Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 16th 2002 by Mark Cordova.
This tune has been added to 98 tunebooks.
Also known as Fitzpatrick's, Jackson's Night Cap, The Night Dance.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Strike The Gay Harp
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
d2B cBA|dAF FED|d2B cAA|dAF EFA|
def Bcd|ABA F2 E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
dcd fdf|aba afe|def afa|bge edB|
def afa|bgb a2g|fed dfe|dAF EFA:|
def def|dAF DFA|def def|dAF F2A|
def Bcd|ABA F2 E|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
Nice Jig
I heard this piece off a Cheiftan's Release many years ago. It is in the Oneil's tunebook but they added a lot of ornamentation. Here is the simplified version. Enjoy.
Mark
# Posted on December 16th 2002 by Mark Cordova
Lovely tune
This is a nice pretty one. I've had it half-arranged on guitar for years, but it sounds great on a whistle.
It's a tricky one on the harmonica, but I suppose I should learn it there too, just for the play on the name...
# Posted on December 16th 2002 by Jon Kiparsky
Minor variation
A local piper here in Toronto makes the last line (that is, the second half of the C section) sound like this:
def B3|ABA GFE|DED DEF|AFE EFA:|
which, I think, rocks.
---Michael B.
# Posted on August 20th 2003 by MichaelBolton