Traditional British Isles tunes on guitar and mandolin, played here on the slow side. "Pat Galvin's" is aka (or very similar to) "The Home Ruler" or "McCollum's Hornpipe". Some versions of "Cuckoo's Nest", though not this one, have words, e.g.
There’s a corner in the meadow where the lads and lasses meet
Oh they do here what they couldn’t do in the open street
They play all kinds of games there, but the one I like the best
Is where every laddie rumples up the cuckoo’s nest.
I've usually posted this kind of thing in Song and Tune Projects, but I guess they should actually go in this section.
D.H.
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