Up Sligo

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 18th 2003 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Also known as The Castlebar Races, Up Sligo #2.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1891-1945 Disc 1 by Michael Coleman
• A Selection Of His Music by Dermot Grogan
• As I Carelessly Did Stray... by Harry Bradley
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Crossroads Céilí by The Temple House Ceili Band
• Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
• First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Give Us A Penny And Let Us Be Gone by Teada
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
• Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
• King Of The Concert Flute by Seamus Tansey
• Lovers' Well by Matt And Shannon Heaton
• Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
• Reel Irish by Kasír
• River Reel by Begley,Glackin And O'Brien
• Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008 by Various Artists
• Seoda Ceoil 2 by Various Artists
• The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The Trip Over The Mountain by Michael Queally And Cyril O'Donoghue
• Time For A Tune With Charlie Lennon by Charlie Lennon
• Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Up Sligo
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:dcB cBA|GEF G2B|dcB cBA|GBd efg|
dcB cBA|GEF G2g|bag age|dBd efg :|
gfg bge | dBd ~d3 |gfg bge|dBd efg |
gfg bge | dBd d2g |bag age |dBd efg:|

Up Sligo #2

That's what Brian Conway calls it on "First through the Gate" I know it pops up on Michael Colemans 78's but I don't know what he called it. Harry Bradley recorded a very similar tune on the opening track of "As carelessly I did stray..." he called it the "Castlebar Races". It's really simple but has enough play on the Gmaj EMin to make it juicy. On the fiddle I like to slur into the "on" beats & break the bow on the 2nd & 3rd then slur back into the onbeats with lots of lilt. Gives it that Sligo feel, after all it is "Up Sligo!"

# Posted on December 18th 2003 by Mad Baloney

Refer to "Up Sligo" already posted 2/9/2002 for more background. Vesey and Coleman didn't call this part anything; it was just the second part of Up Sligo as far as they were concerned.

# Posted on December 19th 2003 by maderinerue

These two "Up Sligo"-s are two different tunes. The one that was posted earlier is usually called "The Creel of Turf" it's in Emin.

# Posted on December 21st 2003 by Mad Baloney

Here's the link to the tune Harry Bradley recorded as "The Castlebar Races": http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1205

# Posted on September 11th 2004 by slainte

This one is also in e minor...

# Posted on December 12th 2005 by ceolachan

This variant of "The Castlebar Races" is recorded on Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington's duet album "Fortune Favours the Merry." It seems the common setting of the tune is the one posted by Dow some years ago: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1160

# Posted on December 31st 2005 by slainte

Up Sligo #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLvRocBEAU&feature=related
Played here by John Wynne and John McEvoy from about 3.10

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by bogman

Up Sligo #2

Teada also recorded this jig on their second album, and in the sleeve notes of the recording Oisin Mac Diarmada informs that this is actually a two-part version of the five-part jig The Lark's March (aka. the Geese in the Bog): http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5867

In fact, Harry Bradley recently recorded it as The Geese in the Bog.

# Posted on January 11th 2011 by slainte