The Ladies Pantalettes

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 10th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 90 tunebooks.

Also known as The Duke Of Leinster's Wife, The Ladies Pantallettes, The Ladies Pantelettes, The Ladies' Pantalettes, The Lady's Pantalettes.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Archives #1 by Jean Carignan And Gilles Losier
• Between The Jigs And The Reels by Various Artists
• Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
• Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
• Cavan's Lilter by Séamus Fay
• Fiddle And Concertina Player by John Kelly
• Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Live At Mona's by Various Artists
• Mar A Tha Mo Chridhe by Julie Fowlis
• Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
• Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
• Morning Star - Réalt Na Maidine by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
• Piper's Dream by Jack Brennan
• The Clare Shout by Bobby Gardiner
• The Classic Recordings Of Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
• The Crooked Road by Eamon De Buitlear Agus Ceoltoiri Laighean
• The Drones And The Chanters by Various Artists
• The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
• The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
• The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
• The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 1 by Willie Clancy
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• The Woman I Loved So Well by Planxty
• Threads Of Time by Cherish The Ladies
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
• Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe And Antoinette McKenna
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Ladies Pantalettes, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
(3Bcd cA ~G3c|AF~F2 DF~F2|BdcA G2ge|fdcA BG~G2:|
fgaf g2fg|afag fdde|fgaf g2ag|fdcA BGG2|
fgaf g2fg|~a3g fdde|~f3g ~a3g|fdcA d2cA|

Source: Planxy "The Woman I Loved So Well", except for the second bar that comes from Eamon Cotter "Trad. Music from County Clare".
Transcription: g.m.p.

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by gian marco

Planxy? What's Planxy?

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by gian marco

Planxty!

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by gian marco

2nd Bar

As Gian Marco says, the 2nd bar is different from in Planxty's setting. I've heard a number of variants of the 2nd bar:

| AF~F2 cF~F2 |
| AF~F2 cA~A2 |
| AF~F2 cFAF |
| AF~F2 dF~F2 |
| AF~F2 dFAF |
| AF~F2 dFcF |

Excuse me if I've made one or two of them up (they might qualify as variations rather than variants).

The last one is sometimes played with an F-natural:

| A=F~F2 dFcF |

The final bar of the B-part is sometimes played:

| fdcA BGG2 |

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by granama

Lady's Pantelettes

I agree with you David that it's sometimes played with the F natural in Bar 2 (A =F~F2 cFAF) which personally I think sounds better as it gives the tune a lot more character. I've also heard the tune referred to as the "Duke of Leinster's Wife" - can only assume that there must have been a pairing with the "Duke of Leinster" reel by some renowned musician in the past!

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by Bannerman

Just answered my own question - I should have checked the details section first! The 2 reels are indeed shown paired on the listing for the "Masters Of Irish Music" recording by Martin Byrnes

# Posted on October 11th 2003 by Bannerman

2nd bar in Planxty's setting

|AF~F2~F2~F2| ( Three "F" short rolls )

# Posted on October 11th 2003 by gian marco

Bulmer Sharpley Music Books

Eochra, that's where I got the Lady's Pantelettes from in the first instance back in the early eighties. This was a great series of music books which gave easy access to well known session tunes (as against the more esoteric in some of the other collections!). I don't know if the books are still obtainable although I did see some copies in Custy's Music shop, Ennis the other day.

# Posted on October 13th 2003 by Bannerman

I had the pleasure of playing a few tunes with Ben Lennon this summer in Drumshanbo, Leitrim. He is particularly fond of 'The Duke of Leinster and his wife' as a set, and would probably never be heard playing either without the other.

# Posted on October 17th 2003 by granama

Ladies'...

i learned this tune in dminor from a book and do it with a bflat tune the name of which i forgot..shoot!

# Posted on October 20th 2003 by hugedave

Ladies' Pantalettes - what it means

The name of the tune refers to a particular type of sail on the old sailing ships - so called because it was the one that was deployed when the ship was approaching shore and the sailors were looking forward to removing the pantalettes of real ladies!

# Posted on August 27th 2004 by rfdarsie

There is a Shanachie LP 33006 "Classic Recordings of Michael Coleman" on which the set has the Duke and his wife titles.

# Posted on February 3rd 2007 by deeor