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Thank you, John. It's become a real favourite of mine.

Thank you, Dennis. I had the house to myself, so I was able to escape from the basement. I think the difference is that there are a lot of chords and double stops in this.

Thank you so much!

Thank you, Dennis. Yes, it's a good habit and I should make sure to do it too.

Thank you!

Thank you - I'll ask the frogs if they're willing to come back for more.

Thanks so much, Frithjof. I like the arrangement too.

I'm genuinely not sure, Aidan. However, there is perhaps more similarity with the up-tempo Dubliners version than with James Oswald's own slow lament. It's possible that Oswald himself composed it as a variation on the original - someone out there must know this stuff.

@@richardcarver6849 I've had a look at the TTA source, Richard, and it's pretty clear that this is the second part of an "air-into-jig" piece. A reasonably common trope, even in Irish music, to relieve the tension of the slow air. Clearly arranged for piano - or some other keyboard instrument - given the trills in particular but also some of the gracing which is more suited to keyboards than to blown, plucked or bowed yokes. I'm pretty confident that it's "arranged" rather than "collected" . I detect a whiff of the drawing room rather than the farmyard. I've had a go at stripping out the trills and gracing and adjusting one or two phrases to make them more GDAE-friendly. After all that, this is how *I* hear it ua-cam.com/video/37BZQByUP7I/v-deo.html

@@TheIrishMandolin It's certainly drawing room - that's who would buy the book - and certainly arranged. The many tune books published in Edinburgh during that period endlessly recycled more or less the same repertoire. Oswald was a composer of some note and while I find some of his treatments just fine, including this one, I think many are over-elaborate. This book is for the German flute (no bass line for the keyboard). My guess, which is worth nothing, is still that the jig is Oswald's own creation, but it's a good tune and your treatment works well on the mandolin.

@@richardcarver6849 Ah, flute. That explains the trills, then. Mind you, I’d argue that such trills are a classical flute technique rather than something which trad players would generally use. Mind you, it’s often the case that written tune settings (e.g. at thesession) are instrument-specific and require a degree of tweaking to suit another.

Thank you - that's very kind of you.

Good - I'm relieved and glad you like it.

Thank you, Frithjof - well, it definitely isn't, but I am happy with the sound I get without nails (and regret all those years spent guarding my long right-hand nails against damage).

Thanks, Frithjof. It is rather similar in mood to I Long for Thy Virginitie (which I recorded recently), and I think perhaps the meaning is more or less the same - frustration at having to wait to get into bed with the beloved.

Thank you, Dennis. I turned the mandolin up a bit on this one (well actually I turned the banjo down).

Thank you, John. Many of these tunes from the lute books are rather unusual and interesting.

Thanks, John - yes it is.

Thank you, John.

Thanks, Frithjof. Very different versions, of course.

Thank you, Christian.

Thank you, Frithjof. I agree - I usually tune up and then play scales to check it, but this way is much more fun.

Thanks, Glennys. It isn't really very piratical (see Aidan's comment). I think the A part is particularly fine. I have played an open D with the C# from the melody, which gives a rather pleasing passing dissonance.

I didn't know the lyrics, Aidan, which certainly casts it in a different light. I do recall you commenting that black referred to hair colour (hence my black-haired pirate).

I seem to remember you singing this one Aidan ? Lovely arrangement Richard , beautifully played

Thank you, Lawrence.

@@lawrencemolloy9990 Hi Lawrence. I don't think I ever *sung* it - my Irish is just about up to reading the lyrics but I wouldn't have enough Irish to carry off singing it. (I could lilt it, mind you!) But it would have been one of my go-to tunes in a session. One of those jigs that *everybody* knows but somehow, despite the fact that it gets played a lot, it hasn't become hackneyed.

@@TheIrishMandolin I think I’m starting to dote Aidan , for some reason I had the song The rich man and the poor man in my head , maybe the RogerRum chorus threw me

You are very kind, Dennis, but I think it's the other way round. I need a lute before I can get the hang of the technique (my right hand is still completely wrong). I do like the no-nails sound, though.

OK, schooled only in the most literal sense.

@@richardcarver6849 And barely even that! :-)

Oops, above was obviously a reply to you, Aidan.

Thank you, Edward - much appreciated.

Thank you, John.

Thank you, John. The problem is that I am not getting the lower hand position that I need to pluck upwards. (Also, can't break the habit of using the ring finger, which you are not supposed to do on the lute.)

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Elijah. As I said above, these were all from our garden - hoping for more this year (including some more monarchs).

@@richardcarver6849 your absolutely welcome

Spooky that I added a revisited version of this to my channel a few hours before your version appeared...

Go raibh maith agat, Aidan. I'll listen to your new recording.

Thanks, Dennis!

Thanks, John. I have been neglecting the banjo for a long time and it does add something a bit different. 1001 tunes should keep you going for a while - then there's another 1850 after that.

@@richardcarver6849 I know the situation/feeling re banjo neglect… Is there an O’Neills 1850 (or other such title)?

@@johnwilliamson6846 Yes, there is an 1850 - some overlaps in content with the 1001, of course, but necessarily a lot of additional material. Formally The Music of Ireland.

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Thanks so much, John. I hope all is well with you now.

@@richardcarver6849 👍 Recovery (from abdominal surgery) going better than anticipated…I’m up and about…and able to play mandolin 😀 (though only for a limited time when in an upright seating position…so I’m mainly playing whilst leaning back…however, I did mange to stay up long enough to get a video recorded last night 😀).

@@johnwilliamson6846 Don't overdo it, but it sounds like the music is a welcome diversion. I'm very glad that all went well. (I know you retired recently - when I retired two years ago, I was under the surgeon's knife, or laser to be precise, in a matter of days. None the worse for wear now.)

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Thank you, Frithjof - very kind of you.

Thank you, David. It's a round hole, flat top made by Howard Morris in Irrigon, Oregon (visible in some of my other videos).

Thank you, Dennis - one of my favourites.

Thank you, David - I should return the compliment, as I just subscribed to yours a few weeks ago and am enjoying it a lot. I must record some more Dowland - I've been very focused on Scottish and Irish music in recent months, but the Scottish lute tunes may be of interest.

Thank you, John - it is a lovely tune.

Thank you so much, John.

It's a mandolin

@@maxlouvar9839 oh really? Ok then

Thank you, John, for both compliments. I feel it's closest in style to your own most recent headgear.

Thank you, John - it is a gorgeous tune.

Thank you, Nick. I bought the hat the other day for no real reason and then thought: that's a musician's hat (so I hope they don't mind my wearing it).

Thank you - I generally try to avoid being seen!

Thank you, Dennis. And that reminds me to add it to my feathered friends playlist.

Thank you so much, Frithjof. This is a favourite of mine (as of many people).