Tommy Hunt's Jig

slip jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 28th 2004 by turophile.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Also known as Tommy Hunt's, Tommy Hunt's Slip Jig.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
• The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years by The Chieftains

X: 1
T: Tommy Hunt's Jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
d|:BG ~G2 G2|BG ~G2 gd|BG GF G2|EA AB c/2B/2A:|
|:dg ga fd|gB BA Bc|dg ga fd|1eA AB c/2B/2A:|2e/2f/2g af g||

Tommy Hunt's Jig

The Chieftains (on The Chieftains 2, track 2) play this immediately after Sonny's Mazurka. It's referred to on the album notes as a "slip-jig," but it is played in a fast mazurka rhythm. (The rhythm and tempo are very similar to the tune I recently posted as The Foxhunter's Mazurka, heard on The Chieftains 1 [track 6].) So I'm posting the ABC notation as a mazurka in order for the rhythm to come out right. Does anyone know how to correctly classify these "fast mazurkas"? Are they actually slip jigs, albeit a less common type? Are they identified with a particular locale in Ireland?

# Posted on February 28th 2004 by turophile

What do the Chieftains know, anyway?

# Posted on February 28th 2004 by milesnagopaleen

I like this tune. thanks for posting it. as for all your questions . . . I have no idea

# Posted on February 29th 2004 by micelfife

Tommy Hunt's

This is indeed a slip jig, not a mazurka. Slip jigs were played at this fast tempo in Sligo in years past. The Chieftains' version was borrowed from a 78 rpm recording by Michael Coleman. Some slip jigs exist in two version, a fast one in this style and a slower setting adapted to modern step dancing. Another fast slip jig is "Promenade," played by Michael Gorman and popularized by Kevin Burke's LP of the same name.

# Posted on March 8th 2004 by blarneystar

I concur with blarney star. This is indeed a slip jig. The word "jig" in the title kinda gives the game away!.

# Posted on March 24th 2004 by milesnagopaleen

for similar tune / discussion see also http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2579

# Posted on October 8th 2004 by gian marco

woops!http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1492/comments

# Posted on October 8th 2004 by gian marco

This is defo a three-two/slip polka.

# Posted on October 8th 2004 by Dr. Dow

I just realised that this is a simplified, hop jig version of A Mile To Ride http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4042.

# Posted on April 29th 2007 by Dr. Dow

Duh!

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

There's nothing mazurka about it at all, however you try to squeeze it into 3/4 time...

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

"Tommy Hunt's Slip Jig" ~ fleshing / flushing it out

Step 1, this transcription:

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: G Major
d |:
BG ~G2 G2 | BG ~G2 gd |
BG GF G2 | EA AB c/B/A :|
|: dg ga fd | gB BA Bc |
dg ga fd |[1 eA AB c/B/A :|[2 e/f/g af g |]

Step 2, if it were a 'mazurka' (it ain't), adding the swing:

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: G Major
d |:
B>G G2 G2 | B>G G2 g>d |
B>G G>F G2 | E>A A>B (3cBA :|
|: d>g g>a f>d | g>B B>A B>c |
d>g g>a f>d |[1 e>A A>B (3cBA :|[2 (3efg a>f g |]

Step 3, the slip jig:

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: G Major
d |:
B2 G G2 F G3 | B2 G G3 g2 d |
B2 G G2 F G3 | E2 A A2 B cBA :|
|: d2 g g2 a f2 d | g2 B B2 A B2 c |
d2 g g2 a f2 d |[1 e2 A A2 B cBA :|[2 efg a2 f g2 |]

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

That's the first "slip jig" I've ever seen written in 3/4, 'c'.

Duh!

LOL

This is a hop jig if you swing it, fast 3/2 tune (or I prefer "slip polka") if you play it straight. For other tunes with the same variable rhythm, see 3/2 & 9/8 versions of the Dusty Miller and versions of Cucanandy/Dance To Your Daddy.

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by Dr. Dow

Alright, have your cake and eat it too... 3/2 makes more sense than 3/4 and calling it a mazurka...

LOL ~

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

M: 9/8

Oops! ~ I see what you mean ~ poor editing... Mea culpa!

M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: G Major
d |:
B2 G G2 F G3 | B2 G G3 g2 d |
B2 G G2 F G3 | E2 A A2 B cBA :|
|: d2 g g2 a f2 d | g2 B B2 A B2 c |
d2 g g2 a f2 d |[1 e2 A A2 B cBA :|[2 efg a2 f g2 |]

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

Hey, where were you when the ~ hit the fan?

# Posted on December 6th 2007 by ceolachan

Should probably be a hop jig

I think the best location for this one would be under a "hop jig" category, which doesn't yet exist. So I'm changing this from the mazurka to the slip jig category, which is probably the closest approximation.

# Posted on February 1st 2011 by turophile