Annotation:Eagle's Whistle (2) (The)

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X:1 T:Eagle's Whistle [2], The M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:110 R:Irish Air K:G D GA|: "G" B2 dBAG| BA/B/ dB AG| "D" A 2 A>B/ AG| A2 D2-D2| "G" B2 dB AG| BA/B/ dB AB/A/| G2 GB "D" AB/A/|1 "G" G2 GD GA:|2 "G" G2 GA Bd|| |: "C" ef/e/ de gf| ef/e/ dB AG| "D" A2 A>B AG| A2 A2 Bd| "C" ef/e/ de g f| ef/e/ dB AB/A/| "G" G2 GB "D"AB/A/|1"G"G2 GA Bd:|2 "G" G3||

EAGLE'S WHISTLE [2], THE (Fead an Iolair). AKA and see "O'Donovan's/O'Donovan's March." Irish, Air or March (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. P.W. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music, 1873) notes: "This was the marching tune of the family of the O'Donovans, who were anciently chiefs of the territory of Hy Fidhgheinte, a district lying west of the river Maigue in the county Limerick." Also see "Eagle's Whistle (3) (The)" and "Gol na mBan san Ár."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "Taken down from the whistling of James Quain and of Michael Dinneen, both of Coolfree [Joyce]; piper and folklorist Seamus Ennis [Heymann].

Printed sources : - Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pg. 109. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 53, p. 53. Stanford/Petrie (The Complete Collection of Irish Music), 1905; No. 1424.

Recorded sources : - Shanachie 78012, Joe & Antoinette McKenna – "The Best of..."

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