Key signature: Ddorian
Submitted on November 14th 2001 by Will CPT.
This tune has been added to 139 tunebooks.
Also known as Jenny And The Weaver, Jenny's Welcome Home To Charlie.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Jenny's Welcome To Charlie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
|D2 AB AGE^F|GEcE dEcE|D2 AB AGE^F|GEcE EDCE|
|D2 AB AGE^F|GEcE d2 cd|eddc AGE^F|1 GEcE EDCE:|2 GEcE EDD2|
|:f3 d efed|cA (3AAA cA (3AAA|f2 fd edcd|eaag edde|
|~f3 d efed|cAAB c2 cd|eddc AGE^F|GEcE EDD2:|
|:a2 ab age^f|~g3 a gedg|eaag aged|eaag edde|
|~a3 b age^f|~g3 a gedB|A2 (3Bcd eddc|AcGE EDD2:|
|:Addc defd|AccB cdec|Addc d2 cd|eaag eddc|
|~d3 e dcAB|~c3 d cAGE|D2 (3E^FG Addc|1 AcGE EDD2:|2 AcGE EDCE||
Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
This transcription comes from the Paddy Glackin/Paddy Keenan duet mentioned in the discussion thread. It bears a strong resemblence to the version in the Krassen edition of O'Neill's (page 142), though to me Glackin's holds together better (probably because Krassen tended to put too many variations into a single transcription). Kevin Burke also does a thoughtful version, but I can't recall if and where he's recorded it.
Pipers will find a version from Seamus Ennis in Breathnach's Vol 2 (#261) of Ceol Rince na hEireann.
This is a popular show piece for fiddlers, and has cycled in and out of being a standard at competitions.
# Posted on November 14th 2001 by Will CPT
oh yeah...25 years ago I heard Aly Bain play this piece with Boys of the Lough, but first, by way of introduction, Cathal MCConnell launched into one of his wonderful rambling dissertations about what a welcome that was. Somehow, without ever stooping to plain language, Cathal got it across that Jenny was both angry at and ravenous for poor old Charlie, who perhaps had been away from home for too long. As usual, Cathal's interpretation took longer to tell than Aly's four times through this four-part reel, and was just as entertaining.
# Posted on November 14th 2001 by Will CPT
Of that Seamus Ennis version - mighty piping.
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Paddy
"Jenny's Welcome To Charlie" from Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
T:Jenny's Welcome To Charlie
T:Jenny's Welcome Home To Charlie
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Paddy Glackin & Paddy Keenan - doublin
Z: gian marco pietrasanta
R:reel
K:Ddor
|D3c AGED|Ec~c2 dc~c2 |D3c AGED|E2cE EDCE|
|D3c AGED|Ec~c2 d2cd|eddc AGEA|1 GEcE EDCE:|2 GEcE EDDg|
|:effA efed|cA AA cAGe|fedf edcd|eaag edde|
|~f2Af efed|cAAc c2cd|eddc AGEA|GEcE EDDg:|
|:ea~a2 age^f|~g2ag gedg|eaag gaag|eaag eddg|
|~a2ea age^f|~g2ag gedB|GA(3Bcd ecdc|1AGcG EGGg:|2AGcG EGGc|
|:Ad~d2 defc|Ac~c2 cAGc|Addc d2 cd|eaag eddc|
|~d2Ad dcAB|~c2Gc cAGE|DEFG Addc|1 AGcG EGGc:|2AGcG EGGE||
# Posted on April 17th 2005 by gian marco
Jenny's Welcome - Brian Conway version
Here's a transcription of fiddler Brian Conway's first trip through the tune, from his cd, First Through the Gate. Lots to digest here, and he makes it sound so easy. I think I'll go play easy tunes on my flute for a while....
X: 1
T: Jenny's Welcome To Charlie
D: Brian Conway, First Through the Gate
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
[D3D3] A AGEF|G/F/E cE dEcE|DAAc AGEG-|~G2 cG EDCE|
D3 A AGEF|G/F/E cE d2 cd|e/d/c dc AGEG-| ~G2 cG EDCE|
D3 A AGEF|G/F/E cE dEcE|DAAc AGEG|{A}GEcG EcGE|
D3 A AGEF|G~c3 d2 cd|e/d/c dc AGEG-|~G2 cG EDDe||
~f3d efed|cA (3AAA cAG2 |~f3d edcd|eaag edd2 |
e~f3 efed|cAAc G2 cd|e/d/c dc AGEG-|~G2 cG EDD2 |
e~f3 efed|B~c3 cAG2 |~f3d edcd|e/f/g ag ed[d2D2] |
~f3d efed|cAAc G2 cd|e/d/c dc AGEG-|~G2 cG EFGE||
Daag age^f|~g3a gedg|ea{b}ag abag|ea{b}ag edde|
a/b/a gb a2 e^f|~g3a gedB|[GG,]A B/c/d ecBc|AGcG EFGE|
[DA]~a3 age^f|ge f/g/a f-~g3|ea{b}ag a2 ag|ea{b}ag ed[dD]e|
a/b/a gb age^f||~g3a gedB|[GG,]A B/c/d ecBc|AGcG EFGE|
Dd{e}dc d2 ed|~c3d cAGc|Ad{e}dc d/e/d cd|ea{b}ag eddc|
d2 ce dcAB|[c3E3]B cAGE|[D2A2] FA d2 cB|A/B/A GF EFGE|
[DA]~d3 fded|cA B/c/d B~c3|Ad{e}dc d2 cd|ea{b}ag eddc|
dece (3ded AB|~c3d cAGE|D3 ^c- decB|A/B/A GF EcGE||
# Posted on August 17th 2005 by Will CPT
A bit more on the "Doublin'" version
I've set out below a more detailed look at Paddy Glackin's ornamentation in the third part, which is tricky to pick up. No disrespect intended to Gian Marco, who's transcription is excellent and very close to the original.
|:e~a3 {b}age^f|~g2ag {b}gedg|e~a3{b}ag ed|ea{b}ag eddg|
|(3agaea {b}age^f|~g2ag gedB|GA(3Bcd ecdc|1AGcG EGGg:|2AGcG EGGc|
# Posted on August 21st 2006 by Ger the Rigger
4th Part too
|:A~d3d efc|A~c3 cAGc|A~d2c (3ddd cd|ea{b}ag eddc-|
|cddA dcAB|~c2Gc cAGE|DEFG Addc|1 AGcG EGGc:|2AGcG EGGE||
# Posted on August 21st 2006 by Ger the Rigger
Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
Listen to Meath fiddler Mac Dara Ó Raghallaigh's unique version of the tune: http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-ceilihouse-2008-01-19.smil (starts around 37:50)
From Ceili House Archive 2008: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/1177834.html
# Posted on May 9th 2008 by slainte