Banish Misfortune

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on May 18th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 1591 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

X: 1
T: Banish Misfortune
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
fed cAG| A2d cAG| F2D DED| FEF GFG| AGA cAG| AGA cde|
fed cAG| Ad^c d3:|f2d d^cd| f2g agf| e2c cBc|e2f gfe|
f2g agf| e2f gfe|fed cAG|Ad^c d3:|f2g e2f| d2e c2d|
ABA GAG| F2F GED| c3 cAG| AGA cde| fed cAG| Ad^c d3:|

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