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Rolling Waves

Also known as
An Tonn ReathaThe Humors Of TrimThe Humours Of TrimThe Rolling WaveSea Images

Key

D Mixolydian

Type

Jig

Level

BIA

Instrument

Tin Whistle

About this tune

Now widely known as "The Rolling Waves," this jig is the older "Humours of Trim" — the title under which O'Neill printed it — and a version also turns up untitled in George Petrie's collection, so the tune is well over a century old. Two different jigs go by "Rolling Wave(s)": this is the Humours of Trim one, not the tune Kevin Burke recorded, sometimes called "Bill the Weaver." It's most often heard as a jig in D.

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Lesson segments

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Heard on these recordings

Academy Of Irish MusicCruinn
Alan RobertsAlan Pipes - The Warm Up
Barefield Céilí BandFlowers Of The Burren
Becky DellowTake Her out and Air Her
Betsy Branch And Mark DouglassPicassiette
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