“The Flowing Tide” is a hornpipe that is very much associated with the playing of the legendary Chris Droney, concertina player from Bell Harbour.
RIP Chris Droney (1924-2020).
X:1
T:Flowing Tide (The)
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
K:G
|:G2GB dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAG edBA|
G2GB dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAB G2BA:||
|:G2GB AGED|gfge dBGA|cABG AGEG|cABG AG (3EFG|
DGBd B2AB|cABG AG (3EFG|DGBd gdBG|DGFA G2BA:||
I learned “The Humours of Lissadell” after a weekend trip to Inishbofin with Tom Delany, Caroline Keane and a few others in 2014, it was like the “tune of the weekend”. It is quite a common session tune and often followed by “The Queen of May”.
“The Collier’s” is a common session tune and one of my favourite reels. I associate this tune with the great Tommy Peoples, but also with my friend John Fitzgerald, who is a great local whistle player here in Doolin with a style that reminds me very much of Micho Russell.
I learned “Dinny O’Brien’s” at a workshop with Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend a few years ago. It is a reel written by the great composer Paddy O’Brien from Tipperary.
