Liz's

jig

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on July 10th 2005 by rogerf.

This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Also known as Mac's Fancy, MacDonald Of The Isles March To Harlaw, Mack's Fancy, O'Reilly's, The Rover's Return, The Victor's Return.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
Go For It by Deirin De
Golden, Golden by Silly Wizard
Grove Lane by Joe Derrane
Harvest Home by Filska
Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
Hi (TM) How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
Live - Again by Silly Wizard
Musique Celtique by Rosheen
Scottish Reflections by Bonnie Rideout
Smiddyburn by Dave Swarbrick
Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
The Mystery Inch by Damien O'Kane And Dave Kosky
The Rough Guide To Irish Folk by Various Artists
The Sanctuary Sessions by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 1: Mabou Coal Mines by Various Artists
Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Liz's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Cmaj
Bcd | e3 Tfed | eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd |
eAA Tfed | eAA Bcd | Tg3 gfe | dBG Bcd | e3 Tfed |
eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd | eAA Tfed | eAA Bcd |
g3 Tgfe | dBG BdB | A2a aea | aea aea | A2a aef |
gfe dBG | A2a aea | aea aef | Tg3 gfe | dBG BdB |
A2a aea | aea aea | A2a aef | gfe dBG | A2a aea |
aea aef | A2a aef | Tg3 gfe | dBG BdB | G6 ||
a3 g3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 | G2 d d3 |
A2e e3 | A2e e3 | BAG c2 A | G2G z3 | A2e e3 |
A2e e3 | A2e e3 | G2 d d3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 |
BAG c2A | G2G z3 | Ace A2e | A2e A2e | Ace A2e |
G3 G2G | Ace A2e | A2e A2e | BAG c2A | G2G z3 |
Ace A2e | A2e A2e | Ace A2e | G3 G2G | Ace A2e |
A2e A2e | Ace A2e | BAG c2A | G3 G3 | G6 ||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Liz' Jig

Found it on a piece of practise music written out long ago for Liz' daughter by her recorder tutor. No idea of its original name.

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by rogerf

It reminds me of "Brose and Butter."

# Posted on July 11th 2005 by slainte

"Mac's Fancy" ~ DUPE-LICATION

Key signature: A Mixolydian
Submitted on March 28th 2004 by Dow.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2724

Here's a slight cleanup on this weird offering ~ and it resolves on 'A', not 'G':

T: Liz's ~ as if...
~ it isn't Liz's and a little basic research would have dug that up...
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Mixolydian
|: Bcd |
e3 fed | eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd |
eAA fed | eAA Bcd | g3 gfe | dBG :|
|: BdB |
A2 a aea | aea aea | A2 a aef | gfe dBG |
A2 a aea | aea aef |1 g3 gfe | dBG :|
2 A2 a aef | g3 gfe | dBG BdB | G6 ||

The original transcription given here has an unnecessary extra two bars, allowing a long finish on 'G6', which does not resolve the tune properly. This may have been intended as a tail-off or close, something to finish the whole thing off with, after a few times through the melody, which I take as being 32 bars and not the weird rambling thing given here. This is a bad transcription, taken off a scratch piece of paper some music teacher had left behind, hardly qualifying as a trustworthy source. Does 'rogerf' or anyone else actually play this as given here?

This next bit seems to be some attempt at accompaniment? ~ a second part? It doesn't come off as a 'tune', as there is little to support a decent melody in it. It may have been a teachers accompaniment to support the basic beat of the melody given above? ~ but, to repeat myself, it isn't in C Major and it does not resolve on 'G' as given here. If it were C Major it would resolve on 'C', but enough of basics...:

a3 g3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 |
G2 d d3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 |
G2 d d3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e |
G3 G2 G | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e |
G3 G2 G | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e | BAG c2 A | G3 G3 | G6 ||

Hey, three extra measures, so it doesn't quite line up with the earlier bars... Is that an overlap, so the accompanist gets to drag out that wrong G for another two beats? OUCH!

# Posted on December 28th 2005 by ceolachan

"MacDonald Of The Isles March To Harlaw" / "Mac's Fancy"

# Posted on November 16th 2009 by ceolachan

Liz' Jig

Having returned to this post after a gap of several years i see there is a rather snide comment by caolachan about my submission. I had no idea the original top tune was Mac's fancy and as an ingenue I had no way of finding out so thanks for that information. However I submitted it a s a duet which got mangled in the process and which might explain caolachan's confusion. Some politeness on his part would have been welcome.

# Posted on July 17th 2011 by rogerf

An ingenue, really? I've never met a girl named Roger before....

Roger, when you submit a tune here, it becomes a permanent part of the database (unless the web master deletes it). So consideration for accuracy and correctness in the abcs and title are appreciated. Given how badly you botched this, ceolachan *was* being polite.

# Posted on July 18th 2011 by Will Harmon