Allistrum's March

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 9th 2003 by Aidan Crossey.

This tune has been added to 46 tunebooks.

Also known as Alaisdrum's March, Alasdruim'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, Máirseáil Alasdruim, Marseail Alasdroim.

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
• Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu
• Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell

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