The Irish Washerwoman.

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I am surprised nobody has posted a link to this. Second jig in, Andrew and Eileen on great form as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m7nAwm7_UY

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Second jig in, Andrew and Eileen on great form as usual.
Mary's body language while the others are playing is telling, I think, suggesting she doesn't like the tune very much. :P

Saw the Boruma trio in the last two weeks, very enjoyable in the bleak days of late Februari. They didn't play this one though.
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A video of Donegal fiddle player Danny Meehan:

http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryI ... diaId=4692
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Re: The Irish Washerwoman.

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Mr.Gumby wrote:
Second jig in, Andrew and Eileen on great form as usual.
Mary's body language while the others are playing is telling, I think, suggesting she doesn't like the tune very much. :P
Not sure about that - she appears to be like that from the beginning. Perhaps she doesn't like The Cook in the Kitchen either. :)
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chaos97 wrote:A video of Donegal fiddle player Danny Meehan:

http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryI ... diaId=4692
I see he plays the b part an octave higher than how I typically hear it. Is that commonly done with this tune?
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I see he plays the b part an octave higher than how I typically hear it.
He doesn't really go for the full octave. He only deviates from the regular for two bars: instead of going Bd |~g3 dBd | gfg bag | he does something like ga |(b3 b)ga| bga bag | and then returns to the regular programme. A local version, probably, I don't have a precedent for you but Donegal music is at the outer reaches of what I know about.
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Last call to listen to the "Irish Washerwoman" recordings in the "Dropbox" folder I created earlier. I'll be deleting them to free up space tomorrow morning.
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Thanks for putting them up Kenny. :thumbsup:
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