Ode to Whiskey
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Ode to Whiskey" is an Irish air in 6/8 time and D Major. <br> The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), although<br> Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive 1958 work on the bard, could find no incontrovertible<br> evidence of its origin. Its only attribution to Carolan was by Dr. Douglas Hyde in<br> Literary History of Ireland but O'Sullivan concedes the melody is "sufficiently typical of<br> Carolan's style to justify its inclusion." The Irish Gaelic lyric and the air was also<br> published in Moffat's Minstrelsy of Ireland (1897). <br> It was printed in Horncastle's Music of Ireland (1844), Complete Collection of Carolan's<br> Irish Tunes (1984), O'Sullivan's The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper (1957).<br> It was recorded by The Chieftains and by Derek Bell. <br>
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