Annotation:Whelan's Sow
X: 3 T: Whelan's Old Sow R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 F: https://thesession.org/tunes/3002 K: Dmaj |:F3 EDE|F2D DAG|F3 E3|DFA dAG| F3 EDE|F2D DF/G/A|B2dA2d|F2B AFE:|| |:DFA d3|AdF AFE|DFA d2A|Bcd ecA| AFA d2e|fdB BAF|B2d A2d|F2B AFE:||
WHELAN’S SOW. AKA - "Whelan's Old Sow." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). According to Bronx flute player Jack Coen (1925-2012), the jig was composed by east Galway flute player Tommy Whelan, a member of the Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players in the 1930’s. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1999) says that Whelan and fiddler Stephen Moloney formed the basis of the old ‘Ballinakill sound’, based on a fiddle/flute blend. Both were supportive of younger musicians, says Gearóid, and both tended to credit each other when asked for the source of a particular tune. The tune is also associated with the playing of east Galway flute player Eddie Moloney. However, the Mulcahy family maintains the jig was the composition of Pat Whelan, a piper from County Wexford.
