Arthur Darley's

jig

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on December 6th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 121 tunebooks.

Also known as Arthur Daley's, Arthur Darley's Swedish, Bruckless Shore, The Bruckless Shore, Doherty's, Swedish, The Swedish , The Swedish.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Another Musical Interlude by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Bimis Ag Ol by Ronan Le Bars
• Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
• Citternalia by Joseph Sobol
• Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
• Cronin And Burke by Johnny Cronin And Joe Burke
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• First Flight by Gerald Trimble
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• Just Me And A Fiddle by The Flyin' Fiddler Wayne Cantwell
• Kilbride by Kilbride Brothers
• La Veillée Des Veillées by Various Artists
• Le Chéile (Lord Mayo) by Various Artists
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• McGlynn's Fancy by Arty McGlynn
• Methera by Methera
• Oisin by Oisin
• Orion by Orion
• Play On by Celtic Fiddle Festival
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
• Rice by Eliza Carthy
• Strings Attached by Mick Moloney
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Celebrated Recordings by John Doherty
• The Floating Bowhand by Jim McKillop
• The Irish Girl by Robin Bullock And Michel Sikiotakis
• The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
• The Missing Gift by Anna Massie
• The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The One-Horned Cow by The Suffering Gaels
• The Pearl by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu
• Three Months In Winter by Cuchulainn
• Transatlantic Sessions 3 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Arthur Darley's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|: A3 AGF | EDC D3 d2e | fgf edc | d3 d2e |
fgf edc | dAA BAG | FED EDC | DFE CDE |
Ddd Aee | Aff Agg | fed edc | d2d dcB :|
|: A=ff fef | A=ff fef | A=ff Agg | Aaa A_bb |
A=ff fef | A=ff f2g | =fed ed^c | d2d d2e :|
|: fgf edc | dAA BAD | FED EDC | DEF CDE |
Ddd Aee | Aff Agg | fed edc | d2d d3 :|

Strange 1st Part

If you're confused about the first part, I thought I'd let you know that it turns into somewhat of a slip-jiggish rhythm at one point and back to a jig again.

# Posted on December 6th 2001 by Josh Kane

Strange 2nd Part

That second part is great. The way it goes all minor-like makes the whole tune really dynamic.

# Posted on December 6th 2001 by Jeremy

I always called this the Swedish Jig.

# Posted on December 7th 2001 by Mad Baloney

Touché

I agree, Jeremy. Although a little tricky to play on a flute, the second part is truly the coolest part of the tune.

# Posted on December 7th 2001 by Josh Kane

Swedish Jig

mmmm...I call it the Swedish Jig too, but, when I was submitting it, I kinda forgot how to spell "Swedish" (with one "e" or two). So, I just called it by it's other name...haha.

# Posted on December 7th 2001 by Josh Kane

Arthur Darley's

I learned this tune a good while back as a solo piece on the acoustic guitar. To my surprise, when I bought Arty McGlynn's "McGynn's Fancy" album, he had a version of the tune on the cd. He plays it generally slower than normal, which adds to the atmosphere of the tune.

In the CD cover notes, the following is written....
"Arthur Darley arrived in Co. Donegal from Dublin to play the organ in a church somewhere around, it is believed, buckless. This jig, which Arty learned from the playing of the great Donegal fiddler, the late John Doherty, is one of several tunes that Arthur Darley composed in the early 19th century"

It surprises me how many people, upon hearing the tune played (especially on guitar), assume that it's a non-traditional tune due to the appearance of the F naturals etc. in the second part, and the unusual structure of the tune.

# Posted on December 10th 2001 by stutty

Slight variation

On the fiddle I enjoy playing this with a slight variation digging deep down on the G-string in the eight measure (bar)
so I'd substitute
DFE CDE
with
DAB CDE

.. and likewise in the 6th line, 4th measure (or counting 5 measures from the end)

# Posted on January 3rd 2002 by MrGanAinm

Arthur darley's jig

The first time I heard this tune it was in the middle of a medley. The tune made me lost. I was saying; What?-Huh?-Wait a minute!
I think it's a beautful joke to enter one bar of 9/8 time in the second measure. Dancers will be tripping up if this is played for them.
Brilliant tune.

# Posted on August 5th 2002 by MacGregor5

Arthur Darley

He also composed cloch na ceithre mhile some organist.

# Posted on January 31st 2003 by cruiser

Thanks

This is such a wonderufl tune.. and I couldn't remember the title so searched for "arthur daley's" and jeremy was kind enough to set me straight. Play on!

# Posted on March 17th 2003 by Sudsy

Arthur Darley's Jig

I've always heard the parts of this great jig played in sessions (and on Oisin's first album) in a different order than you've posted it here.Let's call the parts as you've posted them A,B and C.It's usually played A,C,B,C,B.Not that it matters. David Meredith

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Arthur Darley gave the name "Bruckless Shore" to this jig.

For a good read on this mis-naming of this tune (thank you Kevin Burke), as well as more info about Darley himself (and a trunk full of lost compositions), check out "Between the Jigs & Reels" by Caoimhin MacAoidh:

http://www.ossianusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ossian&Product_Code=00355-BK&Category_Code=B1

# Posted on June 1st 2006 by _Steph_

Pick-up note?

If you count the A3 as a pick-up note, it makes more sense. (Is it supposed to?)

# Posted on October 16th 2007 by lulubeck

Any ideas for flute?

I love this tune and would love to be able to play it on the flute but I'm not quite sure what to do with those low C#'s. I have a 6-key flute so the other accidentals are fine, just not the C#'s. Any ideas on what to do in place of them?

# Posted on March 2nd 2008 by matahari_1946