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The Dingle Regatta

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 21st 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 303 tunebooks.

Also known as Dingle Regatta, Slattery's Grove, Tom Billy's, Tom Billy's Favorite, Tom Billy's Favourite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Dingle Regatta, The
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|:dcd e2d|BAB d2B|A3 AGA|B2A G2A|dcd e2d|BAB d2B|A3 B2A|G3 G2A:|
|:d3 def|g3 gfg|a3 aga|b2ag2e|d3 def|g3 gfg|a2gf2e|def g3:|
|:g3 d3|B3 G3|FGA DEF|G2A Bde|g3 d3|B3 G3|FGA DEF|G6:|

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The Dingle Regatta sheetmusic
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This is a kind of silly sounding tune. It can be fun to play around with the melody in that third part to really bring out that silliness.

If you're feeling particularly silly, you can liven up any session playing that third part as a mixture of musical chairs and mexican wave. On each of those long notes somebody stands up to play it. If the tune is going fast enough, this can look pretty ridiculous.

Ah, the silliness of it all.

# Posted on June 1st 2001 by Jeremy

This is actually in G, right?

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by glauber

Key

Yeah, I guess it is actually in the key of G. But all the C's are played sharp so easier just to give the key as D rather than add all the sharps.

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by Jeremy

Key

All three of them? :-)
Interesting, isn't it? This sort of thing seems to be common, the G tunes with the sharpened Cs. You can tell it's in G because of the chords that go with it, and the fact that it ends in a G note.
If we want to be sticklers, i also think it's a slide instead of a jig. But that's more subjective.

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by glauber

Durn, you already had it as a slide, sorry.

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by glauber

But the bars are still too many, i think. :-)
OK, back to work now.

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by glauber

Thought this tune was a 6/8 jig what ever that is the way I learned it though.

# Posted on May 25th 2004 by Why Bother?

For some unknown reason anyone who has anything to do with Morris dancing is likely to stand up during the third part of this yelling "Da da da ditty da".

# Posted on June 1st 2005 by LowProfile

Dingle Regatta Key

I find that if the opening phrase is played D-B-D instead of D-C#-D then it rules out all confusion as to the key and makes it a straightforward composition in G.
Second part I play an octave down (mandolin or guitar).
Third part, instead of a straight G D B G I ornamentt the B as a BDB triplet, adding a bit of fun to it.

Cheers!

# Posted on August 3rd 2005 by alibeee

I dunno, this one always makes me think of Bibbetty Bobbitty Boo.

# Posted on August 3rd 2005 by Zina Lee

Dingle Regatta

The Pogues play this. It's on Red Roses for Me. They play the C part quite differently though.

# Posted on January 17th 2006 by cdavick

During the third part, in our session there will usually be a few people who sing:

"Heigh, ho! the Dairy-O!
It's four o'clock in the morning!
Heigh, ho! the Dairy-O!
It's four o'clock in the morning!"

# Posted on July 19th 2006 by beardflute

Slattery's Grove

Chris Droney plays a two part version of this tune on his album "The Fertile Rock".

He plays the third part of this version as the first of his own and the B part of his own is the second part of the one posted here.

ie Instead of ABC form its CB (in relation to the version posted here).

He calls it Slattery's Grove.

# Posted on December 27th 2006 by 52Paddy

Kilfenora Recording

...The selection of jigs which includes Slattery's grove on Chris Droney's album were recorded by the Kilfenora Céilí Band in 1967. I don't know of any other source for the title myself though and whether the Kilfenora called the tune Slattery's Grove or was it a name he had for it himself.

# Posted on December 27th 2006 by 52Paddy

Playboy of the western world

The O'Riada's score, dated from 1963, for the above named film contains this tune played the way it's written here by Ceoltoiri Cualann.
You can see the following comment about the name of this slide here :
https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9804&L=IRTRAD-L&P=R42451&D=0
Al

# Posted on September 28th 2007 by alcofribas

Dingle Regatta

The Slide Dingle Regatta was made famous by O' Riada & The Cheftians It was a mix up from two other tunes the first part is a very well liked slide played a lot around North Cork.
Can anyone let me know the name of this slide or if I am so lucky someone give me the sheet music for same?

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by Northcregg

Re: Dingle Regatta

Really? That's fascinating, I had no idea and we love to play the Dingle Regatta at our sessions. I'll look forward to and hope you get more info here!

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler

Re: Dingle Regatta

Hello, there is a great version of the Dingle Regatta on Seamus Creagh's album Came the Dawn. There are only two parts, the usual first part you mentioned and a different second part, no third part. Perhaps it is the version you seek. Best of luck.

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by Buck

Re: Dingle Regatta

pogues also do a great version of it on the squeezebox

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by stevequincy

Here is an interesting variation for the C part:

|: gbg dgd | BdB GBG | FAF DEF | GA_B =Bde |
gbg dgd | BdB GBG | FAF DEF | G3 G3 :|

# Posted on September 1st 2008 by jakep

"Yeah, I guess it is actually in the key of G. But all the C's are played sharp so easier just to give the key as D rather than add all the sharps"

You mean it's in the G Lydian mode?

# Posted on August 12th 2011 by greg sheils

Dingles Regatta

Who was responsible for the 3 part version of this tune?
Was it Sean O Riada?

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by Joseph Tailyour

Re: Dingles Regatta

Don't forget the actions when you play it.

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by Steve Shaw

Re: Dingles Regatta

... not to mention the words.

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by ethical blend

Re: Dingles Regatta

... which I tend to shout out at the top of my - rather loud - voice, particularly in very crowded sessions. I achieved embarassed shuffles and nervous looks at a session in N Wales (or close) over Christmas. I counted that as a success.

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by ethical blend

Re: Dingles Regatta

There are words?

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by DrSilverSpear

Re: Dingles Regatta

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/23

Those aren't the words I sing though. I sing the ones I've learnt over the years, specifically from Peter Kennedy, and less specifically in various sessions in Ireland.

My words go:

"Hi ho!
Diddley-ho!
[gap]
Hi ho!
Diddley-ho!"

Good, aren't they?
:-D

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by ethical blend

Re: Dingles Regatta

Tiz Dingle Regatta - not Dingles Regatta.

(Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry)

... a tune that's rarely played these days.

... but when it is I'm all for using the lyrics and the jumping-up and-down-in-time-with-the-waves bit.

Problem is, no-one seems to know about this tradition, and they all just stare at me as if I've gone stark staring mad ...

... which I am! ;-)

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by Mix O'Lydian

Re: Dingles Regatta

Well, come up to a session I'm at and we can be bonkers in unison, Mr Mix. :-)

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by ethical blend

Re: Dingles Regatta

It should be Dingle's then Mix as the mustard board appears to be heading for zero tolerance approach to no apostrophes ..sorry apostrophe's. Grrr'r.

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by Geoff Pollitt

Re: Dingles Regatta

I understood the 2 part version was the original.

# Posted on January 10th 2012 by Joseph Tailyour

Dingles Regatta

it is in the key of G, it is not in the key of D.

# Posted on January 11th 2012 by Joseph Tailyour

Count me in for bonkers...

G resolution is only with the 3rd part sc, but even there it isn't G Major...

This transcription, 3rd part ~

|: g3 d3 B3 G3 | FGA DEF G2 A Bde | g3 d3 B3 G3 | FGA DEF G6 :|

& now working some Cs into it, all sharp ~

~ | a2 g f2 e dd/e/f g2 c/d/ :|
|: g3 d3 BdB G3 | FF/G/A DCD G2 B def | gbg dcd B^AB GFG | FGA DEF G6 :|

# Posted on January 11th 2012 by ceolachan

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