Pat Mahon's

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on July 21st 2005 by Will Harmon.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Dermot Grogan's, Grogan's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Selection Of His Music by Dermot Grogan
• All Ireland Champion by Darren Breslin
• Banjoed by Dessie Kelliher
• Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
• Bright Early Mornings by Mary Staunton
• Buzzin' by Bumblebees
• Come Dance With Me In Ireland by Various Artists
• Double Play by Liz Carroll And John Doyle
• Gone Dancing by Fine Friday
• Jean's Hill by Brendan Mulholland
• Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
• On The Right Track by Coisir
• One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• Riches Of Clare by Various Artists
• The Celts Play Connecticut by Various Artists
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Story So Far by John Creavan
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Tin Whistle by Laurence Nugent
• Up And Away by Paul Smyth

X: 1
T: Pat Mahon's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
|:e3 dBA|~g3 agf|ege dBA|~B3 GED|
eBe dBA|~g3 agf|e/f/ge dBA|1 Be^d eBd:|2 Be^d e2 B||
|:egb egb|egb bge|dfa dfa|dfa agf|
~g3 aga|bag fga|bge dBA|Be^d e2 B:|

Pat Mahon's

This jig is from Late in the Night with Christy Barry and Conor McCarthy. The liner notes don't say anything about this jig, or who Pat Mahon is, or if the name is a play on words (pug mahon), but it's a fun tune regardless. The B part's a bit predictable, but the A part kicks, and there's plenty of room for triplets, rolls, and melodic twists.

# Posted on July 21st 2005 by Will Harmon

Mode

P.S. Since there are no c notes, the dots can land in either Em or E dor.

# Posted on July 21st 2005 by Will Harmon

RE:Mode

With the d sharp in the final bar, I would lead towards a ... melodic (or is it harmonic?) .... minor

# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by Pádraig

Yeah, that thought crossed my mind, but it's an accidental, eh? Conor McCarthy does a lot of "chromatic" stuff. I'll post some other tunes off this cd and you'll see what I mean (though I'm waiting, hoping for permission from Conor and Christy for the original compositions).

# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by Will Harmon

There was a fluter called Pat Mahon (or was it MacMahon?) around Sligo a few years back. I last saw and heard him at the All Ireland Fleadh in Sligo Town in the early 90s.

# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by LongNote

A different version of the tune: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1017

# Posted on August 13th 2005 by slainte

Good tune spotting, Hiroyuki!

# Posted on November 29th 2005 by Will Harmon

Or kudos to Kieran for good tune spotting.

# Posted on November 29th 2005 by Will Harmon

Actually I haven't learned this tune yet.

# Posted on November 29th 2005 by slainte

I notice Catherine McEvoy plays the phrase endings without the #d, as 'Bee' etc., maintaining a modal ambiguity

# Posted on January 21st 2010 by Loughcurra

Pat Mahon's - original?

Blimey! I didn't realise this was here. I learnt this tune ages ago from Pat himself. I only found it because I Googled Pat's name to see if I could find out what's happening with him at the moment. He's an old pal of mine. Here's the tune I play. I got it off Pat, and I've never heard anybody else play it, but, with Pat, it could have been very different on a different day. I assume it's the same tune, though i never had a name for it:

X:1
T:Pat Mahon's
S:BH memory of tune learnt from Pat in late 1970s - transcr BH 22/01/2012
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:Edor
B | ~e3 edB | ~g3 aga | bge dBA | Bee dBA |
Bee edB | ~g3 aga | bge dBA | Bed e2 :|: g/f/ |
egb egb | egb bge | dfa dfa | dfa agf |
~g3 aga | bge deg | ~a3 ged | Bed e2 :|

# Posted on January 22nd 2012 by ethical blend