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”.
X:1
T:Humours Of Lissadell (The)
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
|:e~B3 eBdB|A~F3 EDB,A,|B,~E3 B,EGE|F~B3 FBdf|
e~B3 eBdB|A~F3 EDB,A,|B,EED EFGA|(3Bcd ed e2gf:||
|:e~B3 A2FA|d2df edef|d~f3 dfbf|afdf edBc|
d2fd BcdB|A~F3 ABde|f2ef dfbf|afdf e2gf:||
I learned this polka from the playing of Brendan Begley & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. It is the opening track, “Dhá Pholca Dálaigh” on their great album “A Moment of Madness”.
I first heard “Little John’s Hame” played by Dermot Byrne and James Cullinan at an amazing concert at the Corofin Traditional Festival back in 2013. This strathspey really stuck in my head the the following day I learned it from a video I found of Dermot Byrne playing with Tommy Peoples.
I learned the “Bag of Spuds” a long time ago and associate this tune with the great accordion player Seán Vaughan. It is a common session tune in Clare and I think I first learned it from Edel Fox and Ronan O’Flaherty’s album.
