Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on December 22nd 2006 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as Jolly Pigeons.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Jolly Pigeons, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
EFGA BE E2 | B3 A B2 dB | AF F2 DF F2 | AdBF AFED |
EFGA BE E2 | B3 A B2 de | fedB AFDF | BAFE D4 :|
Beed e2 ge | fedA Bdde | fede f3 e | fedB BA A2 |
Beed e2 ge | fedA Bdde | fedB AFDF | BAFE D4 :|
Will comment later. Enjoy the Christmas break !
# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by Kenny
Inspiration? ~ "Poor But Happy At 53" by Paddy Bawn O'Brien
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on October 8th 2001 by Zina Lee.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/314
# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by ceolachan
Nah, that ain't it... The first part of this is definitely something I already know, but I like this tune just the same, whatever derivatives it might come from... I found myself going from it into the above tune, which only starts the same way, so maybe they'd make a nice set together?
# Posted on December 22nd 2006 by ceolachan
What were you feeding these pidgeons anyway? I can't accept a D conclusion, it just has to be an E, pleeease...but maybe that's the other tune calling me-eee-e-eee-e...
# Posted on December 23rd 2006 by ceolachan
"The Jocular Pigeons" or "Pigeons on Gin"?
R: a slow and stumbling reel
K: e minor
|: D |
EFGA B ~E3 | ~B3 A ~B2 dB | A ~F3 D ~F3 | AFdB ADFD |
EFGA BE E/E/E | B/c/B Ac ~B2 de | f/g/f eB d2 AF | BFAF E3 :|
|: A |
Bee^d ~e2 ge | ~f2 e/d/A Bd-de | feBe f ~e3 | fedB BAFA |
Be e/e/e ~e2 g/f/e | fedA Bd d/d/d | f/e/d Bd AFDF | BFAF E3 :|
Yes, back at the punch... Sorry Kenny, the punch made me do it...
# Posted on December 23rd 2006 by ceolachan
Only 1 recording of the tune (and I have it..lol). Where did you get it from Kenny.
# Posted on December 24th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
Do you know who the composer of this pastiche is Paddy?
# Posted on December 24th 2006 by ceolachan
No idea I'm afraid. The album had no sleeve notes. It's in the Breathnach Collection Vol. 4 though. He has James Madigan as the source.
# Posted on December 25th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
"IV"! ~ that figures, it's actually here open besides this desk, staring at me know, where it has been for the last week or so...
# Posted on December 27th 2006 by ceolachan
Origin of "Pigeons"
This came from the "Outlet" LP "Ar Leithidi", which was mainly the O'Brien family from Dublin, all the youngsters, including Mick and Donncha would hardly have been in their teens. This was a flute-solo by Sligo man Dan O'Healy, a guest on the record. I hadn't come across the tune before and thought it worth posting. The album PaddyC has is mainly an "Outlet" compilation, and the track is the same.
I'll post the LP in "Recordings" in the next week.
# Posted on December 28th 2006 by Kenny
Outlet has been responsible for issueing some great recordings. I keep hoping that someone will reissue those efforts...
# Posted on December 28th 2006 by ceolachan
Another version from Kenny
Kenny says: "I found this [setting] on a tape from the Willie Clancy week in 1986. Clodach [Nic Ruairi] is a flute player from Derry who was in the same flute class as me that year. She was a member of the 80' all-women "supergroup" "Macalla", and was one of the players featured on the tribute album for Frankie Kennedy. She played this reel in a session with her sister Orla on fiddle and Dermot Byrne on accordion.
X: 1
T: The Jolly Pigeons
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
EFGA Bded|~B3A BcdB|AF~F2 DF~F2|AFBF AFGF|
EFGA Bded|~B3A Bcde|fedB AF~F2|BFAF DFAF:|
|:Beed e2de|fedc Bcde|f2de fgag|fedc BAFA|
Beed e2de|fedc Bcde|fedB AF~F2|BFAF DFAF:|
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by Dow