I have the same reaction, but I think it's because the song feels like anJennie wrote:This one falls into the "Danny Boy" category for me. I can't tell whether I'd actually like it or not, just because it seems like I've heard it way way too many times. Do people play it in sessions, ever? Or only when pressured?
Irish Spring commercial. It's not really a bad jig, it just seems like the
one Americans associate with Ireland, so it probably gets overplayed.
I have played it in session before, the Hammered Dulcimer player
(who knows scads of tunes) starts that or Sailor's Horpipe (Popeye's
theme) occasionally, in a sort of tongue-in-cheek manner. Everybody
plays along without complaint...