I definitely don’t consider myself a composer, but I did try to write a couple of tunes over the years. Here is one, “Lily’s Jig”, which I wrote shortly after my first daughter, Lily, was born in 2011.
X:1
T:Lily’s Jig
C:Charles Monod
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:Edor
|:eBB e2B|gfe f2d|eBB gfg|aba age|
eBB e2B|gfe f2d|efg aga|bge edB:||
|e2B efg|f2d fga|g2e gab|bge edB|
eBB efg|f2a bge|edB AFA|Bed e2d|
e2B efg|fed fga|gfe gab|bge edB|
eBB efg|f2a bge|edB AFA|Bed e2d||
I learned “Jenny Picking Cockles” from Terry Bingham, who recorded it with Dermot Byrne on his album “Traditional Irish Music from Doolin, Co. Clare”. I also associate this tune with my good friend Paolo Cerato.
“Terry Teehan’s” is a polka associated with Terry “Cuz” Teehan, one of Sliabh Luachra’s great musicians who actually spent most of his adult life in
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.
