The Laurel Tree

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 9th 2002 by granama.

This tune has been added to 125 tunebooks.

Also known as The Laurel Bush, Lost Indian, The Lost Indian, Paddy White's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Come Dance With Me In Ireland by Various Artists
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• Going Elsewhere by The Clayfoot Strutters
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• In Company by Tom Walsh
• In Play by Liz Carroll And John Doyle
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Jiggin' The Blues by Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping And Tim Edey
• Let Down The Blade by John Regan And Paddy Glackin
• Live In Belfast by Paul Bradley, Pádraig Rynne And Paul Meehan
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Macalla Na HÓige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
• Nos Na Gaoithe by Brian Owens And Tom Dunlop
• Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
• On Lough Erne's Shore by Cathal McConnell
• Open House by Kevin Burke
• Round The House: Music For The Sets Volume 1 by Various Artists
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• Streetlife by Patrick Street
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Mountain Road by Various Artists
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• The Spirit Of West Clare by Bobby Casey
• There Was A Maid by Dolores Keane
• Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
• Two Gentlemen Of Clare by Gerard Commane And Joe Ryan
• Wet Your Whistle by Wet Your Whistle
• When The Party's Over by Brian Finnegan

X: 1
T: Laurel Tree, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
eA~A2 e2dc|BAGA Bcdg|eA~A2 e2dc|BAGA BA~A2|
eA~A2 e2dc|BAGA Bcd2|~e3f gaaf|gedB A2 (3Bcd:|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|eaag egdc|BAGA BA~A2|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcd2|~e3f gaaf|gedB A2 (3Bcd|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|eaag a2ga|bagb ~a3g|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcd2|~e3f gaaf|gedB A2 (3Bcd||

Here is The Laurel Tree, as requested by Squeezebox. This version comes from Henrik Norbeck's collection. I should say that it is slightly different from the version I have - bar 4 of the 1st and 2nd parts can be played: BAGB A (3Bcd .

I have also heard a couple of diffferent versions of the 2nd part:

|: eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|eaag egdc|BAGA A2 (3Bcd|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcd2|~e3f gaaf|gedB A2 (3Bcd :||

i.e. bars 1 to 8 of the second part are repeated instead of playing bars 9 to 16.

and:

|:eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|eaag a2ga|bagb ~a3g|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcd2|~e3f gaaf|gedB A2 (3Bcd :||

i.e. bars 9 to 16 of the second part are repeated instead of playing bars 1 to 8.

It's very hard to explain what I'm on about without playing it. I hope the abcs make it clear.

# Posted on August 9th 2002 by granama

Why didn't you give the version you have in the first place? If we wanted the swedish version we could always look on Norbeck's site.

# Posted on August 16th 2002 by milesnagopaleen

The first part of this tune is virtually identical to that of Scottish tune Lochiel's Awa tae France. I might post it in a few days.

# Posted on February 2nd 2006 by slainte

The Laurel Tree

In the sleeve notes of Mary MacNamara's second solo album, this reel is mentioned as "a development from the old tune Scatter the Mud." I wonder why I haven't realised that myself.

# Posted on September 20th 2006 by slainte

Link to "Scatter the Mud": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/728

# Posted on September 20th 2006 by slainte

The Lost Indian

Liz Carroll played a version of this tune on the Irish Music from America album and its titled "The Lost Indian".

# Posted on November 19th 2006 by PaddyCmusic

"Lochiel's Awa' Tae France" ~ reel ~ & shared A-parts ~ both via 'spoon'

Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on March 3rd 2007 by spoon.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6887

Here is the A-part for this from the 'Comments', courtesy of 'spoon':

K: A Dorian
|: g | eA A/A/A e2 dc | BG G/G/G BEEa | eA A/A/A e2 dc | BGAG gee :| ~

# Posted on March 4th 2007 by ceolachan

T:Laurel Bush, The
M:4/4
S:Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
R:reel
K:ADor
eA ~A2 e2ed|BG~G2 Bcdg|eA ~A2 e2dc|BGdG BAA2|
eA ~A2 e2dc|BG~G2 BcdB|e3f gbag|gedB BAA2:|
eaag e2dc|BG~G2 Bcdf|ea~a2 a2ga|bagb a3g|
eaag e2dc|BG~G2 BcdB|e3f gbag|gedB BAA2:|

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by gian marco

The Laurel Tree

Based on the concertina duet of Hugh and Colm Healy on their cd Macalla na hOige.

X: 1
T: Laurel Tree, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
eA A/A/A e2 dc|BAGA Bcdg|eA A/A/A (3ege dc|BAGB ABcd|
eA A/A/A e2 dc|BAGA Bcdg|edef gbaf gedB ABcd:||
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|eaab (3aba ga|bagb abag|
eaag egdc|BAGA Bcdg|edef gbaf|gedB ABcd:||

# Posted on December 29th 2007 by Will CPT