Allistrum's March

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 9th 2003 by Aidan Crossey.

This tune has been added to 76 tunebooks.

Also known as 1.MacAllistrum's March-Máirseail Alasdroim, 1.MacAllistrum's March-M�irseail Alasdroim, Alaisdrum's March, Alasdruim's March, Alistrum's March, Allistrum's March 1, Allistrum's March 2, MacAllisdrum's March, MacAllistrum's March, MacAllistrum's March-M�irseail Alasdroim, MacDonnell's March, Mairseail Alasdroim, Marseail Alasdroim, McAllistruim's March.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bonaparte's Retreat by The Chieftains
• Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
• Double Strung by Anne-Marie O'Farrell And Cormac De Barra
• Dual by Dual
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• The Harper's Land by Ann Heymann And Alison Kinnaird
• The Harper's Return by The Lewis Harp Group
• The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu

X: 1
T: Allistrum's March
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
A/G/|Fdd fee|fd.d dB.A|Fdd fdd|ed.d B2A|
Fdd fe.e|fd.d dB.A|Fdd fe.e|fdd B2A|
FE.E FD.D|FEd dBA|FEE FDD|FEd B2{cB}A|
FE.E FD.D|FEd dBA|FEE FDD|FEd B2A|
d2f e2f|d2e dBA/F/|ddf eef|d2e dBA/F/|
d2 f .eef|d2e d/e/d/c/A/F/|ddf eef|d2e dBA/F/|
B2A B2F|B2A B/c/B/A/F|B/c/d.B c2F|B/c/d.B cAF|
B2A B2F|B2A B/c/B/A/F|B/c/d.B c2F|Bdc B3|

A transcription, more or less, from O'Neill's 1850.

Often played as a straight jig rather than a march (where the accents are slightly different).

# Posted on November 9th 2003 by Aidan Crossey

Allistrum's March

I know this tune from Niall & Cillian Vallely 's duet album "Callan Bridge." I suspect this primitive pipe tune developed into "The Rolling Waves" and "The Boys of Coomanore."

# Posted on November 20th 2004 by slainte

2-Part Version

Willie Clancy's version of this tune is here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/6188

# Posted on November 13th 2006 by slainte

"Allistrum's March 1" ~ a duplication rescued in G Major

X: 2
T: Allistrum's March
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: G Major
|: egg eaa | egg ged | egg eaa | bag e2 d :|
|: BAA BGG | BAg ged | BAA BGG | BAg e2 d :|

Yet another tune from Callan Bridge by Niall & Cillian Vallely. This is the first in the set "Allistrum's March". The liner notes say it is part of a loner piece of music which describes the Battle of Cnoc na nDos in North Cork in the 17th century. Sounds about right to me.

Enjoy . . . I know I do!

JQQ

# Posted on June 26th 2007 by JohnQ

# Posted on June 26th 2007 by ceolachan

Chieftain's Version

X: 1
T: Allistrum's March
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:A/G/|Fdd fee|fdd dBA|Fdd fee|fdd B2A|
Fdd fee|fdd dBA|Fdd fee|fdd B2A||
|:FEE FDD|FEd dBA|FEE FDD|FEd B2A|
FEE FDD|FEd dBA|FEE FDD|FEd B2A||
|:d2f e2f|d2e dBA|ddf eef|dBA B2A|
d2f e2f|d2e dBA|ddf eef|dBA B2A||
|:B2A B2F|B2A BAF|B2A B2F|B/c/dB cAF|
B2A B2F|B2A BAF|B2A B2F|B/c/dB cAF||

# Posted on November 5th 2007 by JACKB

Chieftain's Version - take 2

I went crazy trying to get this tune as the Chieftan's do it. This is closer - I believe.

X: 1
T: MacAllistrum's March
R: March
Z: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ariLMBwtU4w
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=160
K: D
|:F>dd fee|fdB BAG| F>dd fee|fdB B2A:|
|:F>EE FDD|FEd dBA| F>EE FDD|FEd B2A:|
|:d2f e2f|ded dBA| d2f e2f|ded B2A:|
|:~B2A BFF|~B2A BEE|~B2A BFF|1~B2A BEE:|2~B2A BAG|]

# Posted on October 23rd 2011 by zoronic