The Frog In The Well

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on January 31st 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.

Also known as Boat With A Hole, Charlie Harris', The Frog's Frolics, The Goat In The Green, Goat On The Green, The Goat On The Green, The Humours Of Dingle, Old Apples In Winter.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Are You The Concertina Player? by Kate McNamara
• Buttons And Bows by Jackie Daly, Seamus And Manus McGuire
• Ceol Cill Na Martra by Connie O'Connell
• Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
• Here Among Strangers by SÍucra
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
• Live At Mona's by Various Artists
• Milltown Lass by Rose Murphy
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• On The Fly by Patrick Street
• One by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Rendezvous by Celtic Fiddle Festival
• Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Morning Mist by Joe Burke
• The One-Horned Cow by The Suffering Gaels
• Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• Up Close by Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: Frog In The Well, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
~E3 GEE|BEE GFE|D3 FDD|ADD FED|
~E3 GEE|BEE G2A|~B3 ABA|1 GED EGD:|2 GED E2B||
|:efe ~B3|e2f gfe|fdd Add|Bdd fed|
e^de ~B3|e2f gfe|fdB AGF|1 GED E2B:|2 GED EGD||

This gets played frequently at my local session, but there are surprisingly few transcriptions of it on the net. This is taken from an MD recording. There is a lot of room for variation, e.g. bars 3 & 4: |D3 FDF|ABA FED|. I've also heard the last 2 bars of the 2nd part played |fed BAF|GED E...

There is another version available under the same name on JC's index, and also one from Richard Moon's Tune Database entitled "Jigs From Charlie Harris".

# Posted on January 31st 2003 by Dow

James Kelly Plays it...

...on his Caple Street album. He does more of this type thing:

~E3 GFE| BGE GFE| D (3FED FED| ADG FED | ~E3 GFE| BGE GFE| BGB AFA| GBG E2...

Thanks for posting this--i wondered what the name was.

# Posted on May 3rd 2003 by pchaffee

Goat on the Green

Also, on Paddy Canny's album and on Patick Orceau's "Live At Mona's"

# Posted on April 19th 2005 by lastnitesfun

The Frog's Frolics

John Brosnan's version:

K: Emin
D|~E3 FEE|BEE GFE|DED FDF|AFA dAF|
~E3 FEE|BEE GFE|d2B AFA|BED E2:|
d|efe BAB|def gfe|fdd Add|fdf afd|
efe BAB|def afd|edB AFA|BED E2:|

This tune sounds a bit like a composite of "The Apples in Winter" and "The Boys of Tanderagee." It's probably a cousin of "The Hills of Glenorchy": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/842

# Posted on January 12th 2006 by slainte

Terry Bingham

He plays it as Charlie Harris's, and it goes like that (or smth like that...)

E3 GEE|BEE GFE|D2D FDF|AFA dAF|
E2E GEE|BEE GFE|d2c BAG| 1 ABE EED:| 2 ABE EEf ||
efe BAB|def afe|fdd Add|faf fed|
efe BAB|def afe|fdB AGA| 1 BEE E2f:| 2 BEE E2D||

I hope that transcription is not too bad :-p

# Posted on February 3rd 2007 by charliechamo