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Maire Rua

slip jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 26th 2002 by banjowalsh.

This tune has been added to 127 tunebooks.

Also known as A Bumper At Parting, B'fhearr Liomsa Ainnir Gan Guna, Come Under My Dimity, The Devil And The Bailiff, Ditherum Doodle, I'll Take A Glass With A Friend, Jig An Da Thuistiun, Johnny D's, Maire Ruadh, Maire Ruaid, Mall Rua, The Market Stake, Maura Rua, Moll Roe, Moll Roe In The Morning, Moll Roe's, Moll Rua, The Munsterman's Flattery, The Night Before Larry Was Stretched, The Night Larry Was Stretched, One Bumper At Parting, Red Haired Mary, Rent In Arrears, The Salt, Sweet Molly Roe, Taim In Arrears, Táim In Arrears, Though Late Was I Plump, The Wheels Of The World.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Maire Rua
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|:DGG GAG FGA|BBB GAB ~c3|DGG GAG FGA|BAB cAF G2 E:|
|:ded cAG FED|ded cAB ~c3|ded cAG FGA|BAB cAF G2 E:|

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Maire Rua sheetmusic
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Maire Rua

This is a version I heard from the playing of De Danann, from live recordings I have. I don't think they ever recorded it on LP or CD etc., They always paired it with Hardiman the Fiddler.

# Posted on September 26th 2002 by banjowalsh

This is an excellent tune for the pipes and sounds especially good on the flat pipes.

# Posted on July 25th 2003 by Hanley

Maire Rua

It's on one of the "Irish Folk Tour" double LPs which included "De Danann", and is paired, as you say, with "Hardiman". The Ulster singer Len Graham also has a fine song to this tune, called "The Wheels Of The World" - nothing to do with the reel of that name.

# Posted on October 28th 2003 by Kenny

The Night Larry was Streched

T:The Night Larry was Streched
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Traditional Irish Music (traditional music session from Belfast)
R:slip-jig
Z:g.m.p
K:G
D2G GAG FGA|B3 GAB c[Bd][Ae]|D2G GAG FGA|1BdB cAF GEG:|2BdB cAF Gdc||
~d3 cAG FED|ded cAB c3|~d3 cAG FGA|1BdB cAF Gde:|2BdB cAF GEG||

# Posted on February 26th 2004 by gian marco

The Night Before Larry was Stretched

Traditionally this was composed by "Hurlfoot Bill". And it's "The night BEFORE Larry was stretched. You can find the words in the Penguin Book of Irish Poetry.

# Posted on April 30th 2005 by Innocent Bystander

"Come Under My Dimity" ~ slip jig ~ family member, twins

Key signature: Gmajor ~ & D in comments ~ two other takes on it...
Submitted on September 29th 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7793

# Posted on September 30th 2007 by ceolachan

"A Bumper At Parting" ~ triplets

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on March 23rd 2007 by nicholas.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/6991

# Posted on November 29th 2007 by ceolachan

"Johnny Loves Molly" ~ Quadruplets?

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on June 25th 2007 by JohnQ.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7400

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by ceolachan

"The Salt" ~ quintuplets ~ & the earliest on site

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on January 31st 2002 by Will CPT.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/527

# Posted on November 30th 2007 by ceolachan

Maire Rua

Played here by Ronan Browne and Peadar O'Loughlin in E....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efEL_wjadyc&feature=related

# Posted on September 27th 2009 by bogman

A great tune on Anglo concertina we play it as The Wheels of the World but i was told Molly Roe the other night by whistle player Alex Monaghan . We go into Drops of Brandy.

# Posted on April 30th 2010 by Michael Sam Wild

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