Need help identifying this Celtic-ish tune!

[Lincoln]

Hey!
I've got this brief melody in my head and I can't find what it's called so I can learn the rest of it. Who knows what it's called?
I'm sure this is not accurate, but it should give you an idea.
Thanks!!!
Lincoln

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4qovff9z8...0this.mp3?dl=0

[John Kelly]

Can't place it in your demo, but it sounds like it could be the intro bars of a tune (?)

[Joel Glassman]

Its sort of an inversion of Swallowtail Jig. Maybe another tune I've never heard.
An online celtic music session discussion group could probably ID it. If no one
recognizes it, maybe you are the author...

[Lincoln]

Hahaha! I would love to be the author. And yes, I'm pretty sure its the A section if not the intro.

[Bertram Henze]

If no one
recognizes it, maybe you are the author...

A lot of this is going on in Irish tradition. It's all lost-and-found stuff. Therefore it's easy to claim authorship - or impossible.
Now all you have to find is a B-part and a name.

This happened to me decades ago, and later I suddenly remembered where I had heard "my" A-part before. Compare the first tune in this set and this intro melody from a much more accomplished musician.

[Lincoln]

This happened to me decades ago, and later I suddenly remembered where I had heard "my" A-part before. Compare the first tune in this set and this intro melody from a much more accomplished musician.

I like your version much better!!! It's great! So it's totally worth pursuing. And then when I come back across the original I can compare like you did. Great!

[Eddie Sheehy]

Have a listen to Cooley's Reel and Morrison's Jig... might be one of them...

[EdHanrahan]

Not trying to raise a ruckus or insult anyone but...

Is that first "dropbox" sample being played on mandolin?? Sounds to me like a hammered dulcimer. LOTS of echo, reverb, overtones... It sounds real NICE, just puzzling!