“Gerry’s Beaver Hat” is a common jig. I learned it from the playing of Cathy Custy, who recorded it on her lovely CD “An Ceoltoir Fanach”.
X:1
T:Gerry’s Beaver Hat
R:jig
M:6/8
K:D
|:DFA d2e|fdB BAF|A2A dAF|E2E GFE|
DFA d2e|fdB BAF|AFA dAF|1 DED D2E:|2 DED D2A||
|:dfa afd|gfg fef|dfa afd|cee ecA|
dfa afd|g2g f2f|BdB AFA|DED D2A:||
“Francis John McGovern’s” is associated with Charlie Lennon, even though it isn’t one of his compositions as far as I know. I learned it from my friend Thierry Masure, fiddle player from Belgium who lived in Clare for several years and still visits regularly.
I learned this lovely jig, “Eddie Moloney’s”, from Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend back in 2012. Eddie Moloney was a flute player from
“The Humours of Glendart” is a common session tune which I learned through various sessions. I associate this tune with the great accordion player from Lisdoonvarna Bobby Gardiner, who lives in Tipperary. It is always a great pleasure to see Bobby on his visits to North Clare and a pleasure to share tunes with him.
