A Tailor I Am

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 16th 2010 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Also known as Paddy Cronin's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tribute To Paddy Cronin... Master Irish Fiddler by Tom Dunne
• Along Blackwater's Banks by Sliabh Notes
• At Home by Gerry Harrington
• Back To Donegal by Hughie And Kathleen Boyle
• Brathar Na NÓl by Monks Of The Screw
• Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
• Ceol & Cuimhne / Music & Memory by Teada
• Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
• Crossing Point by Daimh
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
• For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
• If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
• Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
• Mind The Pipes by Leonard Barry
• Na Fir Bolg by Jack Talty And Cormac Begley
• On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• The Fiddle Music Of Prince Edward Island by Various Artists
• The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
• The Lark's Air by Dan Brouder
• The Mouse Behind The Dresser by Shaskeen
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Star Of Munster Trio by The Star Of Munster Trio
• Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien
• Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

X: 1
T: A Tailor I Am
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:d|BGB dBB|GBA G2B|dcB c2d|ecA Adc|
BGB dBB|GBA G2B|dcB Adc|BGG G2:|
|:d|dBd g2a|bfa g2e|dcB c2d|ecA A2a|
afd g2a|bfa g2e|dcB Adc|BGG G2:|

Paddy Cronin's Jig

This is a very basic version of the tune learned from the fiddle playing of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdagg87Qxn0

As he comments in the clip, he doesn't have a name for this jig but learned from the playing of Paddy Cronin, hence the title. If you happen to know a more imaginative title of this tune, please inform me.

# Posted on March 16th 2010 by slainte

I was just about to post this and, lo and behold...

Thanks for beating me to the punch on this one, slainte. The tune shows up on Paudie O'Connor & John O'Brien's CD, "Wind & Reeds". They also credit the tune to Paddy Cronin (one of my all-time FAVORITE fiddlers, by the way) under the title "A Tailor I Am". So there you go. When I get a second, I'll post their more detailed setting of the tune as an ABC in this comments section. It's quite lovely!

# Posted on March 24th 2010 by jaychoons

Thanks Jay for the correct title of this tune. Hope you can find time to transcribe O'Connor & O'Brien version of it.

# Posted on March 26th 2010 by slainte

Tell Her I Am

Martin Wynne once told me that the "correct" name for "Tell Her I Am" was "A Tailor I Am." I'm not sure if that was something he recalled from his own local tradition or if he had come across the "Tailor" title in some old collection. The two tunes don't seem to be related otherwise. .

# Posted on April 3rd 2010 by blarneystar

This tune appears as on...

..."Na Fir Bolg" by Jack Talty and Cormac Begley, where they state it comes from the playing of Paddy Cronin, after whom they name it.

There's a 'A Tailor I Am' on page 134 of "Tunes of the Munster Pipers" but t'ain't this 'un.

David

# Posted on December 29th 2011 by DavidT