Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 31st 2002 by Enob.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Also known as Shooglenifty.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Da Eye Wifie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
(3A,B,C
|: D2 F>D E2 G>E | F>D D>E (3FFF E>D| B,>E E>D E>FG>A | B>A A>B A>g f{gf}e|
| f2 d>A B>A F>B | A>F d>B A>F E>D | E2 (3EEF A>F E>D |1 D>B, B,>A, D2 (3A,B,C :|2 D>B, B,>A, D2 (3efg||
|: f2 d>d c>d B>d | A>d (3Bcd f>d c>d | (3Bcd g>d (3ABd f>d | A>c e>d c>a g>e|
| f2 d>d c>d B>d | A>d c>d B{cB}A F>D | E2 (3EEF A>F E>D |1 D>B, B,>A, D2 (3efg :|2 D>B, B,>A, [D4D4]||
Unknown Hornpipe ?
I learnt this tune from a girl fiddler who played it beautifully in the Swan Inn Garden at Sidmouth Festival 2001, and I'm sure that both the girl and the tune have names, it's just that I don't know either! I think she may have said it is by 'Shooglenifty', but I haven't yet found it. It is a fabulous tune that sounds good to me at any pace, but I think it's better with a little 'bounce' - it is firmly in my set list (I like to play it after 'Bubba's reel' by John McCusker!)
Can anyone help me with the name, if so, I will edit the session entry with it in due course
If the abc isn't quite 'correct' to the original I apologise, but it is 'correct' to the way I now play it !
PS - if you are that girl from Sidmouth, I'd love to hear from you, if not, I may see you at the next festival ...
# Posted on March 31st 2002 by Enob
"The Golden Legs"
Not a hornpipe - a reel by Liz Carroll called "The Golden Legs" referring to dancers Donny & Eileen Golden. It's on "Lost In The Loop", and if "Shooglenifty" do play it , I hope they have the decency to give Liz credit for it.
# Posted on April 8th 2002 by Kenny
Wrong!
I should have listened to Liz's CD first - the first part is similar, but it's not the tune - but I have heard it somewhere. I'll get back to you. Sorry !
# Posted on April 8th 2002 by Kenny
The Golden Legs
You're right Kenny, it's not the same tune, but it's another cracking good tune anyway - the sheetmusic is now available on Liz's homepage along with the rest of the album (Lost in the loop)
However, I'm still none the wiser about the original hornpipe so I'm hoping someone can shed some light ??
# Posted on May 4th 2002 by Enob
Found it !
It's taken a while, but I knew I had heard it before ! This tune was composed by Iain McLeod, the mandolin player with Edinburgh band "Shooglenifty". The title is "Da Eye Wifie" - and if I had to hazard a guess from the title, it's for or about a female optician from the Shetland Islands !! I could be totally wrong, but will ask Iain next time I see him.
It is the very first tune on their CD "A Whisky Kiss", and was published about three years ago in a collection of recently-composed Scottish tunes known as "The 90s Collection".
# Posted on June 25th 2002 by Kenny
Da Eye Wifie
Kenny, Thanks for the name of the tune. I haven't yet heard the original, but I have renamed the tune in 'The Session' accordingly
I will be at Sidmouth Festival again next week so it's taken a whole year to find the name - I also note that Shooglenifty are going to Sidmouth this year so I will keep my eye out for them and try to get a copy. Will also look out for the fiddler that I heard it from last year and hope to play it a few times during the week. Thanks again for your efforts in finding the tune
# Posted on July 23rd 2002 by Enob