The Morning Thrush

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 14th 2002 by Paul-Kin.

This tune has been added to 57 tunebooks.

Also known as The Thrush In The Morning.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Piper's Dream by Brian McNamara
• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• An Tobar Gl�é by Neil Mulligan
• Ar An Bhfidil by Oisin MacDiarmada
• Hills Of Clare by Joe Fitzgerald
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
• The Irish Concertina by Noel Hill
• The Lark's March by Patricia Clark
• The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Return From Fingal by Séamus Ennis
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Wild Keys by Mikie Smyth
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan
• Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Morning Thrush, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:fag|f2ef d2AF|AdAF A2fe|dAAF dFF2|ABdf e2fe|
dAAF dAAF|BAFA dADE|EDFA defa|afef d:|
|:ABc|dcde faaf|g3e fgfe|dcde faaf|gafg eAce|
dcde faa2|bfaf efdB|BAFA defa|afef d:|
|:ABc|dAAF BAFA|D3F AFF2|dFFE F2AF|ABdf e2fe|
|dAAF dAAF|BAFA dADE|EDFA defa|afef d:||

Morning Thrush

Noel hill plays this on one of his ablums. I thought it was sweet. James Ennis composed this when he was young and won first prize at a Fleadh for the best newly composed tune.

# Posted on September 14th 2002 by Paul-Kin

Howzabout we start up the Morning Thrush Appreciation Society? This tune deserves one. Not a lot of people play it - which may not be a bad thing, as it deserves better than becoming hackneyed like so many popular session tunes.

# Posted on September 17th 2002 by granama

The Morning Thrush reel D

......No jokes about live yoghurts or cannestan once treatments for belantitis thanks

Has anyone got a short audio clip or full recording of this tune played on a instrument by a human that they could e-mail on to me so I can capture the ornemants and feeling. I am having difficulty learning it from the midi keyboard file with my shoddy hearing its for learning purposes only and in no way going to be used for any public broadcasting.
"ITM Scouts honour"

# Posted on June 12th 2006 by Ripthecalico

Re: The Morning Thrush reel D

Try here:

http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/neilmulligan3-07.m3u

# Posted on June 12th 2006 by FeargalFrench

Re: The Morning Thrush reel D

BTW, someone gave me a tip:

Search on Google for "The moring Thrush mp3" or for any other tune and you should find at least a snippet of the tune

# Posted on June 12th 2006 by FeargalFrench

Re: The Morning Thrush reel D

Don't forget Brian MacNamara's interpretation on his solo CD, A Piper's Dream,

and just about my favorite piping recording of all time,

The Return From Fingal, a collection of Seamus Ennis performances on Radio Eireann, the BBC, and other venues dating from ~1940 to 1980. The Morning Thrush recording on that CD is spectacular. Seamus tells the story of how his father James composed the tune based on inspiration from a thrush's singing outside his bedroom window in the morning.

So there's nature in that tune and it deserves some gentle handling!

MIDI, my god...that tune in midi format...the thought of it makes me ill.

# Posted on June 12th 2006 by Hanley

Video: The Morning Thrush played by Seamus Ennis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLe9etQ0iwQ

# Posted on November 23rd 2006 by mickray

Molloy's Morning Thrush

I cannot figure what key Molloy is using in with his 1996 recording:Shadows On Stone. It seems like the only match is B. Even with a capo on my bouzouki, I can't play along. Any advice would be helpful. The Morning Thrush is a great tune and I want to add it to my flute repertoire... no matter how long it takes. Please help if you can.

# Posted on December 17th 2006 by windybaer

Re: Molloy's Morning Thrush

My advice for morning thrush is a liberal application of yoghurt.

# Posted on December 17th 2006 by sergeant fox

Re: Molloy's Morning Thrush

Use software to bend the pitch to D Major. Or just learn it to sing, hum, lilt, yodel etc. and then transpose it.

# Posted on December 17th 2006 by Robert Ryan

Re: Molloy's Morning Thrush

That is one of my favorite recordings, ever.

# Posted on December 17th 2006 by TheSilverSpear

Re: Molloy's Morning Thrush

Sorry to hear about Matt's painful condition

# Posted on December 18th 2006 by strayaway

Re: Molloy's Morning Thrush

I think it was written by Seamus Ennis's father in 1911, for a feis or a local competition which he won, and was inspired by a thrush singing in the garden one morning. As it started out in life as a pipe tune, I'm guessing it thus also started out in D. What key Matt plays it in may not be the original. All that's off the top of my head. I say take R. Ryan's advice, just learn it as you hear and fit the key round that, or to whatever is suitable to a session, if that's where you intend to "perform" it..

# Posted on December 18th 2006 by Key Maniac Lad

Here's the way Michelle Mulcahy plays it.

X: 1
T: Morning Thrush, The
S: Michelle Mulcahy
Z: Jack Gilder
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:ag|f2ef d2AF|dAAF egfe|dDAF DF~F2|ABdf egfe|
dAAF dA~A2|BAFA dDDE|F/E/DFA defa|1afef db:|2afef d3c||
dffe [f2F2D2]af|[g3G3D3]e fAfe|d3e faaf|gbfb eAce|
dffe faaf|bfaf efdB|ADFA defa|1afef d3c:|2afef d2AF||
d2AF BdAF|~D3B ADFA|dFF2 dF~F2|ABdf egfe|
|d2AF DF~F2|AdFA DG~G2|ABde fagb|1afef d2AF:|2afef db||

# Posted on August 25th 2007 by Phantom Button