The Lark In The Strand

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on May 3rd 2003 by harry.

This tune has been added to 112 tunebooks.

Also known as The Lark Of The Strand, The Lark On The Strand, Paddy Hughes.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• Cé by Cé
• Celtic Harp II: From A Distant Time by Patrick Ball
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway by Various Artists
• Citternalia by Joseph Sobol
• Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
• Decade by Dervish
• Farewell To Connacht by Na Fili
• Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
• Hibernian Rhapsody by De Danann
• Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Less Travelled by Woad
• Links by Silver Arm
• Little Fires by Hanz Araki
• Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Over The Edge by Moher
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy Keenan by Paddy Keenan
• Prince Of Pipers by Finbar Furey
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Irish Folk Festival '01 by Various Artists
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
• The Raineys by The Raineys
• The Session by Na Connerys
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Lark In The Strand, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:A3 AGA | BGE G3 | GBA GBd | e2d edB |
A3 AGA | BGE G3 | GBA GAB | dBG BdB :|
| GBd g3 | gba g3 | GBd e2d | e2d edB |
GBd g3 | gba g3 | a2a a3 | e2d edB :|

The Lark in the Strand

This tune is on the Paddy Keenan (self-titled) album (on gael-linn), played by Thomas Keenan.

# Posted on May 3rd 2003 by harry

I think this tune probably belongs in another key, like A dorian, ie. without c#, even though the note only comes once, it sounds really strange that way. Perhaps a b would sound better? I'm sure Keenan isn't going to change it, but if I get around to playing it, I'll be fiddling around to find the right note there.

# Posted on May 4th 2003 by fiddlefingers

The Stolen Purse

I learned a tune similar to this one by the name of "The Stolen Purse" (the A part is a little different) from someone who says it was from the playing of William J. Mullally.

# Posted on May 4th 2003 by KenC

B instead of c#

I think you are correct about the b instead of the c#. However between the b and the d there is a slide through c#.

# Posted on May 5th 2003 by harry

The Lark in the Strand

There is quite a good and somewhat simpler version ( the one by Tony Higgins in Bb ) of this tune at tinwhistle.com. The A part goes something like this
ABA AGA | BGE G2G | ABA GBd | e3 edB |
ABA AGA | BGE G2G | ABA G2B | dBG BdB |

# Posted on December 13th 2004 by harry

The Lark in the Strand

The link above should be
http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/jigs.html

# Posted on December 13th 2004 by harry

The Lark on the Strand

I've been playing the tune like this:

K: Ador
~A3 ABc|BGE ~G3|ABA GBd|egd edB|
~A3 ABc|BGE G2D|GBA G2B|dBG BdB:|
GBd ~g3|gba gdB|GBd g2f|egd edB|
GBd ~g3|gba ~g3|a2b age|edg edB:|

# Posted on November 7th 2005 by slainte

"The Stolen Purse" ~ relationships mentioned previously

Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on March 13th 2004 by Bill Reeder.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2646

# Posted on December 8th 2005 by ceolachan

I'm glad I found this tune. I forgot the name, but was thinking of playing it for the fleadh. Great site! Anyways, I've been playing this with a B rather than C#. I throw in some triplet runs that work great on flute going from B to C natural and then D. You can pretty much tell the tune isn't in "D" because it "wants" to end on "A". It would sound quite odd to end on D... I'm curious to find out what Keenan does with it.

# Posted on June 1st 2006 by PaddyBowling

Update

I had another listen to this and updated the ABC's (which means they are a bit different to the sheet music)

# Posted on January 31st 2008 by harry

I also know this tune as the Stolen Purse. The Lark on the Strand jig that I know, is a different tune and was a very popular jig played by all and sundry back in the sixties.

# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by Free Reed

Very helpful mp3 download for learning this tune by ear can be found at http://www.mattandshannonheaton.com/totm.html

# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by harry

There are two jigs known as The Lark on the Strand. The Stolen Purse is a bit similar but different tune.

# Posted on June 3rd 2009 by slainte

I know this tune under the name of "Paddy Hughes", learnt on the Na Fili's album "Farewell to Connacht". I play it like this :
X:1
T: Paddy Hughes
M:6/8
R:jig
K:G
ABG AGA | BGE G3 | ABA GBd | egd edB | ABG AGA | BGE G2 D | GBA G2B | dBG BdB :|:
GBd ggg | gba gdB | GBd g2d | egd edB | GBd ggg | gba ggg | aba age | egd edB :|
The track on Na Fili's album is followed by Garett Barry's that suit particularly well with it.

# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by alcofribas