Saddle The Pony

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 4th 2001 by Jdharv.

This tune has been added to 373 tunebooks.

Also known as A Draught Of Ale, The Draught Of Ale, The Priest's Leap, The Red Stocking, The Red Stockings, Sackow's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Across The Black River by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
• Celebration CD 2 by The Dubliners
• Celtic Ceili by Various Artists
• Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
• Classics Of Irish Piping Volume 2 by William Andrews And Liam Walsh
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• Farewell To Ireland CD 3 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
• Fiddlers Rock by Archie McAllister
• Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Hidden Fermanagh Vol.2 by Various Artists
• Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
• Irish Piano Magic by J.J. Sheridan
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Learn To Play Irish Fiddle: Polkas, Jigs And Slides ~ DVD 1 by Kevin Burke
• Legacy by Tommy O Sullivan
• Live At Winkles by The Lahawns
• Music From French Newfoundland by Ron Felix, Ivan White, Ron And Gerry Formanger, Ed Doucette
• My Love Is In America by David Power
• New England Chestnuts Vol. 1 by Rodney Miller, Randy Miller And Friends
• New England Chestnuts Volumes 1 and 2: Classic New England Contra Music by Various Artists
• Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
• Shame The Devil by Turlach Boylan
• Special Instrumental - Le Fiddle Irlandais Par Ted Furey by Ted Furey
• Streetlife by Patrick Street
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)
• The Fuchsia Band by The Fuchsia Band
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
• The Phantom Shadows Of A Connaught Fire (1 Of 3) by Seamus Tansey
• The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
• To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
• Toss The Feathers by Ted Furey And Brendan Byrne
• Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast by Various Artists
• Turning by Knot Fibb'n

X: 1
T: Saddle The Pony
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD|
GBA G2B|def gfg|efe dBA|BGG G2:||
d|efe edB|def gfg|efe edB|dBA ABd|
efe edB|def gfg|efe dBA|BGG G2:||

Saddle the Pony

Nice little jig. I usually play the 7th measure in both parts as ege rather than the efe shown here. Kevin Burke does this one on his Beginner Irish Fiddle video. Goes well with My Darling Asleep.
Will

# Posted on October 4th 2001 by Will CPT

Another name

This shows up in O'Neil and Walsh as "The Priest's Leap". I misread this initially and thought it was "The Priest's Lap". Sounded pretty funny at the time.

# Posted on October 4th 2001 by glauber

Beginner Tune

I learned this tune from Kevin Burke's video. I think the opening combination of notes is good ear training because it is really noticeable if you do not hit the b and g in tune. I play it with Cannaughtman Rambles, since that is the way Kevin Burke teaches it on the video. The only ornament that I use is the triplet that Kevin teaches and a grace note on the g in the third bar. To my ear, the tune does not call for much ornamentation, but I have never heard anyone else play it other than Kevin Burke.

# Posted on August 6th 2002 by pearse

Saddle the Pony

I don't know where I got this tune from - but I play it as it is here. It was one of those tunes that I learned through osmosis. I asked a walking encyclopedia I know about the name & if I was playing it correctly, he said "yep, mm-hmm, Saddle the Pony - I don't think you learned it at any sessions around here. No one plays it" Must have been from a tape I've forgotten about. As a variation I like to play the AFD AFD measure AFD DEF & I cran the high e's on the whistle. On the fiddle I do the efe or ege or even e/f/ge if I'm feeling sassy. Good tune - I wish I could say where I learned it, must've been one of those sessions on the UFO that picked me up that time.

# Posted on September 23rd 2002 by Mad Baloney

Saddle the Pony - for Motorola Cell Phone

If anyone is interested here is the I-sound 'file' for Motorola cell phones for Saddle the Pony. It seems like since ring-tones are all the rage we ITM guys can have our own annoying cell phone sounds:
*4d4*4g4*4b4*4a4*4g3*4b4*5d4*5e4*5#f4*5g4*5d4*4b4*4g4*4b4*4a4*4g3*4b4*4a4*4#f4*4d4*4a4*4#f4*4d4*4g4*4b4*4a4*4g3*4*4g3*4

Ralph

# Posted on December 13th 2004 by ralpheym

"Saddle the Pony" ~ courtesy of Kevin Burke

As mentioned previously, you can also find Kevin Burke teaching this on video & DVD, #1 of a pair:

"Learn to Play Irish Fiddle: Polkas, Jigs & Slides" ~ 90 minutes
Homespun Videos / DVDs
ISBN: 1-932964-44-4

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2060

# Posted on June 21st 2006 by ceolachan

From the first track of Patrick Street's album "Street Life."

X: 1
T: Saddle The Pony
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
D|:GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD D2F|
GBA G2B|def g2f|ecA dBG|1 FEF G2 D:|2 FEF G2 B||
|:d2d dcd|def gfe|d2d dcd|AFD D2c|
d2d dcd|def g2f|ecA dBG|1 FEF G2 B:|2 FEF G2 D||

# Posted on August 22nd 2006 by tmcelrea

"Saddle the Pony" ~ courtesy of Michael Dunn, Irish fiddler, Lancashire

X: 3
T: Saddle The Pony
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D |\
GBA G2 B | def gdB | GBA G2 B | AFD AFD |
GBA G2 B | def gfg | ege dBA | BAF G2 :|
|: B |\
efe edB | def gfg | ege edB | dBA ABd |
efe edB | def gfg | e/f/ge dBA | BAF G2 :|

Michael Dunn is likely the current longest serving and oldest Irish fiddler in Lancashire, a great character and good craic...

# Posted on November 23rd 2007 by ceolachan