Banish Misfortune

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on May 18th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 1637 tunebooks.

Also known as Banished Misfortune, Díbir Anachain, Díbir Mí-Ádh, Ecclesiastes 11:10, The Horse Under The Stairs, The Humours Of Mullinafauna, Mammy's Horse Is Dying, The Mangled Badger, No No... Its "Varnish Me Forskin" (idiot!), The Stoat That Ate Me Sandals, Vanish Me Foreskin, The Whore Amongst The Nettles Roaring.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
Ard Rí by Aileach
Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
Banish Misfortune by Mithril
Briary Lads by Aidan Crossey
Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
Celtic Crossing by William Coulter
Ceol An Clair by Various Artists
Champions Of Ireland: Harp by Various Artists
Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
Dig With It by Randal Bays, Dave Marshall And Willie Bays
Fianchetto by Queen's Gambit
Flagstone Memories by Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington And Jim Higgins
Flea Ceoil by Various Artists
Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
Harpes D'Irlande by Katrien Delavier
In Stitches by The Flying Toads
Irish Cream by Irish Cream
Irish Fiddles And Pipes by Liam Rowsome
Irish Pennywhistle Taught By Cathal McConnell by Cathal McConnell
Irish Traditional Mandoline Ó Life Go Laoi by Fiontán Ó Meachair
Just Me And A Fiddle by The Flyin' Fiddler Wayne Cantwell
Keltish by Keltish
Kids In A Candy Store by Rick May And Gil Yslas
Killultagh by Killultagh
Kitty From Ballinamore by Ash Plant
Kitty's Rambles by Finbarr Dwyer
Knot The Metronome by Runt O'the Litter
Last Leaves by Malinky
Live From Dublin - A Tribute To Derek Bell by The Chieftains
Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
My Heart Belongs To Jenny by Duck Baker
No Doubt by Six Mile Bridge
No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
Nos Na Gaoithe by Brian Owens And Tom Dunlop
Off She Goes by Gerry Hegarty And Claire Watts
Our Musical Heritage Disc 2 by Various Artists
Pipes, Rods 'n' Reels by Ray Sloan
Potsticks by Sean Moloney
Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
Purgatory Chasm by Skip Healy
Relative Minors by Qristina And Quinn Bachand
Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
Silver Strings by Iain Anderson
Sin E by Sin E
Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
Southwind by Glenn Morgan
Special Instrumental - Le Fiddle Irlandais Par Ted Furey by Ted Furey
Strict Tempo! by Richard Thompson
Sunday Night by Robert Chalmers And Friends
Tampa Session Sets, Vol. 1 by Clan Tampa
The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
The Gathering by Various Artists
The Good Fairies Of New York (novel) by Martin Millar
The Lark In The Clear Air by Various Artists
The Lightning Fields by Robin Bullock
The Nettles by The Nettles
The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 2 by Willie Clancy
The Porthole Of The Kelp by Sean Casey
The Reel Years 1973 - 1983 by The Fureys And Davey Arthur
The Spirit Of West Clare by Bobby Casey
The Uilleann Pipes Of Ireland by Jean-Yves Le Pape
The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
Think Before You Think by Danu
Three Forks Of Cheat by Trapezoid
Tobar An Dúchais by Brid O'Donohue
Tobar An Dúchais: Solo Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Music From County Clare by Bríd O'Donohue
Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
Traditional Irish Music Played On The Fiddle by Tommy Peoples
Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter
Turning by Knot Fibb'n
Up The Moy Road by Brendan Larrissey And Mike Considine
Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff
Willie Clancy: The Gold Ring - CD 2 Of 2 by Willie Clancy

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

I like to emphasise the "keyless" nature of this tune by sliding up to the F sharps from F natural. This works especially well at the very start of the first and second parts.

I find this tune sounds best when it isn't rushed, but played at a steady, medium pace.

# Posted on May 26th 2001 by Jeremy

As, Bs & Cs

I am trying to get Varnish Me Foreskin on the fiddle, but I'm in a bit of a dilemma about the running order.

It seems to have an A, a B and a C part. As it is presented here, it's a straight 2A, 2B & 2C format, but I have also seen it at JC's to be 1A, 1B, !A, 1B & 2C.

Any ideas?

# Posted on April 29th 2002 by Skipjack

Weird version of Banish Misfortune

There's a banjo player at my local session who plays the 1st part with a bar of 9/8, so that bars 5-8 go:

|~A3 BAG|M:9/8 ~A3 GAB cde|M:6/8 fed cAG|Adc d2|

He tells me that this is an older version that features on old recordings of this tune. Has anyone else come across this?

# Posted on February 2nd 2003 by Dr. Dow

Guitar version

Richard Thompson and Patti Larkin each do a nice guitar solo version of this one.

# Posted on August 11th 2003 by JeffK627

D or G

Is it just me of can this tune be played as it written in the sheet music in D and G? Why yes, I believe it can!

Johnathan

# Posted on January 16th 2004 by Harper_Lad

Ditto Jeremy...

# Posted on July 11th 2005 by flauta dolce

It is in D mixolydian, which is uses a D scale with a C natural in it, so it is written with one sharp, and any C sharps shown as accidentals. People see the one sharp and sometimes say "oh, it is in G," but it is not.

# Posted on January 17th 2006 by AlBrown

Here's a nice recording by Sean Keane on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYxTv8bVRUc&NR=1

# Posted on November 25th 2010 by Jon Kiparsky

I personally dont like Sean Keane´s version. Its way to ornamented and the melodic drive diasappears. I actually prefers the version by american online teacher Ian Walsh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avPstyTW-T8

# Posted on February 24th 2012 by Anders Eliasson