Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on August 5th 2007 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as Humors Of Castlelyons, The Humours Of Castle Lyons.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Humours Of Castlelyons, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
GAG BAG|dBG BAG|A2B c2d|ecA AGE|
~G3 BAG|dBG BAG|A2B cBA|1 BGE EDE:|2 BGE E2f||
gag gdB|gag gdB|A2B c2d|ecA ABd|
~g3 gdB|gag gdB|A2B cBA|BGE E2f|
gag gdB|gag gdB|A2B c2d|ecA ABd|
~g3 aga|bge dBG|A2B cBA|BGE EDE||
The Humours of Castlelyons (jig)
This is an old traditional jig learned from Joe Burke and Brian Conway's box and fiddle duet playing heard on the radio. Someone has already transcribed the Fmaj version from Christy Barry and Conor's playing as a variant of "The Rambling Pitchfork": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/89/comments#comment207658 But I believe G major is the common key for the tune and it's different enough to deserves a separate post, especially in the second part. The band Shaskeeen seems to have recorded it in G too.
A bit of research shows it's in O'Neill, and the title comes from a parish in Cork.
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by slainte
I've just checked the transcription of the Fmaj version "Roland's U-Turn" and found it is a bit different from this version in the second part. And here's another similar tune with a different second part "Patrick Maloney's Favorite": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3627
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by slainte
Sorry, that should read "Christy Barry and Conor McCarthy's playing."
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by slainte
So London-Leitrim man Brian Rooney recorded this on "Within a Mile of Kilty" album: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1609 A short but nice clip can be found here: http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/kilty.htm
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by slainte
Also on Shaskeen's compilation album "Collection of Jigs and Reels": http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2528 It's named or misnamed "The Rambling Pitchfork." I won't add that as an alternative title.
# Posted on August 6th 2007 by slainte
The Source
According to the notes of Kevin and Sean Moloney's duet album "Bridging the Gap," this jig was recorded by the Old Ballinakill Ceili Band in 1920's. I haven't got Joe Burke and Brain Conway's very recent recording "Tribute to Andy McGann," but I guess J. Burke cites the same source: he is also from Ballinakill, East Galway.
# Posted on August 7th 2007 by slainte
"Roland's Return!" ~ Roche I, page 41, tune #92
"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume I", 1912
Double Jigs ~ pages 37 - 53
Transposed from d to e minor for comparision...
X:
T: Roland's Return
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
|: E/F/ |\
GFG BGG | dGG BGG | A2 B cde | gfe dBA |
GFG BGG | dGG BAG | A2 B cBA | BGE E2 :|
(3B/c/^d/ |\
e2 f gfe | f^dB Bcd | e2 f gfe | bag agf |
e2 f gfe | f^dB BAG | A2 B cBA | BGE E2 B |
e2 f gfe | f^dB Bcd | e2 f gfg | bge efg |
bag agf | gfe dBG | a2 B cBA | BGE E2 |]
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by ceolachan
"Roland's Return" ~ all in the family
Key signature: d minor
Submitted on August 2nd 2008 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8777
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by ceolachan
Correction ~ transposed from F Major to G Major
Relative keys, but my head was in minor land and not registering the right keys for these two takes...
The Roche collections were in wide distribution in Ireland and had their influence...
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by ceolachan
Hmmmmm ~ it still feels right resolving on E, as minor in resolution...
But, here's a correction for the the next to the last measure ~ A not a ~
bag agf | gfe dBG | A2 B cBA | BGE E2 |]
It does kind of move in and out of Major and minor...
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by ceolachan
"The Humours Of Castlelyons" ~ taking it elsewhere
X: 2
T: Humours Of Castlelyons, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D/E/ |\
G2 A BAG | dBG B/c/dB | A2 B cBA | ecA BGE |
G3 BGG | dGG BAG | A3 cBA | BGE E2 :|
|: e/f/ |\
g2 g gdB | g/a/ba gdB | A2 B cBA | ecA AB/c/d |
[1 gbg gdB | gba gdB | A2 B cBA | BGE E2 :|
[2 gba gfa | bg/f/e dB/A/G | A3 c>BA | BGE E2 ||
The B-part reminds me of others, but it is also the one thing that particularly distinguishes itself from some of its relatives.
It's a fun tune, thanks Hiro for directing my attention here ~ after having spent some time on different instruments with the Roche Collection and the relative jig "Roland's Return"...
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by ceolachan