John Byrne's

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 21st 2005 by the wounded hussar.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as Father Fielding's, Father Fielding's Favourite, Katie's Donkey.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
• Mi.da:za by North Cregg
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Road To Glenlough by James Byrne

X: 1
T: John Byrne's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
D |:GFG BcA |BGF GBc |dBG cAF |GDC B,CA, |
GFG BcA |BAG fed |cAG FGA |1BGF G2 D :|2BGF GBd ||
|:gfg afd |cBc dBG |gfg afd |cBc def |
gdg fdf |ece gfe |ded cBA |1(3BGF GBd :|\
M:5/8
L:1/16
[2 B2 G2 F2 G4 |]

John Byrne's

Think this is a 'Donegal' tune. This is the version I got but there is a very similar tune called Father Fielding's Favourite in O'Neill's. Doesn't appear to be here though, which is strange as I would have thought that the entire O'Neill's collection was here?

# Posted on August 21st 2005 by the wounded hussar

Yes It`s Father Fieldings Favourite o.k. James or his source probably learned it from the 1949 recording on `78 made by Sean McGuire which enjoyed wide popularity .Sean recorded it after another jig from O`Neills-`The Four Courts`and The Malachy Sweeney ceili band also played them together.

# Posted on August 21st 2005 by cos

Another title

This tune has also been recorded by Mike Rafferty under the title 'Katie's Donkey' and is listed here as tune #2583.

# Posted on April 24th 2010 by rwwt