Homes of Donegal

Father Emmet · Post by **Father Emmet** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:36 pm

Does anyone know where I can get ABC's/dots for this tune? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Does it also go by another name? Thanks.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:26 pm

I can find albums by that name, and lists of recordings by various people, but not the score. I guess you're going to have to do it the old fashioned way and learn it by ear. Then you can create an abc and post it on the net for the next person who asks for it.

djm

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:54 pm

it's the same tune as all ye tramps and hawkers http://www.mudcat.org/midi/midibrowse.c ... t_letter=H
it's a travellers tune, and they're nice people http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/travrbr2.html
here's the tune
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/fin ... e%29&L=100
but i must agree with djm, it's not a difficult and lovely!!

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:14 pm

Nice one, Lix. Once I heard the tune I recognized it immediately. I can't imagine needing the dots for such a simple tune. Is this the one you were thinking of, Emmet?:-?

djm

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:26 pm

djm wrote:Nice one, Lix. Once I heard the tune I recognized it immediately. I can't imagine needing the dots for such a simple tune. Is this the one you were thinking of, Emmet?:-?

djm

I'll bet it is. I know a fellow who sings "The Homes of Donegal" to that same melody.

Nice tune.

Father Emmet · Post by **Father Emmet** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:42 pm

Key of C, so that's it! No wonder it wasn't sounding quite right (I'm not long at this, and easily thrown). I'll have to learn it on a C whistle first, then let the flute transpose it to D. Thanks, I couldn't find it anywhere (although I found a lot of real estate brokers!).