“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.
X:1
T:Humours Of Ballymanus
R:Slip Jig
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:A2A AGF AGF|A2A AGF Bcd|A2A AGF AGF|B2B B2A Bcd:||
|:dfa afd cBA|dfa afd fga|dfa afd cBA|B2B B2A Bcd:||
|:F2F dAF dAF|F2F dAF Bcd|F2F dAF dAF|B2B B2A Bcd:||
“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.
Lord Leitrim is a barndance written by the great composer Charlie Lennon for his brother Ben Lennon, who sadly passed away in 2020. I learned this tune from Tony O’Connell at the Concertina Cruinniu in Miltown Malbay back in 2014. Tony recorded this barndance with Ben Lennon himself on their great album Rossinver Braes.
The Moving Cloud is a great reel that I associate with the playing of flute maestro Michel Bonamy. Noel Hill also recorded an amazing version of The Moving Cloud on his album “The Irish Concertina”.
