Irish Washer Woman on Hammered Dulcimer

Irish Washer Woman - an Irish jig played by DeeDee Tibbits on the Hammered Dulcimer
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Song begins
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[@657449]

I enjoy listening to someone play an ancient instrument well.

[@deedeetibbits]

Thank you!

[@livefree9852]

Irish washerwoman makes me want to dance😊 Fantastic performance! Thanks for sharing ✌️

[@itskarl7575]

I'm sorry, I read that as "Irish Washer Woman Hammered on Dulcimer". It's why I clicked so fast. But I'm glad I did!

[@deedeetibbits]

Me too!

[@johnwobma6532]

Dee Dee, great technique and a nice clean, crisp sound!

[@deedeetibbits]

Glad you noticed! Is this the John Wobma we KNOW and love??

[@sneffels]

truly one of the best renditions of that song iv heard yet. Feels way more authentic then the version used in the titanic movie.

[@deedeetibbits]

WOW!! That’s SO encouraging!

[@marjonvanamerongen6052]

This was nice and sparkling, so nice to listen to! Thank you for sharing. ❤❤❤

[@deedeetibbits]

I LIKE hat descriptive “sparkling”! Thanks 😊

[@kellyadams8235]

I have always loved this tune but never knew it's name - thank you! And beautiful job, as always!

[@deedeetibbits]

Thank you very much!

[@showeredbygrace6940]

Always a pleasure to listen to your music! 🎶 Thank you!!

[@deedeetibbits]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@basssix1]

Your videos always leave me smiling

[@toni2606]

Beautiful! Well done! Thank you!🤩🎶

[@deedeetibbits]

Thanks for listening☺️

[@bizygirl1]

Very well done! Thank you

[@deedeetibbits]

Glad you liked it!

[@rtboothby3053]

I never knew what this was called, but I’ve always liked it, and I love the hammered dulcimer, so this is a win for me. Just wish you had played a bit longer. Love it!

[@deedeetibbits]

Glad you liked it!

[@1NOIAM]

Ahh so lovely. 🎶🙌🤍

[@brendadunham2442]

I love your videos they help to brighten my day! I also love love love your CD’s Thank You so very much!

[@deedeetibbits]

You are so welcome!

[@deedeetibbits]

It was great to see you, Brenda😍

[@williamsurname4669]

There’s a version of this song with lyrics written by Allen Mills, a Canadian folk musician, called Alberta Homesteader.

[@deedeetibbits]

Thanks for the info! I’ll look him up🎶

[@laminator72]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@marymiles9922]

Beautiful! Thank you! ☘️

[@DocAcher]

Damn, that was good

[@meowsmyths]

as a certified Gen Z... trust me, you don't have to say "Irish Washerperson". Gender-neutral terms are only for if you're referring to a group or type of people. The title of this song refers to an individual, who is a woman. So "Irish Washerwoman" works fine.

[@deedeetibbits]

I was not trying to be politically correct! It was a joke..( keeping in mind the mentality these days)😑

[@meowsmyths]

@@deedeetibbits oh, got it! my bad. given said mentality, I literally can't tell anymore.

[@RedHair651]

It wasn't very funny ​@@deedeetibbits

[@Miss.Pennyfeather]

It was funny x)

[@user-tj8hq3so2m]

It's even better a second time!!!!!!! Your smile tops it off. Was thinking how I would do after watching you...they would put me in jail..or worse..😊🇺🇲🙈🙉🙊🇺🇲

[@deedeetibbits]

Haha!

[@angieallen4884]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@natedillard7353]

Great job , sounds wonderful ! Nothing you can’t play ..

[@deedeetibbits]

I don’t do trombone very well!🥹

[@natedillard7353]

lol… I’m sure you could figure it out ! You got Wisdom beyond your years …. Thanks for the beautiful music 🎶

[@stephaniebaird6937]

queen deedee is inclusive

[@deedeetibbits]

Haha!

[@Sine-gl9ly]

Super!

[@yodservant]

Nice❤

[@Donna230]

You have such talent. I've always loved this song, but I can never remember what it's called.

[@deedeetibbits]

It’s one of my favorite jigs☘️🎶

[@user-tj8hq3so2m]

Never knew what it was called..a toe tapper for shure..REMINDS ME OF..MOVIE BRIGADOON..MY DAD SENT ME TO SEE IN THEATER..WHEN 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD..IT WAS A QUARTER 25 CENTS..FILM STANDS IN MY MIND..LIKE MR. ROBERTS..BEN HUR. THE TEN COMANDMENTS..SHALOM 💕🇺🇲🙊🙉🙈🇺🇲💕👍

[@deedeetibbits]

I LOVE BRIGADOON!! I’ve watched it MANY times!

[@Miss.Pennyfeather]

How come you have so so many instruments? Are they all yours and did you collect them over the years? (:

[@deedeetibbits]

I was given the Ukelin early on in my teaching career by a woman who had found it in her Grandma’s attic and didn’t want it. I took it home and used the little book that was in the box with it to figure out how it was supposed to be played. I started using it in my musical programs, and people started telling me that they, too, had an old instrument that no one wanted…so my collection started! Garage sales, and swap-meets and antique malls became great places to look!

[@deedeetibbits]

….and YES, they’re all mine☺️

[@TravelWithTerahTX]

This was just amazing!.As a fairly new subscriber... Have you always been musical? I dont know how to read music and have never played an instrument....and am just now starting.....dont really know where to begin. But i enjoy your videos so much!

[@deedeetibbits]

Thank you! My Dad was a band director…Mom a piano teacher….I’m 6th of 7 musical siblings …and we traveled around as a family band until I was 13🎶. So I guess the answer is YES😊

[@deedeetibbits]

I have more information on my history on my website….deedeetibbits.com🎶

[@TravelWithTerahTX]

@@deedeetibbits Will check it out. Right now I just have 2 find out how 2 tune it. It's just a little harp, and am waiting on a duduk from Armenia.😂 My son plays the cello, and his father played the bagpipes. So did his grandfather and his uncle as well. The other uncle plays clarinet and sax..so he probably got that from the fathers side (Scottish).

[@Elena.2023]

As always Dee Dee beautifully played. I would leave out the progressive term. Lets not bend a knee to the ever shifting sands of culture and its chaos. Thank you.

[@deedeetibbits]

I don’t bend that knee! I was speaking “tongue in cheek”. Thanks for listening 🎶

[@Elena.2023]

@@deedeetibbits my apologies I misunderstood you. 🌺

[@kathleendavidson3316]

I know this song as... O'Reilly is dead and O'Reeley don't know it O'Reeley is dead but O'Reilly don't show it They're both lying dead in the very same bed Neither one knows that the other one's dead

[@deedeetibbits]

Haha… I’m gonna use that🎶Thanks!

[@Gartenlust]

Washer PERSON??? 🤣 Men wash??? 🤣 In the German language there is the "Waschfrau" (washerwoman) and "Waschfrauenhände" (washerwoman's hands). No men in sight ... The housewives or washerwomen were responsible for the washing. And that is still the case today: According to a study, 94 % of German women, who live in a relationship with men, are responsible for the laundry.

[@deedeetibbits]

I really DO agree! I was actually trying to be funny😑

[@DocAcher]

Washerwoman would have been fine, btw. If your joke is punching down, reconsider.

[@youeyeball]

Excellent 🎵🎶❕️ 'Twas then, and ever shall be - 'Irish washer WOMAN'. ( I shan't capitulate to the easily offended, the moniker of woman . Be proud women of the world! Do NOT diminish you place in society/ or history ).

[@deedeetibbits]

I AGREE!!

[@Guncrazy1911]

Brava! But your use of "washer person" cost you a sub.

[@deedeetibbits]

I was actually trying to be funny…😑. I am not politically correct! Sorry to lose you.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Your performance as fine as ever, but...Oh, please, no social correctness in the names of old tunes.

[@deedeetibbits]

I was actually joking😳. I am not politically correct!

[@Marleena133]

May be beautifly played but i refuse the terminolgy to be politically correct

[@deedeetibbits]

I actually AGREE!