Cill Cais

waltz

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 2nd 2007 by tallen.

This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.

Also known as Cill Chais.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40 Years Reunion by The Dubliners
• Celebration CD 2 by The Dubliners
• Jiggin' The Blues by Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping And Tim Edey
• Memories Of Ireland by Matt Cunningham
• Moving Cloud by Moving Cloud
• Saint Bartholemew's Feast by Colcannon

X: 1
T: Cill Cais
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
BA|G3 E D2|G3 A B2|e6|d4 BA|G3 A B2|B3 A GB|A6-|A4 BA|
G3 E D2|G3 A B2|e6|d4 BA|G3 A B2|A4 G2|G6-|G4 Bc|
d3 B d2|d2 e2 f2|g6|f4 e2|e3 d B2|B3 A GB|A6-|A4 BA|
G3 E D2|G3 A B2|e6|d4 BA|G3 A B2|A4 G2|G6-|G4||

Source

I learned this from Joannie Madden in a whistle class at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School. She said that it mourns the destruction of Ireland's forests.

# Posted on November 2nd 2007 by tallen

Cill Cais

This is a great tune - thanks for posting it. I don't know if anyone can supply guidance on the tempo. At first sight it looks like a standard waltze but if it's mourning the destruction of Ireland's forests, maybe a lament is more in order where the tune is played like a slow air. I think that will be my take on it unless anyone has strong views to the contrary.

# Posted on November 3rd 2007 by Bannerman

Fermata city

I agree Bannerman a slow air indeed or both. The long notes ,of which there are many, suggest fermatas as well as in (and) or out of tempo interpretation. Nice melody, who wrote it?

# Posted on November 5th 2007 by red_tiger