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 Patsy Touhey’s many years ago from the playing of Terry Bingham and was recently reminded of this great tune by Jack Talty.
I learned Bill Collin’s Jig from Hugh Healy and Blackie O’Connell’s album “We Were Drinking And Kissing The Ladies”. It is a very nice jig that is quite common in sessions. They call it “The Harty Boys” on their album
“Con Cassidy’s” is a jig from Donegal which I learned from the playing of the great flute player Frankie Kennedy, who recorded it on his wonderful duet album with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. Hugh and Colm Healy also recorded it on their album Macalla na hÓige.
