The very first thing I thought of, getting to write tunes for this project, was I’d like to write something for children.
I wrote a fairly serious dirge in the early days of the pandemic, so I felt like I got that off my chest and wanted to think positive. This is the tune that came out! My husband’s father used to make up stories for my husband and his siblings when they were young, all starring a mouse and a shrew. When our own children were little, my husband also made up stories for them which followed the exploits of Mouse and Shrew.
There doesn’t seem to be too many planxties in Sliabh Luachra so I’ll try one, but maybe I should disguise it as a slide or polka! But then they would expect it to be more musical!
