Toss the Feathers album - traditional Irish music by Dermot Crehan and Paul Honey

Tabhair Domh Do Laimh
(Give Me Your Hand)

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This tune was composed in around 1603 by the Ulster harper Ruainn Dall O'Catháin (Rory Dall)

(Rory Dall) took a fancy to visit Scotland where there were
great harpers. He took his retinue (or suit) with him. Amongst
other visits in the style of an Irish chieftain he paid one to a
Lady Eglinton, and she not knowing his rank in a peremptory
manner demanded a tune which he declined, as he only came
to play to amuse her, and in an irritable manner left the house.

However, when she was informed of his consequence she
eagerly contrived a reconciliation and make an apology, and
the result was that he composed a tune for her ladyship, the
handsome tune of "Da Mihi Manum" (Give Me Your Hand)
on which his fame spread thro' Scotland.

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Track arranged by Dermot Crehan and Paul Honey
on their album "Toss the Feathers"
featuring traditional arrangements of Irish music.

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Tabhair Domh Do Laimh (Give Me Your Hand)

Tabhair Domh Do Laimh
(Give Me Your Hand)