Charlie Hunter

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 122 tunebooks.

Also known as Cape Breton Jig #1, Charlie Hunter's, The Horse In The Water.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Another Gem by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Another Musical Interlude by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Atlantic Fiddles by Various Artists
• Flute Tunes by Peter Woodley
• For As Many As Will by Haste To The Wedding
• How Does It Gan? by Jimmy Little And Friends
• Keep It Up by Keep It Up
• Kitchen Junket by Yankee Ingenuity
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
• Old Time Scottish Fiddle Music From Cape Breton Island by Joe MacLean
• Ranting And Reeling: Dance Music Of The North Of England by Various Artists
• Saffron And Blue by Manus McGuire
• Sweet Rural Shade by Boys Of The Lough
• Swingin' From The Lightbulbs by Josh O Loughlin And Mairtin Quigley
• Tampa Session Sets, Vol. 1 by Clan Tampa
• The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Dances Down Home by Joe Cormier
• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• The Moneymusk by Hammy Hamilton
• The Wild Hills O'Wannie: The Small Pipes Of Northumbria by Various Artists
• Time To Time by Gerry O'Connor
• Tony McManus by Tony McManus
• Traditional Fiddle Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Dominic McNabb
• Vintage 78s by Bobby MacLeod

X: 1
T: Charlie Hunter
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
DFA DGB|Adf a2g|fef dcd|
ecA GFE|DFA DGB|Adf a2g|
fef gec|1 edc d3:|2 edc dfg||
|:afd dcd|BGF G2F|EGB e2d|
cec Aag|fdA DFA|GBd g2g|
fef gec|1 edc dfg:|2 edc d3||

Authors and Info

Written by Bobby McLeod, Tobermory, Mull

# Posted on June 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova

This tune appears, played on whistle by Breda Smyth, on Music at Matt Molloys, in a set entitled Cape Breton Jigs.

# Posted on June 28th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Charlie Hunters

The tune is originally Scottish.

Willy Taylor, Joe Hutton and Willy Attkinson play it in the Borders style on the Topic CD:Ranting & Reeling

# Posted on June 29th 2002 by noelbats

Charlie Hunter

Charlie Hunter was a wireless operator on the MacBrayne's ferries out of Oban and he played the fiddle as a hobby.

# Posted on May 12th 2003 by Taglione

Old Time Fiddlers

I've heard this tune performed, with slight variations, at many old time fiddling contests and sessions out here in BC, Canada

# Posted on June 17th 2004 by natharious

"Charlie Hunter's Jig"

K: Dmaj
|: DFA GBd | Adf a2 g | fed Bcd | ecA GFE |
DFA GBd | Adf a2 g | fef gec |1 edc dAF :|
2 edc dfg ||
afd dcd | BGG G2 F | E^GB efd | cAA Aag |
fdA FDF | GB/c/d g2 g | fef gec | edc dfg |
afd dcd | BGG G2 a | b^ge e^de | cAA a2 g |
fdA FDF | GBd g2 g | fgf gec |1 edd d3 ||

While I've given the repeat for the B-part of the tune to show some other variations, I first learned this tune with just those first 8 bars of the B-part repeating and with =G rather than ^G, but I like it both ways...

# Posted on July 20th 2005 by ceolachan

Charlie Hunter

Is this about Kate Moss?

# Posted on September 28th 2005 by Cath

"Charlie Hunter's Jig" ~ more the way I play it

X: 3
T: Charlie Hunter
C: attributed to Bobby McLeod of Tobermory, Mull
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: A |\
DFA GBd | Adf a2 g | fed Bcd | ecA GFE |
DF/G/A GB/c/d | Adf a2 g | f^ef g=ec | edc d2 :|
|: f/g/ |\
|: afd dcd | BGF G2 F | EGB efd | cA^G A2 a/g/ |
fdA FDF | GBd g2 g | f^ef g=ec | edc d2 :|

& that curious other way with the B-part taken slightly differently ~

a2 d dd/c/d | BGF G3 | b^ge e^de | cA^G A3 |
fdA FD/E/F | GB/c/d g3 | f2 f gec | edc d2 |]

# Posted on March 5th 2011 by ceolachan

~ | cA^G A2 a/=g/ | ~

Oops! I missed that change ~
the B-part, bar 4, the ^G back to natural ~ =g/

# Posted on March 5th 2011 by ceolachan

Son of Oops! I see I doubled the repeat sign for the B-part above, which should have read ~

|: f/g/ |\
afd dcd | BGF G2 F | EGB efd | cA^G A2 a/g/ |
fdA FDF | GBd g2 g | f^ef g=ec | edc d2 :|

# Posted on March 5th 2011 by ceolachan

"Charlie Hunter's" - duplication

Submitted on August 1st 2005 by Feargal French.
~ /tunes/display/4804

X: 4
T: Charlie Hunter's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: DFA GBd | Adf a2 g | f2 d Bcd | ecA GFE |
DFA GBd | Adf a2 g | faf gec | edc d2 f :|
|: afd d2 c | BGF G2 F | EGB e2 d | cAA A2 e |
fdA DFA | GBd g2 e | faf gec | edc d2 f :|

Cape Breton Jig
I always thought that this was a Tommy Peoples tune. However, I have just hesard a recording of Breda Smith playing this and another and they were introduced as two Cape Breton Jigs.

I would like to know more about these tunes, if possible.

I tried to search for the ABC but could not get a match.

# Posted on August 1st 2005 by Feargal French

# Posted on October 20th 2011 by ceolachan

"Sliabh League"

The Title given to this tune on "Champions of Ireland: Concertina" is Sliabh League. This isn't reliable though because this is a cheap compilation and a couple of tunes were mis-titled. It is a great tune though.

# Posted on June 14th 2007 by 52Paddy

# Posted on October 20th 2011 by ceolachan