Strike The Gay Harp

jig

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:

• A Dark Horse by Martin Murray
• A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Champion Of Champions by Sean Maguire
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gaughan by Dick Gaughan
• Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
• Goldfiddle by Matt McGranaghan
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music by Jim McKillop
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
• Legacy by The Dunne Family
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Northern Tradition by Mary Mulholland
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
• The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
• The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Groves by Laurel Martin
• The View Across The Valley by The Brady Family
• Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• With Friends Like These by Various Artists
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists

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