Jenny Dang The Weaver

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 17th 2001 by CreadurMawnOrganig.

This tune has been added to 230 tunebooks.

Also known as Gobha Bh'ann A Hogha Gearraidh, Horo Ghoid Thu Nighean, Jennie Dang The Weaver, Jenny And The Weaver, Jenny Dang Da Weaver.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Beyond The Borders by Brandon Vance, Mark Minkler
Braes Of Lochiel by Billy Ross And John Martin
Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
Cape Breton Live - Take 2 by Various Artists
Cé by Cé
Celtic Fiddle by Jeremy Kittel
Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
Circle Of Friends by Mary Staunton
Collectors' Items by Duncan Dyker And Friends
Cornerstone by Celtic Spring
Crosswinds by Capercaillie
Cullen Bay by The Tannahill Weavers
Dancing Fingers by Jennifer And Hazel Wrigley
Driven Bow by Alasdair Fraser And Jody Stecher
Fiddles In The Cowshed by Lakeland Fiddlers
Fire And Grace by Alistair Fraser With Natalie Haas
Fit As A Fiddle by Natalie MacMaster
Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
How Are We Getting Home? by Gaelic Storm
Jock Tamson's Bairns by Jock Tamson's Bairns
Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Mar A Tha Mo Chridhe by Julie Fowlis
Open Road by Boys Of The Lough
Roaming Free by Colin MacLeod And Rory Sinclair
Shetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie Hutchison
Suas E! by Mary Jane Lamond
Sunday Night by Robert Chalmers And Friends
Sweet Rural Shade by Boys Of The Lough
The Back Door by Cherish The Ladies
The Bees Knees by Hamish Moore And Dick Lee
The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
The Gathering by Various Artists
The Harper's Fancy by Paul Dooley
The Million Dollar Tip by Billy Goats Gruff
The New Road by Charlie Piggot And Gerry Harrington
The Pipers' Gathering 2005 by Various Artists
The Steeplechase by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
The Wishing Stone by Face The West
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 3 Bras D'Or House by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 4 Mackinnon's Brook by Various Artists
Two Year Winter by Bill Jones
Up In The Air by Jonny Hardie And Gavin Marwick With Davy Cattanach
Wolfstone by Wolfstone

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This tune is of Scottish origin. It is played by Donegal fiddlers, but probably seldom heard elswehere in Ireland. It is related to - probably an ancestor of - The Longford Tinker (which occasionally goes by the same name), posted earlier this week.

# Posted on November 17th 2001 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Sorry, Jeremy. The EFE at the end of the 2nd part should be an 8ve higher.

# Posted on November 21st 2001 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Niall and Cillican Vallely recorded this original Scottish setting.

# Posted on February 22nd 2003 by slainte

Horo Ghoid Thu Nighean

Cape Breton singer Mary Jane Lamond sings this tune.

H� r� ghoid thu 'n nighean,
H� r� shlaod thu i,
H� r� ghoid thu 'n nighean,
Thug thu leat fo 'n aodach i.

Shiod agad mar ghoid thu 'n nighean,
Shiod agad mar shlaod thu i,
Shiod agad mar ghoid thu i,
Thug thu leat fo 'n aodach i.

It's Greek to me, too. For English translation and other details, see this page: http://www.maryjanelamond.com/songs/stepping_e.html

# Posted on May 24th 2003 by slainte

Jenny Dang The Weaver

Last time thru the B part I always go |abag faef|| - rounds the tune off nicely.

# Posted on October 2nd 2003 by Dr. Dow

Jenny Dang the Weaver

Here is a composite of various versions, including my own.

K: Dmaj
dA~A2 AFAB|dA~A2 f2ef|dBBA B2dB|ABde f2ef:|
d2fd efge|defd fgfe|d2fd efge|aA~A2 f2ef|
d2fd efge|defd fgfe|d2fd efge|abag fgef||

# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by slainte

Gobha Bh'ann A Hogha Gearraidh

Greatly sung (and played too) by Scottish singer Julie Fowlies. Called "Gobha Bh'ann A Hogha Gearraidh".
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1502

Gobha bh' ann a Hogha Gearraidh
B' fhoghainteach an sealgair e
Gobha bh' ann a Hogha Gearraidh
B' fhoghainteach an sealgair e
Gobha bh' ann a Hogha Gearraidh
B' fhoghainteach an sealgair e
Gobha bh' ann a Hogha Gearraidh
B' fhoghainteach an sealgair e

Mharbhadh e na feadagan
Is leagadh e na calmain
Mharbhadh e na feadagan
Is leagadh e na calmain
Mharbhadh e na feadagan
Is leagadh e na calmain
Mharbhadh e na feadagan
Is leagadh e na calmain

# Posted on January 24th 2007 by Pere

And translation:

The smith from Hougharry
Was a brave hunter

He would kill the plover
And he would slay the doves

# Posted on January 24th 2007 by Pere

The Rhythm

I love the version by Ossian, the rhythm there sounds just like the back and forth of the shuttle and the movement of a loom. And I should know, I worked in Cortaulds once! :-)

# Posted on February 24th 2010 by Berni-A

Sure....?

I don't recall "Ossian" ever recording this. Sure you don't mean "Jock Tamson'r Bairns" ?

# Posted on February 25th 2010 by Kenny

"Tamson's"

# Posted on February 25th 2010 by Kenny

Composer...

Composed by the Rev. Alexander Garden [ 1700 ? - 1777 ]. Minister at Birse [ 1726 - 1777 ]. Violinist, poet and composer.
"Mr. Garden had, it seems, a man-of-all work named Jock, who came about the manse to do odd jobs, and on one occasion when the minister was in his study solacing himself with his favourite Cremona, an altercation began between Jock and his mistress, who had ordered him to "wipe the minister's shoon". This Jock considered beneath his dignity and sturdily refused to do, which so enraged Mrs. Garden
( who was busy "beetling" potatoes at the time ) that she rushed at him with the heavy beetle in her hand and fairly thrashed him into obedience to her order : and the minister was so diverted with the scene that he gave the air he had just composed the above title as being appropriate, Jock having been a weaver originally".
Source - "Musical Scotland - 1400 - 1894" by David Baptie

# Posted on May 24th 2011 by Kenny