Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 26th 2007 by Falkbeer.
This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.
Also known as Molly Saint George, Molly St. George.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Tip Of The Whistle, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
de/f/ | ~g2 gf ed | d2 ~ed cB | B2 ~cB AG | E4 AB/d/ |
e2f2ed/B/ | A2B2dD | EG ~A3G | G4 :|
DE/F/ |G2GA B~A | ~B2B2GA/B/ | c2{B}cd ef | g2G2de/g/ |
a2b2~ag/e/ | d2~e2ed/B/ | A3B d/B/A/G/ | A4AB |
c2 {B}cd ef | g2~ag fe | de g B AG | E4ef |
gf ed cB | cB AG ED | EG~A3G | G4 ||
Tip of the whistle
Tip of the whistle (Molly St. George)
trad, Paddy Moloney
As played by The Chiftains on Chieftains 4
Attributed to O´Carolan by James Hardiman and to Thomas Conellan by Edward Bunting. This beautiful air was probably in existence before their time. It was sung in Coffe´s "The Beggar´s Wedding" (1792). When Panny Moloney recorded this tune for "The Chieftains 4" he could not remember the name and called it "Tip of the whistle". The tunes real name is actually Molly St. George.
# Posted on January 26th 2007 by Falkbeer
Name
So why don't you call it "Molly St. George" , with "Tip Of The Whistle" as an alternative title. Wouldn't that be more logical ?
# Posted on January 26th 2007 by Kenny
Ditto!?
# Posted on January 26th 2007 by ceolachan
Almost like a new tune!
Well, it´s a difficult case. Paddy Moloneys version of this tune is so diffrent from the original, that it´s almost lika a new tune. And, there are perhaps a lot of you out there that have only heard Mr. Moloney´s rendition and only know the tune by the name Tip of the whistle. Or people that would like to play the tune close to his rendition.
# Posted on January 27th 2007 by Falkbeer
Duplicated
This has been submitted again. I've added some comments under the other submission. Maybe they could be combined and one of the duplicates deleted ?
# Posted on January 27th 2007 by Kenny
The original version of Tip of the Whistle - Molly St. George
On popular demand - here is the original version of Tip of the whistle (Molly St. George). As everyone can se it differ quite considerable from Paddy Molony´s rendition.
X:1
T:Molly St. George
C:trad
Q:"Larghetto"
R:Slow air
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:G
de/f/ | g2f2e2 | d2 e>d c>B | c2B2 A>G | E4 B>d |
e2g>e d>B | A2B/c/d D2 | G2 B2 A>G | G4 :|| D2 |
G2 A2 B2 | c2B2A>G | c2d2 e>f | g4 ef/g/ |
a2b>a g>f | e2g>f e>d | c2d>c B>d | A4AB |
c2 d2 e>f | g4 f>e | d2 B2 A>G | E4B>d |
e2g>e d>B | A2 B/c/d DD | G2B2A>G | G4 ||
# Posted on January 29th 2007 by Falkbeer