“Have a Drink with Me” is a common session tune which I learned through various sessions. I associate this tune with Mary MacNamara though, who recorded it on her album “Traditional Music from East Clare”.
X:1
T:Have a Drink with Me
M:6/8
R:jig
K:G
|:BAG E2D|EGD EGD|BAG E2D|EAA AGA|
BAG E2D|EGD EGD|BAG E2D|1 EGG G2A:|2 EGG G2B||
|:c2d e2g|ded BAG|c2d efg|def gdB|
c2d e2g|ded BAG|BAG EGD|1 EGG G2B:|2 EGG G2A:||
“I Buried my Wife and Danced on top of her Grave” is a popular session tune. I associate this jig with fiddle player Martin Hayes as I have always loved his version on his first album.
“John McHugh’s Jig” is a very common session tune here in Doolin. I learned it at one of the Super Sunday sessions in O’Connor’s Pub with Noel O’Donoghue, Sean Vaughan and Hugh Healy. It is part of one of my favourite set, which is associated with the Kilfenora Ceili Band.
“The Heather Breeze” is one of the most common reel in sessions across Ireland. It is a very old tune which I have learned through sessions, but I associate it with Micho Russell and his brothers Packie and Gussie. They recorded it on the album “The Russell Family”.
