Tripping Up The Stairs

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 20th 2005 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 73 tunebooks.

Also known as Dermot McLaughlin's, The Three Merry Sisters Of Fate, Trip Up Stairs, Trip Upstairs, Tripping Up Stairs, Tripping Upstairs.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Alesia by Rapalje
• Ard Rí by Aileach
• Avakatoo by Dirty Linen
• Best Of 1987-1993 by Altan
• Bridging The Gap by Mick Mulvey
• Bring Yer Wellies by Gaelic Storm
• Cuig by Blackbeers
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
• Début by Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
• De Danann by De Danann
• Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Family by Qristina And Quinn Bachand
• Fibb'nacci Sequence by Knot Fibb'n
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Fieldvole Music by Tony Hall
• Four On The Floor by Natalie MacMaster
• Gallain2 by Barry Mcgandy
• Grianan by Grianan MTC
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Irish Jigs by Paul Hutchinson, John Hymas And Tony Harris
• Judique On The Floor by Buddy MacMaster
• Musiques Traditionnelles D'Irlande by The Crickard Brothers
• Ná Keen Affair by Paddy Keenan
• Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
• Slainte Mhath by Slainte Mhath
• Step This Way by David Lindquist
• Take A Bow by Matt Cranitch
• Tampa Session Sets, Vol. 1 by Clan Tampa
• The Best Of Altan by Altan
• The Curlew by Cliff Moses
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists
• The Pipers' Gathering 2005 by Various Artists
• The Red Crow by Altan
• The Road To Glenlough by James Byrne
• The Wansbeck Piper by Pauline Cato
• Vol 1 by The Travelling Folk
• With Complements by Patsy Reid
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan

X: 1
T: Tripping Up The Stairs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
~d3f ecde|fB~B2 dBAB|~d3f edcd|eA~A2 eAce:|
|:a2^ga faea|fB~B2 fBdf|affe afec|A2 (3cBA eAce:|
%Variation on A-part
d2fd caec|B2 (3dcB fBBc|defa edcB|A2 (3cBA eAce||

Dermot McLaughlin's

Picked this up from our session. Tend to play the A-part variation 2nd time thru' instead of just repeating the basic tune.

# Posted on March 20th 2005 by Dr. Dow

Paul O Shaughnessy taught this at An Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy - but in G.

# Posted on June 4th 2005 by Lizzy

Yes, I think it might be related to the Sword In Hand http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1425.

# Posted on January 13th 2006 by Dr. Dow

According to various net sources, this is a Donegal relative of the Merry Sisters Of Fate http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/623, popular with the Doherty family.

# Posted on May 19th 2008 by Dr. Dow

I realised that this is the same tune as the one that appears on Altan's "The Red Crow". They start with the B-part for effect and then play the tune as normal, rounding the tune off with the same part.

X: 1
T: The Three Merry Sisters Of Fate
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Altan - The Red Crow
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d2fd edce|fB~B2 fBce|d2fd edcd|eA~A2 eAce:|
ea^ga fece|fB~B2 fece|a2^ga fecd|eA~A2 eAcd|
ea^ga fece|fB~B2 fece|a2^ga fgaf|edef gece||

# Posted on May 19th 2008 by Dr. Dow

There is a version in jig time in Thompson's Compleat Collection of Country Dances c.1770

# Posted on July 27th 2008 by fynnjamin

Another take on it

X: 1
T: Tripping Up The Stairs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bdor
| defd efde | fB ~B2 fBce | defd efdf | eA ~A2 eAce |
| defd efde | fB ~B2 fBce | defd efga | eA ~A2 eAce |
| a2 ga faea | fB ~B2 fBce | a2 ga faed | cA ~A2 eAce |
| a2 ga faea | fB ~B2 fBce | a2 ga faed | (3Bcd ef =gece :||

# Posted on June 10th 2011 by D.J.F.