South Wind

Parts

(PDF) Cello

(PDF) Cello trio

(PDF) Viola

(PDF) Viola trio

(PDF) Violin

(PDF) Violin trio

Audio

(MIDI) South Wind

Source

(Sibelius) South Wind - Scorch

Comments

From The Fiddler's Companion:

O'Sullivan states that little is known of the author of the original Gaelic song, save that he was a native of Irrul, County Mayo, named Domnhall Meirgeach Mac Con Mara (Freckled Donal MacNamara). Fiddler Junior Crehan told a story about how the air was learned by the west Clare musicians. It seems that a ghost ship was bringing back to Ireland the souls of the the Wild Geese (i.e. Irish exiles) who had been killed in battle. As the vessel proceeded around southwest Cork it was driven up the west coast by a southern breeze and the ghosts of the Wild Geese could be heard chanting this tune, which was picked up by musicians on the coast of Clare who supposedly witnessed the event.

This tune is also listed at The Session.