I don’t remember when I learned The Ladies’ Pantalettes, but it is a very common session tune. I associate this reel with concertina maestro Noel Hill, who plays this tune in one of my favourite videos ever (see below, it’s the first tune after the slow air).
X:1
T:Ladies’ Pantalettes (The)
R:Reel
M:4/4
K:G
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGGA|
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGG2||
fgaf g2fg|a2ag fdde|fgaf g2ag|fdcA AGG2|
fgaf g2fg|abag fdde|f2fg a2ag|fdcA AGGA||
I learned “Larry The Beer Drinker” from Terry Bingham during a concertina workshop at the Russell Memorial Weekend 2014. Andrew MacNamara recorded this tune on his album “Dawn”, he plays it after one of my favourite jigs, “Contentment is Wealth”.
I learned “The Further, The Deeper” from the beautiful recording “… Born For Sport” by Paul O’Shaugnessy & Harry Bradley. It was also recorded by Edel Fox and Neil Byrne under the name “Drive The Cows Home”.
Garrett Barry’s is one of the first jigs I ever learned. It is a common session tune associated with the blind piper Garrett Barry from Inagh, in Co. Clare.
