The Fairy

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 31st 2008 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Also known as The Pooca, Port An Puca.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Treasury Of Irish Music 2 by Various Artists
• Altan by Altan
• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• An Tobar Gl�é by Neil Mulligan
• Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
• Beauty An Oileáin: Music And Song Of The Blasket Islands by Various Artists
• Drimalost And Beyond CD1 by Danny Meehan
• Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
• First Hand by Mairi Rankin
• Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
• Irish Jigs by Paul Hutchinson, John Hymas And Tony Harris
• Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Music For The Sets - Volume 6: Face The Hob by Various Artists
• Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
• Pride Of The West by John Wynne And John McEvoy
• Providence III by Providence
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• Road Map Of Ireland by Tom McGonigle And Robert McGouran
• Shetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
• Strangest Dream by Popcorn Behavior
• Take To The Floor by Haste To The Wedding
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The High Notes by The High Notes
• The Open Road by Steph Geremia
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Stone In The Field by Tommy Reck
• The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
• The Tocane Concerts by Various Artists
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
• To Meet A Friend by Josephine Marsh & Cyril O'Donoghue
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Concert Flute by Marcus Hernon
• We'll Seek No More Engagements by Aidan Crossey

X: 1
T: Fairy, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:dBA B2A|GBd gab|age edB|BAG Age|
dBA B2A|GBd gab|age dBA|BGF G2B:|
|:ded deg|aba aga|bge edB|BAG Age|
dBA B2A|GBd gab|age dBA|1 BGF G2B:|2 BGF Gge||

Port an Puca

This is my current favourite tune, learnt off John Blake, Lamond Gillespie, and Mick Leahy's second trio album. They inform that the jig appears on the Joyce Collection and that 19th century Galway piper Paddy Conneely is cited as the source there. A bit of research shows that it's also on the O'Neill (no.319). A little different and less playable too.

# Posted on May 31st 2008 by slainte

thanks for submitting this lovely tune. The version is great and can be listen to here:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=198627221

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by swisspiper

Angelina Carberry plays a lovely version of this tune with her father on Memories from the Holla. Thanks for submitting it slainte.

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by 52Paddy

I was thinking that John Blake learnt this jig from the Carberrys. Paddy, is this basically the same version they recorded? And could you inform where they got it?

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by slainte

Thanks for reminding me, Swisspiper. It can be more compact: http://www.myspace.com/humoursofhighgate

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by slainte

X: 1
T: The Pooca
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
D: Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry & John Blake - Memories From Holla
K: Gmaj
dBA ~B3|GBd gab|age dBG|BAG Age|
dBA ~B3|GBd gab|age dBA|BGG Gge:|
|:ded deg|aba aga|bge edB|BAG Age|
dBA ~B3|GBd gab|age dBA|BGG Gge:|

Banjo is going |GBd gab| in bar 2. Box is holding on that top G |GBd g3|.

Yeah, it's pretty much the same version.

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by Dr. Dow

Have you got the sleeve notes, Dow?

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by slainte

No, but check your e-mail.

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by Dr. Dow

Cheers. So they tuned down their instruments.

# Posted on June 1st 2008 by slainte