Farewell to Erin
July 14th, 2007 at 10:58 am (Uncategorized)
I like to play this reel with the BothyBand CD. That’s one of my favorite reel.
I went in cork county few days ago and before I left the country I played this reel in the green field of my host who was a farmer. Dogs were scared by the sound of my flute and couldn’t stand around me but a herd of cows were listening to my music in a row. My host wasn’t surprised the cows were so attuned to the music. He told me a long time ago some shepherds used to bring together gaggle of geese or flock of sheep with a whistle…
