This was written by Dave Richardson, the Northumbrian musician and long-time member of Boys of the Lough. Here's the story: "On a sunny summer day in Edinburgh while sitting on a stone bench in my south-facing front garden which fronts onto the street. People were going to and fro to pick up their kids at the school opposite. I sat there to watch for my own daughter and see her over the street safely. To fill in the time, I played the mandolin. Happy days! " The tune is dedicated to George Balderose, a good friend of Cathal McConnell and The Boys of the Lough who owned Calliope House in Pittsburgh which was a center for folk music. Originally in E, but often played in D, especially outside Scotland. Nial is playing it with the A and B parts as written, but its often played the other way around.
... and adding two years later ... "The Boys of the Lough" is not an "Irish band", it was a band made up of English, Scottish and Irish members playing music from Britain and Ireland.
It sounds so clean! Great video
y start with the b part
This was written by Dave Richardson, the Northumbrian musician and long-time member of Boys of the Lough. Here's the story:
"On a sunny summer day in Edinburgh while sitting on a stone bench in my south-facing front garden which fronts onto the street. People were going to and fro to pick up their kids at the school opposite. I sat there to watch for my own daughter and see her over the street safely. To fill in the time, I played the mandolin. Happy days!
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The tune is dedicated to George Balderose, a good friend of Cathal McConnell and The Boys of the Lough who owned Calliope House in Pittsburgh which was a center for folk music.
Originally in E, but often played in D, especially outside Scotland. Nial is playing it with the A and B parts as written, but its often played the other way around.
... and adding two years later ... "The Boys of the Lough" is not an "Irish band", it was a band made up of English, Scottish and Irish members playing music from Britain and Ireland.