Ellen O'Grady

slip jig

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on November 16th 2001 by jomac.

This tune has been added to 36 tunebooks.

Also known as Caitlin Ni Aedha, Eiblin Ni Grada, Ellen O'Grady's, Kitty O'Hea, Sorry The Day I Was Married.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• Tunnel Vision by Christel Rice
• When The World Was Wide by Trouble In The Kitchen
• Ye Jacobites By Name by The Johnstons

X: 1
T: Ellen O'Grady
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Amix
eaa efg fed | eaa efg ~f3 | eaa efg fed | ~g3 ecA Bcd |
eaa efg fed | eaa efg ~f3 | eaa efg fed | ~g3 ecA Bcd |
~e3 Bcd cBA | ~e3 Bcd ~c3 | ~e3 Bcd cBA | agf ecA Bcd |
~e3 Bcd cBA | ~e3 Bcd ~c3 | efg agf edc | ~f3 B2c dcB ||

Name this tune?

I lifted this tune from the CD my daughter uses for dance practice. No name given, just a set called slip jigs, plus the CD said all the tunes were traditional. The group/organization/entity putting out this CD is "Two Left Feet". This tune was the last in a set including another Gan Ainm in G which I'll be posting shortly, and "Kid on the Mountain". It worked well with the other two tunes as a "finale" of the set, because it's so bright-sounding.

# Posted on November 16th 2001 by jomac

Could be...

This is close to a version I know of The Whinny Hills of Leitrim, but in a different key. Nice tune.

# Posted on November 16th 2001 by Will Harmon

Tune Name

I found this tune under the name "Ellen O'Grady" in O'Neill's Music of Ireland.

# Posted on February 13th 2004 by turophile

Ellen O'Grady / Eiblin Ni Grada / Caitlin Ni Aedha

Also played in D & E Mixolydian ~ & differing from O'Neil

M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: D Mixolydian
|: G |
Add ABc BAG | Ad/c/d ABc B2 G | Add ABc BAG | cBc EFG A2 :|
|: G |
DE/F/G A2 B cBc | d2 A AGE G2 E | DEG A2 B cBc | dAA GFE D2 :|

K: E Mixolydian
|: A |
| Bee Bcd cBA | Bee BB/c/d c2 A | Bee Bcd cBA | dcd FF/G/A B2 :|
|: D |
EFA B2 c dcd | BAF AGF G2 F | EFA B2 c dcd |1 BG/A/B AGF E2 :|
2 eB/c/B AGF E2 ||

# Posted on June 22nd 2005 by ceolachan

Cut off the trans: Caitlin Ni Aedha / Kitty O'Hea

# Posted on June 22nd 2005 by ceolachan

Seamus Egan recorded this tune -without naming it- on:
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/110/

# Posted on December 21st 2010 by birlibirdie