The Frieze Breeches

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 21st 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 333 tunebooks.

Also known as Cunla, Cunla The Battering Ram, Freeze Bitches! (courtesy Of S. Hannigan), The Friar's Breeches, The Friar's Britches, Friars Britches, Frieze Breeches, The Frieze Breetches, Frieze Britches, The Frieze Britches, I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave, The Old Frieze Britches.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1891-1945 Disc 2 by Michael Coleman
• A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
• As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
• At It Again by John Carty
• At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
• Beauty An Oileáin: Music And Song Of The Blasket Islands by Various Artists
• Celebration CD 2 by The Dubliners
• Celtic Harp Airs And Dance Tunes by Robin Williamson
• Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
• Champions Of Ireland: Flute by Grainne Kelly And Ciaran Madsen
• Come To An Irish Dance Party by Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band.
• Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin (The Little Cuckoo Of Glen Nephin) by David Power
• Cuisle by Angela Deane
• Dawson's Tumble by Trish Clair-Peck
• Farewell To Evening Dances by Colm O'Donnell
• Farewell To Ireland by Patrick Mangan
• Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Full House by Fairport Convention
• Giorraíonn Beirt Bóthar by Bóthar Na Sop
• Heathery Breeze by Matt Molloy
• I'm Leaving Tipperary by Various Artists
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
• Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Music by Jim McKillop
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin by Paddy Cronin
• Leo Rowsome: Classics Of Irish Piping by Leo Rowsome
• Live At The White Bear by Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
• No More Forever by Dick Gaughan
• Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
• Out Of Court by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• Passing Through by Rig The Jig
• Patrick Kelly From Cree : Fiddle Music by Patrick Kelly
• Près De Paris by Pierre Bensusan
• Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Various Artists
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Sets In The City by Tipsy House
• Sligo Ceili by Seamus Tansey
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• Stark Ravin' by Roy Johnstone
• Sunday After Mass by Denis O Connor And Con Moynihan
• Sunday Night by Robert Chalmers And Friends
• Swarbrick 2 by Dave Swarbrick
• The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
• The Coleman Country Ceili Band by The Coleman Country Ceili Band
• The Crooked Road by William Coulter
• The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band by The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band
• The Gentlemen Pipers by Various Artists
• The Planxty Collection by Planxty
• The Return From Fingal by Seamus Ennis
• The Rocky Road by Michael Kerry
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• The Trip Over The Mountain by Michael Queally And Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Wandering Minstrel by Seamus Ennis
• The Well Below The Valley by Planxty
• To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 2 by Sean Ryan And Peter Carberry
• Turning The Tune by Charlie Lennon
• Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell
• Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples
• Wake by Finnegan's AWake
• We'll Seek No More Engagements by Aidan Crossey
• Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien

X: 1
T: Frieze Breeches, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:FED EFG| Add cAG| A2A BAG| F2F GED|
FED EFG|Add cAG|F2F GEA| DED D3:|
|:d2e fed| faf gfe|d2e fed| dcA dcA|
d2e fed|fed cAG| F2F GEA|DED D3:|
K:Dmix
|:DED c3| AdB cAG|ABc ded| ded cAG|
DED c3| AdB cAG| F2F GEA| DED D3:|
K:Dmaj
|:d2e fed| Add fed| c2d ecA| fed ecA|
d2e fed| Add fed|faf gfe| dfe d3:|
|:fed ecA| ded cAG| A2A BAG| F2F GED|
fed ecA| ded cAG| F2F GEA| DED D3:|

I wouldn't use too much ornamentation in this tune. For me, it feels like a pipe tune, so maybe cuts (and cranns, if you can manage them) would fit nicely.

# Posted on June 1st 2001 by Jeremy

C sharp in the c part

I really like the key shift in that c part - changing the c sharp to a c natural. I've never heard this tune before though, and I keep switching back in the second bar of that part to c sharp and now I think I like it better that way. Does it really switch keys in that part or is that a typo? How do people usually play it?

# Posted on June 25th 2001 by Kerri Brown

C part

No, it's not a typo. It really does go to c natural in the third part. That's my favourite bit, too.

# Posted on June 25th 2001 by Jeremy

Cunla (jig)

T:Cunla
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Planxty - The well below the valley
R:jig
Z:G.M.P
K:D
FED EFG|AdB cAG|~A3 BAG|FAF GED|
FED EFG|AdB cAG|~F3 GEA|1DDD D3:|2DDD D2A|:
d2e fed|efd cAG|~A3 BAG|FAF GED|
d2e fed|efd cAG|~F3 GEA|DDD D3:|:
DDD =c3|AdB =cAG|ABc ded|ded cAF|
DDD =c3|AdB =cAG|~F3 GEA|1DDD D3:|2DDD D2A|:
d2e fdd|Add fdd|c2d eAA|fed ecA|
d2e fdd|Add fdd|faf gfe|1dfe d2A:|2dfe d2e|:
fed ecA|ded cAG|~A3 BAG|FAF GED|
1fed ecA|ded cAG|~F3 GEA|DDD D3:|
2fdf ~g3|afd cAG|~F3 GEA|DDD D3:|

# Posted on December 3rd 2003 by gian marco

The words of this delightful song can be found

in English @:
http://www.geocities.com/toeye/dubliners/lyrics_12.htm#Cunla
as gaeilge @:
http://www.celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=616
etc

# Posted on September 30th 2006 by birlibirdie

7 part version?

??

-Eric

# Posted on July 20th 2007 by tin_whistler

In any sessions I've been in, all of this tune with the exception of the fourth part is played in Dmix, ie with Cnats. Only that fourth part is in D, with C#s.

# Posted on March 26th 2008 by benhall.1

you can hear a session in Oldham playing this song at

http://www.myspace.com/oddfellowsmondaynightatnine

# Posted on February 23rd 2009 by jude mcswein

Frieze Breeches (song)

who has a downloadable version of this song (sung with the words)? I'd love to learn it.

# Posted on September 16th 2009 by Suzuki C

Frieze Breeches (Cunla)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxDmAdozxk&feature=related

# Posted on September 17th 2009 by adam b