Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on July 14th 2002 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 72 tunebooks.
Also known as Cathal's Favourite, The Old Flail, Paddy In London, Vincent Broderick's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Flail, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
DEG GAB|Bdg gab|age ege|dBG AGE|
DEG GAB|Bdg gab|age ege|dBG A3:|
~a3 aga|ega ega|deg ged|ged BAG|
DEG GAB|Bdg gab|age ege|dBG A3:|
The flail
Source: Chris Norman_the man with the wooden flute
Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta
# Posted on July 14th 2002 by gian marco
The Old Flail
This is a Vincent Broderick tune, the correct title is "The Old Flail". I've heard it played after "The Whistler at the Wake" which is another Vincent Broderick tune.
# Posted on July 15th 2002 by Brad Maloney
"Traditional Irish Flute Solos: The Turoe Stone Collection"
~ 69 compositions by Vincent Broderick
Waltons Music Inc., 1990
ISBN: 1-85720-061-6
Page 15: "The Old Flail"
# Posted on November 27th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Whistler at the Wake" ~ Vincent Broderick
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on February 18th 2005 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4236
# Posted on December 23rd 2005 by ceolachan
nice version on John Skelton and Keiran O'hare's Double Barrelled, after the Lisheen. They have a small variation on the b part
# Posted on August 29th 2009 by WhistlinLeeds