Donnybrook Fair, The Kesh Jig

Here's a couple jigs I recorded the other day. They aren't perfect (I'm trying to get back into some tin whistle). The first is Donnybrook Fair and the second is the Kesh Jig. They are both in the key of G and fairly straight forward.

In the background you will note my walls are no longer white. This is because I'm in my new house and the computer room has a coffee kind of colour to it. Enjoy...

"Donnybrook Fair"




"The Kesh Jig"

New Digs

So I've recently moved. So recent in fact that all I have unpacked are boxes of dishes and some clothes. Everything else is stacked not so neatly in cardboard in the middle of my living room. This has left me with little to no time for recording videos or adding to my posts here. This will change however.

The house is beautiful. it's a 3 bedroom bungalow big enough for me, my fiancee, two cats and a puppy (with room to spare!). One of the best features in the house is the downstairs area. There is a beautiful dark stained/stressed bar, complete with beer cooler. It even has a beem across the ceiling in from and posts coming down from it, making the place look like a potential pub! I'm excited about the possibility of decorating the place to look comfortable and somewhat pub-like. I've got a stereo down there and a home theatre system that rocks the place. It's a great place to relax and sing a couple songs. Maybe I'll be able to bring the camera down there and record a couple. Hmmmmm...

The Witch of the Westmorland

This is a song I learned from a Stan Rogers recording, though it was written by Archie Fisher. "The Witch of the Westmorland" has mythic elements that create a wonderful atmosphere of mystery and epic intrigue. Westmorland is in the north of England, near Scotland and some of the vocabulary seems to reflect this.

Anyway, beautiful song...