Statia Donnelly

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on February 27th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts.

This tune has been added to 89 tunebooks.

Also known as An Paistin Fionn, Paistin Fionn, Statia Donnelly's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Deborah Quigley With Martin Gould by Deborah Quigley
• Flower Of The Red Mill by Sarah Blair
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• In Session by Eoin O'Neill
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• La Harpe Irlandaise - The Irish Harp by Katrien Delavier
• May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
• Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
• Sean Reid's Favourite by Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
• Seanchairde by Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule
• Spinndrift by Mooncoin
• Spirit by Dervish
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Flooded Bridge by Patricia Clark And Simon Bacon
• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• The Lonely Stranded Band by Charlie Piggott, Miriam Collins And Joe Corcoran
• The Merry Sisters Of Fate by Lunasa
• The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years by The Chieftains
• Think Before You Think by Danu
• Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain
• Trip Over The Mountain by Watkin Lees
• Wet Your Whistle by Wet Your Whistle

X: 1
T: Statia Donnelly
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
|:FGA cAA|BGG cAG|FGA cAG|Ad^c d2 A|
|FGA cAA|def g2 e|dcA GEA|1 DED D2 A:|2 DED DFA||
|:ded cAA|def g2 e|ded cAB|~c3 ABc|
|ded cAA|def g2 e|dcA GEA|1 DED DFA:|2 DED D2 A||

Statia Donnelly

I learned this classic D mix jig through osmosis, hearing it from different players around Montana coming to Helena for sessions. I love the shifts between c natural and c sharp, and the swingy feel you get from those FGA phrases. To me, this tune works best at a moderate to slow tempo--a deliberate, almost march-like pace. There's also lots of room for variations:

You can play the opening phrase as:
|FGA cAG|BAG cAG|FGA cAG|Ad^c d2 A|
or
|FGA c2 A|BAG cAG|
or
|FGA ~c3|BAG cAG|
or
|FGA cAG|~B3 cAG|

Similarly, the ending phrase of the A part responds well to the slightes changes:
|FGA cAA|def ~g3|dcA GEA|DED D2 A:|
or
|FGA cde|fed ~g3|dcA GEA|DED D2 A:|

Some ideas for the B part include:

|~d3 cAG|def g2 e|ded cAB|cec ABc|
|ded cA/B/c|def g2 e|dcA GEC|DED DFA|
or
|dcA cAG|AB/c/d efg|afd cAB|cBc ABc|
|ded cAA|def g2 e|dcA GEA|GEA GED|into Part A

# Posted on February 27th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts

I like these Dmix jigs.

# Posted on February 27th 2003 by gian marco

Air of this name (Paddy Taylor)

Paddy Taylor's album of around 1970 ("The Boy in the Gap") contains on side one an air called "An Paistin Fionn." Am wondering the relationship, if any, of this air and the jig of the same name.

# Posted on May 8th 2003 by Mariajef

This jig was derived from the air. The jig is in Ryan's under the title "The Pustheen Fawn," I think is how it's spelled, with the parts reversed from how they're played here.

# Posted on May 14th 2004 by Kevin Rietmann

Tune confusion

On my recent trip to Ireland, whenever I played the jig I learned from Kevin Crawford's CD, "In Good Company" called "Finbar Dwyer's" the B part of this tune would show up. Evidentially they both share the same A part -- beware. This tune seems to be better known and more widespread.

Finbar Dwyer's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1159

# Posted on January 1st 2005 by Phantom Button

Piping Version

X: 1
T: Statia Donnelly
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
|:AG| FGA cAA|BGB cAG|FGA cAG|Ad^c d2A|
|D(3GAB cAA|efd e(3gfe|dcA GEA|D3 D2:||
|:d2A cAA|efd e(3gfe|ded cAB|c2B ABc|
|ded cAd|efd e(3gfe|dcA GEA|D3 D2:||

# Posted on November 18th 2008 by JACKB