Good to know the name of it, I'd always just called it "The Coombe".Adrian W. wrote:My favourite is Cuimhne an Phiobaire, on Chieftains 7 under No.6 The Coombe. A Sean Potts composition, so it's not ancient, but for me it's a knockout.
I'd not thought much about that tune until somebody asked me to play it at a funeral, so I had to learn it. Now it's a favourite.
Here's my "take" on it, on a humongous whistle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJm6BQ-Qxcg
Airs I love playing include
A Spailpin, a Ruin
Anach Cuain
Ar Eirinn ni Neosfainn Ce Hi
Cape Clear
Carrickfergus
Roisin Dubh
Being a Highland piper, there are loads of Scottish Gaelic airs that we play on the Highland pipes.
On the uilleann pipes there's an air from my native Appalachia that suits the instrument very well, seems to me
Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair