Annotation:Gone for His Tea
Tune properties and standard notation
GONE FOR HIS TEA (Imithe chuig an Tae). Irish, Reel. E Dorian/D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by flute player Michael Tubridy. The title comes from uilleann piper Paddy Moloney, a band-mate of Tubridy's in the group The Chieftains; it is an expression Moloney used.
Source for notated version: flute, whistle and concertina player Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 144, p. 68.
Recorded sources: Claddagh Records CC27, Michael Tubridy - "The Eagle's Whistle" (1978). John Skelton & Kieran O'Hare - "Double Barrelled" (2003).