Annotation:Eagle's Whistle (3) (The)

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X:1 T:Eagle's Whistle [3], The M:3/4 L:1/8 B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 305) S:P. Carew's ms. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D F2 AF ED|F2 AF ED|E2 EF ED|E2 EF ED| F2 AF ED|F2 AF ED|D2 DF ED|A>D DF ED|| d>A BA FA|d>A BA FD|E2 EF ED|E2 EE FD| d>A BA FA |d>A BA FE|D2 DF ED|AD DF ED||

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EAGLE'S WHISTLE [3], THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major: F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A 3/4 time setting of "Eagle's Whistle [1]." Also see "Eagle's Whistle (2) (The)." English folklorist and folksong collector Lucy Broadwood took down the tune in County Waterford in 1906 from Mrs. Bridget Geary (Camphire, Cappoquin). She inquired of Bridget about lullabies, who in response sang this tune which she said her mother used to “jig about the house” without any words. It represents “the mother-eagle putting the little eagles to bed.” “Mrs. Clandillon says ‘The Eagle’s Whistle’ is well-known throughout Ireland. Her mother always sang it as a lullaby, and Mrs Clandillon sings her own children to sleep with it now, using Irish words which she believes her father composed to the tune. She says the it is ‘a single jig’”.

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