The Oyster Wife's Rant

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on by dadepipes.

This tune has been added to 32 tunebooks.

Also known as The Black Mill, The Muileann Dhu, Muileann Dubh, The Muileann Dubh, Muillean Dubh, Mulen Dugh, Mulin Dugh, The Mullean Dubh, Mullindhu.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Cape Breton Piper by Barry Shears
Cape Breton Live - Take 2 by Various Artists
Edinburgh Hogmany Party Mix by Keltik Elektrik
Eileen Ivers by Eileen Ivers
Good Boy M.A. by Michael Anthony MacLean
Hi (TM) How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
Jock Tamson's Bairns by Jock Tamson's Bairns
Live At West Mabou Hall by Howie MacDonald, Dave MacIsaac And Mac Morin
Live-Disc 2 by Natalie MacMaster
Mac Morin by Mac Morin
Out Of The Flames by Matt Seattle
Roughshod by Horseplay
The 'Reel' Thing by Wendy MacIsaac
The Call by Rebecca Lomnicky
The Dusky Meadow by Donald MacLellan With Doug MacPhee
Timeline by Wendy MacIsaac
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 4 Mackinnon's Brook by Various Artists

This is a scottish reel....I have learned it from a whistle tutor

# Posted on May 15th 2005 by dadepipes

Great tune! It hasn't changed since the last time you posted it. It's still called the Oyster Wife's Rant and it's still in Ador :-)

# Posted on May 15th 2005 by Dow

Here's another and probably older setting of the tune learned from Mary Jane Lamond's singing:

K: Ador
edef g2fe|d2dB d2d2|edef g2fe|dBgB A2A2:|
e2ed eAAB|d2dB d2d2|e2ed eAAd|BdeB A2A2|
e2ed eAAB|d2dB d2d2|edef g2fe|dBgB A2A2||

Thanks Nigel and Dow for pointing out the connection between these melodies.

# Posted on December 25th 2005 by slainte

I remember Nigel informed us the translation of the gaelic title Mullindhu, or Muillean Dubh, is the Black Mill.

# Posted on December 25th 2005 by slainte