Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 27th 2003 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.
Also known as The Humors Of Derrycrosane, The Humors Of Derrycrossane, Humors Of Derrykissane, The Humors Of Derrykissane, Humours Of Derrycrosane, The Humours Of Derrycrosane, Humours Of Derrycrossane, Humours Of Derrykissane, The Humours Of Derrykissane, The Humours Of Derrykissanne.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Humours Of Derrycrossane, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
B3 BAB c3|BAG B/c/dB ABc|BAG B/c/dB c2e|1 dBG GAF G2A:|2 dBG GAF GB/^c/d||
g3 ed=c Bcd|ecA ABG A2d|~g3 edc Bcd|gdB G/A/BA GB/^c/d|
g3 ed=c Bcd|ecA ABG A2d|def gfe def|g/a/bg agf ged||
I'm not sure but I think this is the right spelling. I've seen it spelt Derrycrosane, Derrykrossane, Derrykrosane, Derrykosane, Derrykissane... the list goes on and on. Feel free to add any common ones to the 'nother name section as I can't be bothered! The only actual place with this name that I can find in Ireland is a "Derrycrossane" near Kilrush in County Clare. This seems a likely candidate to me, being in a scenic area, but if it's wrong then write in and I'll edit it.
This setting is taken from the playing of Karen Tweed. After much deliberation I decided to write in her ornamentation, since that was probably what attracted me to the tune enough to sit down and learn it in the first place. I like the way she alternates between C#s and Cnats. If you want an unornamented version just take out the semiquavers so that e.g. B/c/dB becomes BdB.
# Posted on March 27th 2003 by Dow
Also played in D
# Posted on March 27th 2003 by Dow
It's sounds like a cousin of The Foxhunter's Jig, but a much spicier tune, I think.
# Posted on March 28th 2003 by granama
Humours of Derrycrossane reminded me of Foxhunter's, as I'm fairly new at this whole thing. I'm looking forward to trying the two together in a set, especially after I get my new whistle. Love this tune! Thanks!
Helen
# Posted on March 29th 2003 by fiddlefingers
Correct name
I hear this tune called the Humours of Derrykissane.?
# Posted on January 1st 2004 by MollyB
FWIW, in the liner notes of his "In Good Company" CD, Kevin Crawford calls this tune a jig and says it's associated with Willie Clancy.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Jason G
Yeep,
MollyB, you're hearing right but is it right?
The Humours Of Derrykissane for most people, I suppose, is the tune with a strong f# presence, a phrygian ghost in it.
It has this immediatley recognisable quality: hasn't been posted on this site (unless under a different name). I hope to do it when I'm more fluent in the ABC linguo. Or will someone else do it? -it's missing from these pages!
# Posted on September 30th 2006 by birlibirdie
Here...
...I think that this one here is the one I remembered as Derrykissane:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/93 Ryan's (slip jig)
(right or wrong?)
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by birlibirdie