Irish Flute Tunes

The Ivy Leaf (reel)

April 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm (traditional irish flute)

Here’s a reel which I was asked to play. I’m not writing a disclaimer with the “Iwas asked to play” bit. It’s just that I’m so glad to have been asked that I can’t help but mention the asking in the posting.

I used to think this was a new fangled sort of a tune but the likes of Willie Clancy played it and Francis O’Neill has it in his collection from 1907 (I missed the centenary balloons anuraidh).

Here’s my Friday evening go at it anyway. (The name makes me think of taking leaves intravenously. I’ve (y) more chance of taking leave of my ….).

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