“The Green Cottage” is a polka I learned from Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh’s album “A Moment of Madness”.
X:1
T:Green Cottage, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:Emin
B>A|:GE ED|B,E E>F|GF ED|GA B>A|
GE ED|B,E E2|B>A GF|1 EB B>A:|2 E2 E>A||
|:Be ef|eB BA|Be df|e2 ef|
g2 f2|ed BA|BE E/F/G/A/|B2 B>A:||
I learned this hornpipe from Hugh Healy and Sean Vaughan. There are different versions “Chief O’Neill’s Favourite” (with only F# for example), but this is what I think is the most common setting in the area.
“The Flowing Tide” is a hornpipe that is very much associated with the playing of the legendary Chris Droney, concertina player from Bell Harbour. I actually learned it from Christy Barry, James Devitt and Terry Bingham.
“The Humours of Ballymanus” is a slip jig I learned from Siobhan Peoples and Murty Ryan’s wonderful album “Time on our Hands”. Siobhan and Murty are two fabulous musicians who live in Ennis and in my opinion one of the best duet of the last 20 years in Irish music.
