Traditional Music from England", confusingly listed as Finbar Dwyer's on the sleeve!

# Posted on April 22nd 2006 by patrick cavanagh