Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on October 27th 2002 by glauber.
This tune has been added to 79 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Crabs In The Skillet
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmin
D |: G3 d2^F | G2A B2c | ded cBA | dcB AG^F |
G3 d2^F | G2A B2d | cAc f=ed |1 cAF F=EF :|2 cAF G2 ||
d | gag gf=e | fgf f=ed | cd=e fed | cAF G2d |
gag gf=e | fgf f=ed | cd=e fed |1 cAF F2 :|2 cAF F=EF ||
G2z A2z | B2z c2z | ded cBA | dcB AG^F |
G2z A2z | B2z d2z | cAc f=ed |1 cAF F=EF :|2 cAF G2 ||
I used to hate these tunes in flats...
and then i got a flute with keys!
Some folks in the session were playing this the other day. It's a nice melody, and fits very comfortably in the keyed flute. Fiddlers, of course, have no problems with flats. I can almost play it in one of my more half-holing, note-bending whistles. A real whistler should be able to do it as long as it isn't too fast. Those couple of F#s and E-nats sure help.
This is from O'Neill, by the way. 1112 in Music of Ireland and 306 in Dance Music of Ireland (1907).
# Posted on October 27th 2002 by glauber
Ornaments
I roll those long Gs and put the accent on the d (ta-blah-vlah-dah-DEE!).
The 3rd part seems too cute to be authentic, especially being just a variation on the 1st part. But what do i know, i just play this stuff!
# Posted on October 27th 2002 by glauber
This is a great tune! We paired it with Jump at the Sun (same key, same book) and it's quite haunting on the concertina. Well, more creepy really, but it works for us.
# Posted on October 27th 2002 by Trinil
Jump
Trinil, Jump at the Sun isn't in O'Neill. The version that's showing in the Tune Finder says it's by John Kirkpatrick, in 1972. (Still looks like a nice pairing with Crabs, though.)
# Posted on October 28th 2002 by glauber
Jump
Whoops! My mistake. I got them from a band member in a packet of (mostly) O'Neill tunes. Guess my memory recall needs a little work. :D It is a nice pairing, though, I hope we get the arrangement polished and ready soon.
Cheers
# Posted on October 28th 2002 by Trinil
Just learning this now on the harp. We (my teacher and our harp orchestra) are teaming it up with and playing it after Planxty Burke.
# Posted on March 28th 2004 by Andee
"Jump at the Sun" ~ by John Kirkpatrick
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/736
# Posted on November 26th 2005 by ceolachan
Crabs in the Skillet
Here's a version from Liz and Yvonne Kane's album "The Well Tempered Bow."
|:DGG ABc|cdB ~c3|Add cBA|dcB AGF|
D2 G ABc|cdB ~c3|cAc fed|1cAF G2 F:|2cAF GBd||
|:~g3 ~g3|fag fed|cde fed|cde fed|
[BD]gg gag|(3fga g fed|cde fed|1cAF GBd:|2cAF GDB,||
|:G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|AGF DCB,|
G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|1AGF G2 G,:|AGF G2 D||
There's an optional variation for the C-part as well:
|:G,B,D GBd|~c3 dcA|~B3 Adc|AGF DCB,|
G,A,B, A,B,C|B,CD CD=E|DGA dcA|dcA G3||
# Posted on September 22nd 2006 by errik
Crabs in the Skillet
Shouldn't this be Gdor instead of Gmin?
The only Eflat I play is actually where errik placed the natural in that optional variation on the C part.
# Posted on July 1st 2007 by RogueFiddler
A real whistler should be able to do it as long as it isn't too fast....
Heh... I think Breda Smyth blew away the "rule" about not playing half holes too fast on whistle when she did Bachelor's walk....
# Posted on November 5th 2007 by JosephofCK