The Humours of Tuaimgréine

This is such a cool tune! 🤗

Okay, seriously, first heard this as Julia Clifford’s.

I've heard this played as an Air, a Hornpipe and as a Reel - geez, can't help but feel it's a Hornpipe at heart!  Even though it's a fairly simple tune, that means there's lots of room to have fun with it!  ...there's notation at thesession.org - I just played the bare bones, today - but I'm definitely going to spend more time with it. 😊  

...Tomgrenei; Irish: Tuaim Gréine, meaning 'Tomb of Gráinne' is a village in eastern County Clare.

Also known as:

[Loch Leven Castle] Biddy Mickey’s, The Castle Of Tuamgraine, The Humours Of Tuaimgreine, The Humours Of Tuamgraney, The Humours Of Tuamgreany, Julia Clifford’s, Loch Gamhna, Loch Lavan Castle, Loch Laven Castle, Lochleven Castle, The Shagging Of Rafferty’s Coat, Silver Street Lasses, Tom Greany’s Castle, Tomgraney Castle, Toomgraney Castle, Tuamgraine Castle, Tuamgrainey Castle, Tuamgrainy Castle, Tuamgraney, Tuamgraney Castle, Tuamigrainey Castle. (from The Session) 

Great video by Ed Harris! 

🤔... and just where did 'Hornpipes' REALLY come from? 

Evidence points to English Sailors, so not a far stretch (for me) to think sailors were inspired by what they heard & saw during their travels - 🤨, maybe from somewhere else?  The earliest recorded 'Hornepype' was by English Renaissance composer, Hugh Aston (1522) & didn't sound anything like what we hear today! 

Hugh Aston - A Hornepype for Harpsichord (1522)

Time to grab your fiddle & kick up your heels! 

- Emily