Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on by Donough.
This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.
Also known as The Flowers Of Michigan, Jim Moore's Fancy, Morning Cheer.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Lady Birr
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A3 (A A)Bcd|eB ~B2 efga|gedB GABd|c2 Bc AGED|
EAAG A2 (3Bcd|eB ~B2 efga|gedB cdef|1 gedB BAAG:|2gedB BA A2||
a2 ea ageg|a2 bg agef|g2 ef g2 ef|g2 af ge d2| a2 ea ageg|
agbg agef|1 gedB cdef|gedB BA A2:|2 gedB cdef|gedB cABG||
Lady Birr
I learnt this off a Lunasa CD and I note it was not in the archive. Yes Dow I did a name search in the archive and an abc search, as well as checking the recording listing.
Lunasa got the tune from a group called Fisher Street (called after a street in Doolin).
I don't know anything about Lady Birr herself but Birr Castle is in COunty Offaly and is owned by Lord and Lady Rosse who are into telescopes and the like - who needs relevance when you've got information!!
For the minority who might be guitarists reading this - it happens to be a great tune for flat picking in standard or Dropped D tuning.
# Posted on May 17th 2005 by Donough
Lady Birr
Donough,
Isn't this tune in Ador with f# ??
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by swisspiper
Tsk tsk Donough you obviously weren't thorough enough, talk about substandard
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Dow
Well now I just have to hang my head in shame
I know I can edit the abc but can I edit the key???
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Donough
Shame on you.
Go to edit details and change the mode. The sheetmusic will stay as it is forever with no F#s. You could ruin the whole tradition because someone might learn it off your transcription and play F nats, and then play it in a session. The thought that that could potentially happen horrifies me. Donough, you should be ashamed of yourself.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Dow
If the changing the key on the "edit details" to Ador isn't going to change the sheet music, then I will go in and edit the actual abc to put in the F#.
Will I then be granted some sort of Royal Dow Pardon??
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Donough
Woops - cringe agin
I tried putting in the sharps but have taken them out again - That didn't work either.
I now realise that the sheet music is written in indelible ink and I just hope that anyone learning the tune will read the comments first!
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Donough
I told you Donough but you wouldn't listen. The whole thing's just an awful mess.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Dow
Gee Dow you really know how to make a fellow feel really good. Anyway I thought you were retiring from Tune Police Duty.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Donough
If I retired from tune police duty I wouldn't know what to do with my time. I suppose I'd have to get on with what I *should* be doing
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Dow
Lady Birr
The version that gets played in sessions in Sydney where I live is not the Lunasa setting as posted but from the Fisherstreet album. Note the tune's similarity to Down The Broom, btw, particularly in the 2nd part:
X: 1
T: Lady Birr
S: From a session, based on Fisherstreet "Out In The Night" version
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
EAAG ABcd|eB~B2 efg2|GEDE ~G3B|cABG AGEG|
A2EA ABcd|eB~B2 efga|gedB ~c3e|1 gedB BAAG:|2 gedB BA~A2||
|:a2ea ageg|agbg agef|g2ef g2ef|geaf gede|
a2ea ageg|agbg agef|gedB ~c3e|1 gedB BA~A2:|2 gedB BAAG||
# Posted on April 29th 2007 by Dow
Versions in O'Neill's collections
Francis O'Neill printed a version called "Jim Moore's Fancy," collected from a flute player of that name, with the alternate title "The Flowers of Michigan." He later printed another version called "Morning Cheer" in "Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody."
I agree, by the way, that it is a relative of "Down the Broom."
# Posted on November 8th 2007 by blarneystar