The Robin's Nest

jig

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on May 17th 2006 by fidkid.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as Paddy Fahey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
• A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
• Absolutely Irish by Various Artists
• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Anything Strange? by Ditte Fromseier Mortensen
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Autumn Apples by Pat McNulty
• Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
• Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
• Beeswax Sheepskin by Beeswax Sheepskin
• Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
• Cairde by Various Artists
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
• Chasing The Dawn by Jenny Crook And Henry Sears
• Coleman's Cross: Tradtional Irish Music From County Sligo by Philip Duffy
• Drive The Cold Winter Away by Horslips
• Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• Fire In The Air by Bobbi Nikles With Kyle Alden, Paul Kotapish, Maureen Brennan, Julian Smedley, Cindy Browne, Shira Kammen And David Morris
• Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
• Green Energy by The Irish Experience
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• In Stitches by The Flying Toads
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Links by Silver Arm
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• Making Time by Liz Knowles
• Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• My Book Of Songs by Kathleen Collins
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Potsticks by Sean Moloney
• Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
• Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
• Side By Side by Liz And Yvonne Kane
• Soh It Is by Craobh Rua
• Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
• Stepping Stones by Juniper
• Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
• The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
• The Friendly Visit by Frank Brunel And Vincent Rosinach
• The Hop Down by Breda Keville
• The Irwin Lake Sessions by Shannon Quinn
• The Mad Skeleton by Fianna
• The Mighty Box by Luke Daniels
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Tocane Concerts by Various Artists
• The Well Tempered Bow by Liz And Yvonne Kane
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
• Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
• Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• Two Miles To Tulla by Larry Gavin, Micheál O'Rourke And Charlie Lennon
• Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
• Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb
• With Complements by Patsy Reid

X: 1
T: Robin's Nest, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Cmaj
|:EG| cdc (3Bcd B | cGE CEG | FEF edc | (3Bcd B GAB |
cdc (3Bcd B | cGE CDE | FEF edc | BAB c :|
|:EG| cBc ece | ga^f g2 =f | ece dBG |cGE FED |
cBc ece | ga^f g2 =f | ece dcB | GAB c :|

Seán Ryan's "The Robin’s Nest "

Is this different enough from

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2667

to be entered as a tune in its own right?

The version I have here seems closer to what Paddy Canny plays on “Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler” where he pairs it with the New House. (And by the way, I love it when similar sounding tunes get set together. Modulation always sounds dramatic, but sometimes I really enjoy the subtle nuances you get by shifting between similar tunes in the same key, too.)

From “Hidden Ireland – the First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan” compiled by Brian Ryan, page 10. I don’t know if Mr. Ryan composed this from whole cloth or this is his setting of it. Either way, it’s lovely.

# Posted on May 17th 2006 by fidkid

There are certainly striking similarities - but they're not the same tune, in my opinion.

Brian Ryan - what a name. It sounds like somebody shouting into a cave and the echo coming back just in time for the initial 'B' to be eclipsed by the final 'N'. Although, in fact, it is unlike that a plosive would be obscured but a liquid, unless its pronunciation were particularly weak.

# Posted on May 17th 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig

I learned this from Siobhan Peoples as 'Paddy Fahey's'.

# Posted on May 18th 2006 by errik

Paddy Fahey's

Vinnie Kilduff also plays this under the name Paddy Fahey's Jig...

# Posted on November 20th 2008 by f.pellerin

Paddy Fahey's

On the album Bridgetown (track 6), Johnny B. Connolly calls the second jig The Robin's Nest but it is refered to as Paddy Fahey's Jig by Kilduff. The tune usually called The Robon's Nest is a totally different one.

# Posted on November 20th 2008 by f.pellerin

Transcription error

Both d's in the first bar of the B part should be e's, making it match the fifth bar of the same part.

# Posted on August 14th 2010 by GaryAMartin