The Four Posts Of The Bed

jig

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on May 31st 2003 by whistlemanhimself.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Folktrax-074 Johnny Doherty - The Pedlar's Pack by John Doherty
• Ireland's Whistling Ambassador by Micho Russell
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Pedlar's Pack by John Doherty
• Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers by Solas
• The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty

X: 1
T: Four Posts Of The Bed, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
e2d|:cAA AcA|EAA A2B|c2c AcA|~e3 fed|
cAA AcA|EAA ABc|d2B G2B|d3 e2d:|
|:=c2d ede|gag ged|=c2d ede|
[1~g3 e2d|=c2d ede|gag gfe|~d3 d2e|=f3 e2d:|
[2~g3 g2a|bgg gag|~g3 gfe|~d3 d2e|=f3 e2d||

Single jig?

This appears to be a representative of the elusive single jig genre.
Whistleman, do you have any info about this tune - where did you learn it from?

# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by granama

Yes, this is a single jig. My version comes primarily from the CD entitled "Micho Russell: Ireland's Whistling Ambassador," but there is a little of the Solas version in it as well. It's a happy, bouncy kind of tune--very catchy too. Play it for your friends, and you'll hear them humming it all day long, I'm sure.

Also, as I was looking at this tune again I realized that I always play the second ending of the B part differently. Instead of:

bgg gag|~g3 gfe|

I play:

bgg agg|bgg gfe|

I think it's a little less awkward than the way I posted it.

# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by whistlemanhimself

The A part sounds spookily like the Northumbrian tune I posted a while back called "The Holey Ha'penny".

# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by Dow