Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 10th 2003 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Also known as Domhnall Na Greine, Donall Na Greine, The Irish Trot, Leg Of A Duck, The Leg Of A Duck , Leg Of The Duck, The Leg Of The Duck, Leis Lacha, Thady You Gander, Wee Murdie.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Daniel Of The Sun
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:fdd edd|fef dBA|Bee e2d|Bee e2a|
fdd edd|fef dBA|Bdd dcd|Bdd d3:|
|:fga efg|fef dBA|Bee e2d|Bee e2a|
fga efg|fef dBA|Bdd dcd|Bdd d3:|
Daniel of the Sun
This tune and "Thady You Gander" are similar and probably have the same origin, but I think they are different enough to be posted here separately.
I got this particular version from the recording of Finlay MacDonald. It comes from Duncan Johnstone, another Scottish piper. Some Irish settings like the one from O'Neill's are available at JC's, but in my opinion this one is simpler and the best.
I've never heard this jig played in Ireland, but is it common anywhere in the country?
# Posted on January 10th 2003 by slainte
Played in Ireland
Yes, it is played in Ireland, but you wouldn't hear it often. The late Micho Russell used to play a jig with the same title, though memory cannot recall whether this is the same tune. I suspect it is.
# Posted on January 11th 2003 by LongNote
Daniel of the Sun
This one one would be more familiar to me as "Leg of the Duck" - I think it may have been recorded by box player, Joe Burke.
# Posted on January 11th 2003 by Bannerman
Donall Na Greine
T:Donall Na Greine
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Paul McGrattan - Keelwest
R:jig
Z:G.M.P
K:G
D|~G3 AGA|B/c/dg dBA|BcB B2A|BcB B2A|
DGG AGA|Bdg dBG|ABA A2D|ABA A2:|:d|
g2g faf|fge dBA|BcB B2A|BcB B2d|
1~g3 faf|fge dBG|ABA A2D|ABA A2:|
2g2g aga|bge dBG|ABA A2D|ABA2|
# Posted on December 2nd 2003 by gian marco
"Thady You Gander" / "The Leg of the Duck"
D Major ~ November 5th 2002 ~ submitted by abwilson
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1109
# Posted on November 26th 2005 by ceolachan
I heard this tune has lyrics. Does anybody know?
# Posted on November 26th 2005 by slainte
"The Leg of The Duck" ~ another melody
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on January 29th 2003 by Dow.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1388
# Posted on December 9th 2005 by ceolachan
Oh yeah, forgot to say 'slainte', Dow gives one set of lyrics courtesy of Norbeck...
# Posted on December 9th 2005 by ceolachan
Domhnall Na Graine
This distinct variation was submitted by JackB on August 2nd 2007. It might remain, then again it might not.
X: 1
T: Domhnall Na Graine
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:fed cde | fed cAG | cAA A2G | cAA A2G |
fed cde | fed cAd | cAF G3 | cAF G3 :|
|:G3 AGA | cAA BGG | cAA A2G | cAA A2G |
G3 AGA | cAA BGd | cAF G3 | cAF G3 :|
|:a2f g2e | fed cAG | cAA A2G | cAA A2G |
a2f g2e | fed cAd | cAF G2A | cAF G3 :|
# Posted on August 3rd 2007 by hetty
Domhnall Na Graine
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7571
# Posted on August 6th 2007 by hetty
I read an interesting story about the origins of this tune.
A man was very ill, and he wasn't getting any better. One night, he stumbled out of his house in total frustration. He came upon a man in the street who asked why he was so unhappy. He told the stranger that he was ill and couldn't recover. The stranger told him he had a tune. If the ill man would learn the tune from him, mastering it by morning his sickness would be gone. The stranger lilted the tune so that he could learn it. The sick man spent the rest of the night burning it into his memory. In the morning, he felt well enough to pick up his fiddle and play it. His sickness had gone.
# Posted on May 30th 2008 by cathrynb