The Bag Of Spuds

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on March 6th 2002 by Toni Ribas.

This tune has been added to 166 tunebooks.

Also known as An Mála Faití, The Bag Of Potatoes, The Ladybower , Sligo Dandy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Dance Visit To Ireland by McCusker Brothers Ceilidhe Band
• All In Good Time by Patrick Street
• Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
• At Home by Cherish The Ladies
• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Drops Of Spring Water by Comhaltas Concert Tour 2004
• Dusk Till Dawn by Charlie Lennon And Johnny Og Connolly
• Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty by Edel Fox And Ronan O'Flaherty
• Folktrax 154 - The Sligo Fiddler: Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
• Hit The Bricks... by Waking Maggie
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
• Irish Dance Music by Chris Droney
• Just As The Sun Was Setting by John Drury
• Legacy by The Dunne Family
• Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
• Lost In The Loop by Liz Carroll
• Mist And Stone by Maggie Sansone
• Music Of Dreams by Tony Mac Mahon, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Noel Hill
• Music Of Dreams by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon With Iarla O Lionaird
• Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
• Musical Delights From Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1998
• No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
• Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Darkest Midnight: A Celtic Nativity by The Beggar Boys Featuring Jayne Tankersley
• The Home Ruler by Catherine McEvoy
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Time To Time by Gerry O'Connor
• Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Fiddling From County Limerick by Martin Mulvihill With Mick Moloney
• Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan
• Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Wish You Were Here by Boys Of The Lough
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Year Of The Dog by Culann's Hounds

X: 1
T: Bag Of Spuds, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A2eA cAeA|ABcd edBA|G2dG BGdG|GABc dcBG|
A2eA cAeA|ABcd edcB|ABcd efge|dBGA BAA2:|
|:a2ea ageg|agbg agef|gedB GABd|gfga bgeg|
a2ea ageg|agbg ageg|d2de g2ge|dBGA BAA2:|
"variations"
|:A2eA A2eA|ABcd e2dB|G2dG BGdG|GB~B2 GBdB|
A2eA cAeA|ABcd e2dB|ABcd eg~g2|dBGA BAA2:|
|:a2ea a2ea|agbg agef|gedc BGBd|gfga bgeg|
a2ea ageg|agbg agef|gedc BGBd|1 gedB BAA2:|2 gfge dBGB||

This is a lovely tune I specially like when played on flute. It's a very lively reel when played fast and an astonishingly beautiful tune when played slowly.
It shares the name with a totally different reel in the key of G which is posted here as well

# Posted on March 6th 2002 by Toni Ribas

Toni, this is the version I'm familiar with, too, from the playing of Liz Carrol and more recently (and in a much lower register, requiring viola of all things), Kevin Crawford and Martin Hayes on "In Good Company."

Good post.

# Posted on March 7th 2002 by Will CPT

Is it? Looks like it was simply been cut & pasted from Henrik Norbeck's to me.

# Posted on September 7th 2004 by Dow

Better effort than my English grammar though I suppose.

# Posted on September 7th 2004 by Dow

Whenever playing this tune, my fingers say it is very similar to New Copperplate. I haven't learned Old Copperplate yet, but that sounds even more similar.

# Posted on March 15th 2005 by slainte

Standard Session Version

I came cross this tune several times while travelling around in UK quite recently. I've just reconstructed the most common version from memory and a couple of recordings. It is actually a composite of the two slightly different ones Toni took from Norbeck's collection. Something like this:

K: Ador
A2eA cAeA|ABcd eBdB|G2dG BGdB|GB~B2 GBdB|
A2eA cAeA|ABcd eBdB|A2Bd efge|1 dBGA BAAG:|2 dBGA BA~A2||
a2ea ageg|agbg agef|gedc BGBd|~g3a bgeg|
a2ea ageg|agbg ageg|d^cde ~g3e|1 dBGA BA~A2:|2 dBGA BAAG||

Note the second part is virtually identical to that of "Down the Broom."

# Posted on April 3rd 2006 by slainte