Gusty's Frolics

slip jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 30th 2001 by martin t.

This tune has been added to 108 tunebooks.

Also known as The Galway Jig, Gurty's Frolic, Gurty's Frolics, Gusty Frolic's, Gusty's Frolicks, Súgradh Aibhistín.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Piper's Dream by Brian McNamara
• Another Sky by Altan
• Castle Ceili Band by Castle Ceili Band
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Gusty's Frolicks by Sean Keane
• Highly Strung! by Padraic O'Reilly
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Master Irish Fiddle Player by Tommy Peoples
• Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
• Rags, Reels And Airs by Dave Swarbrick
• Rogha Órdha by Various Artists
• Smoking On The Bog by Spud
• Step Into The Beat: Modern Irish Dance Music by Ellery Klein And Ryan Lacey
• The Celtic Viol by Jordi Savall
• The Floating Bow (Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal) by John Doherty
• The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
• Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Tread by Tread
• Up The Moy Road by Brendan Larrissey And Mike Considine

X: 1
T: Gusty's Frolics
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
|:A,DD DCD ~F3|A,DD DFA GEC|A,DD A,DD FEF|~G3 E2F GFE:|
|FED AB^G A2=G|FDD ABc dAG|FED AB^G A=GF|GBG E2F GFE|
|FED AB^G A2=G|FDD ABc dAG|FED ~d3 AFD|GBG E2F GFE|
|:Add ded ~f3|Add dfa gec|Add ded ~f3|~g3 ecA gfe:|
|:dfd cec d2B|AFD DE/2F/2G AFD|GBd d=cB ~c2A|GE=C CEC GEC:|

Also recorded by the piper Patsy Touhey, a transcription is in the book "The Piping of Patsy Touhey." This is very much more a piper's setting, appropriately enough since the composer of this tune, Augustus "Gusty" Nicols, was a gentleman piper from Leitrim. A contemporary of Touhey's, James Early, was also a Leitrim man, and perhaps he got the tune from him. This setting is more along the lines of the one in O'Neill's; why Touhey's version wasn't used is a mystery.

# Posted on February 29th 2004 by KLR

Nine Part Version!?!

A pal of mine once had a nine part version of this, which he got from Cathal McConnell. Trouble is now he can only remember 7 or 8 parts - on a good night. He thinks Cathal may have recorded it a long time ago with Boys of the Lough. What he can remember is great. Anybody got the whole thing, or know which recording it might be?

# Posted on September 19th 2004 by kris

K:D
|: A,DD A,DD FEF | A,DD DFA GED | A,DD A,DD FEF | GFG ECE GFE :|
|: FDF ABF A2 G | FDF ABF GFE | FDF ABF A2 F | GFG ECE GFE :|
|: Add def gfg | Add dfa gfe | Add def gfg | ece ece gfe :|
|: fdf abf a 2g | fdf abf gfe | fdf abf a2 f | gfg ece gfe :|
|: aff dff dff | aff dfa gfe | aff dff dff | gfg ece gfe :|
|: dff a/g/fe d2 A | dff agf gfe | dff a/g/fe def | gfg ece gfe :|
|: faf dec dAF | DFA def gfe| faf ded def | gfg ece gfe :|
|: a/g/fe dfe d2 f | afd def gec | dec dec dAF | GAF GEF GFE :|
|: ABA dcB A2 B | AFD DFD EFG | AFA BGB =cBA | GFG ECE GFE :|

# Posted on April 25th 2005 by ceolachan

Nine parts in O'Neill's

Yes, the nine parter is also in O'Neills as Gurty's, for anybody who struggles with ABCs.

# Posted on April 25th 2005 by kris

Juneberry 78's has a fab recording of this by Johnny Doherty at http://juneberry78s.com/sounds/jdi05.mp3

# Posted on December 22nd 2009 by Cheakamus

Heard this at a session in Belfast a few months ago, bits of it been coming to me now and then but I never could find a recording or the name of the tune, and wasn't sure if I was remembering it right. Thanks for the recording and the notes!

# Posted on January 1st 2010 by dee.