Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on September 30th 2002 by Zina Lee.
This tune has been added to 57 tunebooks.
Also known as The Bridal , The Humours Of Quarry Cross, Jackson's Wife At The Road, Jackson's Wife To The Road, McPaddin's Favorite, The Priest's Leap, The Priest’s Leap, Quarry Cross, Saddle The Pony.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bridal, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:G2G BGB|def g2f|eAA dBG|FAG FED|
G2G BGB|def g2f|eAA dBG|FAF G2D:|
|:E2e edB|def g2a|b2g agf|ggg fdB|
e2e edB|def g2a|bag agf|gee e3:|
This is a transcription of the first time through the Bridal Jig using John Williams's rocking setting off his CD "Steam". He plays it followed by Handsome Young Maidens and then the (Donegal) Lancers.
A slightly more standard setting follows by John Chambers, in the two most common keys:
K: G
"D7"D \
| "G"G2G BGB | "D7"def "G"gfg | "C"ecA "G"dBG | "D7"FAG FED \
| "G"G2G BGB | "D7"def "G"gfg | "C"ecA "G"dBG | "D7"cAF "G"G2 :|
K: Em
|: B \
| "Em"B2e edB | "D"def "Em"g2a | bag "D"agf | "Em"e2e edB \
| "Em"B2e edB | "D"def "Em"g2a | bag "D"agf |1 "Em"e2e e2 :|2 "Em "e3 "D7"d2 |]
# Posted on September 30th 2002 by Zina Lee
Splendid tune.
# Posted on October 3rd 2002 by Josh Kane
Other names for the tune.
I know this tune by several other and slightly different settings. The Priest's Leap as written on the stave in the book 'The Trip to Sligo', and Saddle the Pony an English setting for the tune.
I play the Priest's Leap which is an Irish setting as opposed to the Bridal, a more Scottish setting.
# Posted on January 13th 2003 by Fiiddle R
Well, I know the Bridal Jig and Saddle the Pony as two similar but also very distinct tunes. And "The Priest's Leap" as merely an alternate title to Saddle the Pony. I don't think The Bridal is the same tune as these latter two Susie mentions, though they're close enough to warrant not running them together in a set.
# Posted on January 13th 2003 by Will Harmon
To clarify the differences between the Bridal and Saddle the Pony, I'll go ahead and post the Bridal as we play it here in Helena, thanks to Mick Cavanaugh, whistle player extradordinaire. Mick learned it off a recording, but I'm not sure which.
T: The Bridal Jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G maj
|:~G3 BGB|def gdB|ecA dBG|FAG FED|
|~G3 BGB|def gdB|ecA dBG|1 AGF G2 D:|2 AGF G2 A||
|Bee edB|def g2 a|bgb afa|geg fdB|
|Bee edB|def g2 a|bgb afa|1 gee e2 A:|2 gee e2 B||
# Posted on January 13th 2003 by Will Harmon
Bridal Jig
What a nice tune this is, and it makes a nice change from Saddle The Pony which is more common in my neck of the woods. I especially like that B-part. My version's a bit like Will's, i.e. based on the setting in O'Neill's:
T: The Bridal Jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G maj
|:~G3 BGB|def ~g3|ecA dBG|FAG FED|
~G3 BGB|def ~g3|ecA dBG|1 FEF G2D:|2 FEF G2A||
|:Bee edB|def g2a|bgb afa|~g3 fdA|
Bee edB|def g2a|bgb afa|1 ged e2A:|2 ged edB||
# Posted on December 29th 2004 by Dr. Dow
"The Humours of Quarry Cross" ~ back to the future
- a slight variant:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3901
# Posted on November 23rd 2005 by ceolachan
Paddy Killoran
This tune was also recorded by Paddy Killoran and his Pride of Erin Orchestra as part of a medley called Jerry Donovan's Favorite and he also recorded it solo as McPaddin's Favorite
# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by niall_kenny