The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2678 Message #4073124
Posted By: Steve Shaw
25-Sep-20 - 07:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Give Me Your Hand / Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me Your Hand / Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
Had I never heard this tune, played by Planxty after Raggle Taggle Gypsy on a one-quid double LP that I bought in about 1980, I would never have become interested in traditional music at all. I simply couldn't believe what I was hearing. My only instrument is the harmonica, and, ironically, the tune is a bit of a beast to play on aforementioned instrument due to that flippin' accidental. I can hack it on my G chromatic tolerably well, though that's an axe I rarely take out of its box as I'm more of a diatonic sort of chap. I can't listen to Elgar's cello concerto unless it's the Jackie Du Pré version I'm listening to. Likewise, I don't want to hear versions other than Liam O'Flynn's in this tune. Just call me Mr Irrational.