The Mist In The Meadow

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 13th 2002 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 37 tunebooks.

Also known as The Castlebar Races, Mist In The Meadow, Mist On The Meadow, The Mist On The Meadow, The Mist On The Meadows, Moran's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• As I Carelessly Did Stray... by Harry Bradley
• Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
• Lucky In Love by Charlie Lennon And Mick O'Connor
• Minstrel's Fancy by Sean Ryan And P. J. Moloney
• Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
• The Moneymusk by Hammy Hamilton
• The Rakish Paddy by Paddy Cronin
• The Spirit Of West Clare by Bobby Casey
• They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
• Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda

X: 1
T: Mist In The Meadow, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:f|gdB BAB|GBA GBd|gdB BAB|GBd e2f|
gdB BAB|GBA GBd|gfe fdB|ABd e2:|
|:f|gfg bge|fef afd|gfg bge|fed e2f|
gfg bge|fef afd|gfe fdB|ABd e2:|

I learned this tune from a whistle tutor in the summer school in Sligo. She called it Morrison's Jig, but obviously not the one with that title we know. So I searched Richard Moon's tune data base for the tune by entering its fragment and found it is more widely known as "Mist on the Meadows."

I play this tune after "My mind will never be easy" in G.

# Posted on December 13th 2002 by slainte

I found Harry Bradley recorded this tune as The Castlebar Races. Compared to Dow's setting, Harry's setting is close to the one I learned in Sligo and posted here. Just compare: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1160

# Posted on February 26th 2004 by slainte

They're different tunes with similar B-parts. Both get played at our session. I think HB must have got the names mixed up.

# Posted on May 2nd 2004 by Dow

I've just found Conal O Grada also recorded this tune as The Castlebar Races. If it's a mistake, this tune already goes with that name.

# Posted on June 7th 2004 by slainte

Variation

Harry Bradley plays the second part like this:
|~g3 bag|fef def|....

# Posted on September 11th 2004 by slainte

The Mist in the Meadow

A very similar version of this jig can be found on page 79 of the Hidden Fermanagh book. It informs: "[the fluter] Eddie Duffy's version of a popular local tune."

To supply more information on the source of this particular version I posted, I got it from Ms. Olivia McTernan 4 years ago in Queen Maeve Summer School in Sligo town. Olivia is now working in Dublin but used to be a pupil of Sligo whistle player Carmel Gunning. (Liam Kelly, Damien Stenson, and June McCormack are also among Carmel's past pupils.) I don't remember where she learned the tune. But, judging from the list of the recordings which has it, I suspect it's been rather popular in the area around North Sligo, Leitrim, Fermanagh, and some other parts in the North.

# Posted on May 6th 2006 by slainte

Compare the Cordal Jig: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/864

# Posted on May 6th 2006 by slainte

Different Key

I have learned this as Paddy Ban's jig, but it was in D.

# Posted on February 23rd 2008 by tricia