Tony Rowe's

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 21st 2001 by B Rad .

This tune has been added to 150 tunebooks.

Also known as Brenda Tonra's, Brendan Tone Rowe's, Brendan Tonra's, Brendan Tonro's, Carmen's Amber, Fear Sa Phortach, Joe O'Dowds, The Man In The Bog, O'Mallies, The Tone Row, Tone Rowe's, Tone Rowes, Tonra's, Tonro's, Tonroe's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Thousand Farewells by Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule
• An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
• An Mileoidean Scaoilte by Johnny Connolly
• Best Of Irish Traditional Music by Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock
• Between The Showers by Grainne Hambly
• Black Black Black by Cran
• Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
• Call Of The Wild by Wild Asparagus
• Champions Twice by The Liverpool Ceili Band
• Come Dance With Me In Ireland by Various Artists
• Dragon Reels by Roger Landes
• Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
• Far From Home by Liam Hart
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
• Here And There by Seamus Connolly
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Irish Folk The Collection Vol.2 by Various Artists
• It's A Hard Road To Travel by Andy McGann And Paul Brady
• Lan Dochais by Mayo Roscommon Hospice Support Group, Newport
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• No Compromise by Andrew MacNamara
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
• Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
• Sean McGuire Plays by Sean Maguire
• Seisiun Ceol Neachtains by DinoTrad
• Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
• Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
• Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• Sweet Nyaa by Moving Cloud
• Sweetwood by Liam Kelly
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Broken Pledge by Marc Pollier, Christian Maes, Christophe Raillard
• The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
• The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
• The Mountain Road by Various Artists
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Porthole Of The Kelp by Sean Casey
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• Twenty Irish Fiddle Tunes by Kevin Burke
• Unleashed by The Border Collies
• Wake by Finnegan's AWake
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Tony Rowe's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
E|~F3 AFE|EDB, A,B,D|FEF GFG|ABF AFE|
~F3 AFE|EDB, A,B,D|FEF GFG|AFD D2:|
e|f2 d dcd |edc Bcd|f2d dcd|ABF Ade|
f2d dcd|edc Bcd|faf gec|dfe d2:|

Brendan Tonra

Here's a "new" compostion that has worked it's way into the common session rep.. It's already enjoyed a name transmutation, the composer of this tune is Brendan Tonra - a Boston area sligo fiddler. His name transformed into Tony Rowes or Tone Rowes or tone-rows (like the twelve tone ones) but let it be known - this mighty tune was penned by Brendan Tonra.

# Posted on December 21st 2001 by B Rad

Here in Montana we know this one as Brendan Tonra's, so there must be a strong Montana-Boston connection.

# Posted on December 21st 2001 by Will Harmon

And I've also seen it spelled Tonro's in printed sources.

# Posted on December 21st 2001 by Will Harmon

Brad, if Brendan Tonra's is its proper name, why didn't you call it that?

# Posted on January 4th 2005 by Dr. Dow

btw, at our session we play the last bar of each part differently: |BAF D3| and |edc d3|

# Posted on January 4th 2005 by Dr. Dow

Tonra's

One of the great jigs (what a melody!) and one that fits beautifully before the Killavil. The story goes that Brendan Tonra and Fred Finn were playing these tunes in a pub in Killavil and didn't have a name for the second jig so they called it after the town.

# Posted on February 5th 2008 by Bannerman

"Brendan Tonra's Jig" ~ other ways, with an 'option' not to drop below the D

X: 2
T: Brendan Tonra's
C: Brendan Tonra
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: E |\
F^EF AF=E | EDB A2 D | F^EF G2 G | ABF AFE |
F^EF AF=E | EDB ABD | F^EF G=E/F/G | BAF D2 :|
|: e |\
f2 d dcd | edc Bcd | fdd dcd | ABF Ade |
f2 d dcd | edc BB/c/d | f/g/af g>ec | Adc d2 :|

# Posted on February 5th 2008 by ceolachan

Thanks "c" for the version for those instruments without low As and Bs. I now have a solution for all those perplexed whistle and flute players who've been cursing this tune over the years. Also like the introduction of the slide to F natural in the first phrase!

# Posted on February 5th 2008 by Bannerman

~ | EDB AFD | ~ A-Part, bars 2 & 6

There's another option for you, descending in 3rds, the D chord [DFA]...

# Posted on February 5th 2008 by ceolachan

...or you can just play the first part of the tune same as the fiddle but up the octave...

# Posted on October 26th 2008 by Loughcurra

Tune Title

The correct title for this jig (supplied by Brendan Tonra) is Tonra's Jig.

Susan Songer

# Posted on February 8th 2011 by songer

Same tune in G

X: 1
T: Tony Rowe's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K:Gmaj
A|B3 dBA|AGE DEG|BAB cBc|deB dBA|
B3 dBA|AGE DEG|BAB cBc|dBG G2:|
a|b2 g gfg |agf efg|b2g gfg|deB dga|
b2g gfg|agf efg|bd'b c'af|gba g2:|

this version goes up to the high d' but avoid sub-whistle, -flute or -pipes notes...

# Posted on March 28th 2012 by birlibirdie