Around The World For Sport

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on October 4th 2002 by Kenn.

This tune has been added to 109 tunebooks.

Also known as The Rambler In Cork, Round The World For Sport, The Sword In Hand, With Sword In Hand.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Celtic Graces: A Best Of Ireland by Lynn Saoirse
• Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Lynn Saoirse
• Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh by Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh
• Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
• The Best Of by The Bothy Band
• The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Lynn Saoirse
• Trip To Harrogate by Canny Fettle

X: 1
T: Around The World For Sport
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:F|G2BG F2AF|EBBA BGEF|G2BG FGAc|BdAG FDD:|
|:g|f2e^c dBAF|EBBA BGEg|f2e^c dBAF|GBAG FDD:|

Around the World for Sport

Anyone know which sport we're referring to?

# Posted on October 4th 2002 by Kenn

Traveling around the world, I'd assume.

# Posted on October 4th 2002 by cuchulain54

Maybe it was with a fridge.

# Posted on October 4th 2002 by Zina Lee

I submitted this tune as a suggestion to play after Drowsy Maggie (discussions Oct 2/02).
Has a strong driving rythme, nice on the fiddle. (Guitar's go crazy!).

# Posted on October 5th 2002 by Kenn

Rhythm, (can't spell).

# Posted on October 6th 2002 by Kenn

Around the World with a Refrigerator For Sport, also known as More Power to Your Lumbar, or the Hernia Full of Stitches.
It's a good tune, Kenn.

# Posted on October 6th 2002 by cuchulain54

Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh have a slightly different version called The Rambler in Cork:
k:Edor
G2BG FGA=c|B2BA BEEF|G2BG FABc|1 dBAG FDEF:|2 dBAd BEE2
|:g2fg edBA|G2(3BAG Bdef|1 g2fg edBc|dBAG FDD2:|2 gfed efge|dBAF DFAF||

# Posted on October 7th 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

Around The World For Sport

I've always known this tune as With Sword In Hand.Isn't Around The World an alternative title for The Wise Maid? David Meredith

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Different world

I think you're thinking of All Around The World which is an alternate title for The Wise Maid. It's easy to see how that could be confused with Around The World For Sport.

You could combine The Wise Maid, Sporting Paddy and this tune into a set and call it All Around The World For Sporting Paddy.

# Posted on January 1st 2004 by Jeremy

Around The World For Sport/The Sword In Hand/The Cork Rambler

I know this one as "The Sword In Hand", also posted by Pants @ http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1425. The O'Neill's setting of "Around The World For Sport" is very similar, but resembles more closely the jig that goes by that name: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3149

K: Emin
~G3B A2dc|BdAc BEEF|~G3B A2dc|BGAG FDEF|~G3B A2dc|BdAc BEEF|G2GF GAB^c|dBAG FDDf||
gfef g2ef|geag fddf|gfef gfed|BdAG FDDf|
gfef g2bg|fgag fddf|gbaf gfed|BdAG FDEF||

It also resembles "The Rambler In Cork" posted by David. The 3 tunes/settings are clearly closely related.

# Posted on June 24th 2004 by Dow

Great

This song's great--and the Tony Hawks fridge references at the begining of this post only added to the enjoyment! Someone should create a jig or a ballad in honor of his adventures!

# Posted on August 21st 2007 by mistercliff

Twin jig

check the 6/8jig: The Leitrim Fancy http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/467
for stunning similarity.
The Bothyband played them in succession on 'Out of the Wind'.

# Posted on October 21st 2008 by birlibirdie

False friend

"Sport" is an irish gaelic word and it means "have fun", in that case with music

# Posted on November 23rd 2008 by Tony O gealbhain