Here's a hornpipe I was asked to post here. It took me about ten minutes to put the flute together as I'm tired after being away for a few days. I do the travel thing very badly. If I can put myself together in ten days I'll be doing well. As for putting this tune together ...

A popular jig. I can't tell you much about it now as I have to rush off now.

A popular jig. I can't tell you much about it now as I have to rush off now.

Related to the emery bard.

Here's a song turned into a jig.

Sorry for the higgledy-pigglediness of the posts over the next few days. I'll tidy them up next week.

Here's a nice hornpipe from County Clare.  Some nice things do come from that county, so I'm told.

Here's one I was asked for.  I'm not too sure of the second part so I looked it up.  I hope I didn't mess it up too.  The tune itself should be nice enough and strong enough to survive the slight mangling I gave it.

Here's a nice, simple reel which is really a song.  I think I probably heard it on a recording of Michael Tubridy at some stage.

I stole my wife's flute to play it here.  There could be a slippery slope here somewhere.

I think this tune is also known as "The Brown Coffin". I thought of the first title, and hence the tune, when I went into the kitchen to check on my dinner and was greeted by acrid fumes which made my eyes feel like I was wearing contact lenses made from slithers of onion. Now that I have eaten the dinner the second title is starting to annoy me.

I think this tune is much nicer than my cooking. I've moved it up one from the G minor key some people play it in.

The first part of this tune seems to have about as many endings as prople who play it.  It's a cheerful sort of tune for all that.