best guaranteed-to-shed-a-tear solo-whistle Irish trad tune.

bob baksi · Post by **bob baksi** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:27 pm

I nominate ...
Brigid O'Malley
(by any of its various spellings)

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Whistleworks · Post by **Whistleworks** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:12 pm

You said tune, not song. That means Pinehurst, played by Joanie Madden. Period.

gogo · Post by **gogo** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:22 pm

Amhran A Leabhair.

Thanks very much to Peter Laban for his history of this tune in a previous post (at http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... 94&forum=1 )

The air is beautiful in itself, but as a book lover I was doubly moved after reading the background of the tune.

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:29 pm

For many folks,
sure shiney eyes spring,
An Feochan (Gentle Breeze),
by Tommy Peoples,
played by the late Frankie Kennedy,
or in his honor.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:41 pm

I also voice support for "An Feochan", one of the strongest and yet most gentle airs I've yet heard.

Also for a tear-jerking air, don't forget "The Parting of Friends," especially the way Matt Molloy interprets it.

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:54 pm

I once heard a version of O'Carolan's Farewell to Music that just about had me slashing my wrists by the end -- it was done by an orchestra, I have no idea which one, nor who had orchestrated it. In the right hands, Beauty in Tears is right up there, too.

Charlie

ndjr · Post by **ndjr** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 3:09 pm

I nominate Aisling Gheal as played by Mary Bergin. It's not a sad song, but a very powerful one emotionally nonetheless.

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 5:20 pm

Inisheer done by Cherish the Ladies - the only Irish tune to make my cry (so far).

Susan

Byll · Post by **Byll** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 5:31 pm

'Women of Ireland' - by just about anybody...
Cheers.
Byll

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 6:06 pm

Leaving Lismoor, or Hector the Hero are my votes.

darvis · Post by **darvis** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 9:07 pm

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Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 9:21 pm

"Protected by Angels" By Paddy Maloney on the Babe 2 : Pig in the City OST

Stonewall · Post by **Stonewall** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 10:44 pm

"My Heart Will Go On" by just about anybody

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 3:03 am

Paddy Keenan's father John used to describe the kind of tunes you're talking about as "a lonesome tune". A very evocative expression.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 4:55 am

The way I play them, ALL slow airs make people cry....

This is not necessarily a good thing