“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.
X:1
T:I Buried My Wife And Danced On Top Of Her Grave
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:Dmix
|:DED F2G|AdB =cAF|GFG BAG|FAF GEA|
DED F2G|AdB =cAF|GFG BAG|1 AFD D2E:|2 AFD DFA||
|:d2e fed|faf gfe|d2e fed|d=cA d=cA|
d2e fed|faf gfe|d2A BAG|1 AFD DFA:|2 AFD D2E||
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.
“Her Lovely Hair Was Flowing Down Her Back” is a hornpipe I first learned from The Mulcahy Family on their wonderful album “Notes From The Heart”. I came across this tune many times and in different keys, so I transcribed two keys below, Aminor and Bminor. I think it is also played in Gminor sometimes.
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.
