The Five Mile Chase

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 147 tunebooks.

Also known as Ballyvaughan, Corporal Casey's Fancy, Corporal Casey's Favorite, Five Mile Chase, The Five-Mile Chase, Four Hand, The Four Hand , The Four Hand, The Four-handed , Lady Gardner's, Lady Gardner's Troops, Parnell's, The Wild Fire Chase.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
Century by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
Croch Suas E by Frankie Gavin
Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin (The Little Cuckoo Of Glen Nephin) by David Power
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 5 by Matt Cunningham
Fluters Of Old Erin: Flute, Piccolo And Whistle Recordings Of The 1920's And 30's by Various Artists
Folk Dance Music Of Ireland by Johnny Powell And His Band
Foolin' In Doolin by Michael ''Blackie'' O' Connell And Karol Lynch
Foolin' In Doolin by Michael Blackie O'Connell And Karol Lynch
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Intermediate Irish Fiddle by Martin Mulvihill
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Irish Whistles by Various Artists
Keepers Of Tradition: Concertina Players Of County Clare by Various Artists
Number 6 by Sean Potts
Our Musical Heritage Disc 3 by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume One by Various Artists
The Laughing Girl by Jenna Reid
The More That's Said The Less The Better by Craobh Rua
The Mountain Road by Various Artists
The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
The Quays Of Galway Town by Wild Geese
The Rowsome Tradition: Five Generations Of Uileann Piping by Kevin Rowsome
The Russell Family Of Doolin, County Clare by The Russell Family
The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Irish Sessions by Various Artists
Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy Carty And Conor Tully
Trip To Fanore by Eugene Lambe
Unheard by Eddie Clarke
Waifs And Strays (Traditional Irish Music From County Clare) by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Sets

My father and uncle. fiddle and flute player from Kenilworth, Ontario, play this tune in a set beginning with the Daisy Field, then the Mountain Top, then the Five Mile Chase.

# Posted on December 10th 2004 by dances with swords

A very old tune - it is printed in Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels, which is now available in reprint from Mel Bay, edited by Pat Sky - some of the tunes in this book (which, like the later Ryan's Mammoth Collection, was compiled and printed in Boston in the mid-late 19th century) have instructions for dancers, and the one for this tune starts out with this interesting comment:

"The Scotch are indefatigable when dancing this Reel; they seem almost intoxicated with it - they snap their fingers -- throw their arms and feet in the air -- screech out - and make such quick, and difficult steps, that the eyes have trouble following them."

# Posted on March 16th 2005 by KLR

Paddy Murphy's Setting of Five Mile Chase

X: 1
T: Five Mile Chase, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
S: Paddy Murphy
D: In Good Hands
Z: Daniel Bradbury
K: Gmaj
|:G2 ((3BAG) dG ((3BAG)|FADA FADA|G2BG dG ((3BAG)|gbab gedB|
G2((3BAG) dG ((3BAG)|FDAD BDAD|G2((3BAG) dG ((3BAG)|1gba{bd'}b g3d:|2gba{bd'}b g3G||
|:G2 ((3Bcd) ed ((3Bcd)|gd ((3Bcd) gdad|gd ((3Bcd) ed ((3Bcd)|gba{bd'}b g3b|
gbag ((3efg) eg|d2dB dBAB|d2de {ef}edBd|1((3efg) fa g3G:|2(3efg fa g3||

# Posted on March 16th 2008 by DanielB

I presume this tune and the Hare's Paw are from same family. Striking similarity.

# Posted on December 29th 2008 by the wounded hussar

More titles

This tune appears no fewer than three times in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (c. 1886), under the titles Lady Gardner's Reel, Parnell's Reel, and Corporal Casey's Fancy. Also appears in the Roche Collection (c. 1926) as The Wild Fire Chase. Evidently a very popular tune!

# Posted on October 27th 2010 by rwwt

"The Five Mile Chase" ~ is generally played as a 'single reel'

I'll add another transcription later, but to adjust the existing one, which is a little odd from the start ~

X: 1
T: Five Mile Chase, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G2 BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2 BG dGBd |[1 egfa gedB :|[2 egfa g3 B ||
G2BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2BG dGBd | egfa g3B :|
gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd | gabg fgaf | gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd |gabf g3 f |
gabg fgaf | e3 d BABd | e3 f edBd | edfd gedB |]

# Posted on December 28th 2011 by ceolachan

It also makes a decent highland fling...

# Posted on December 28th 2011 by ceolachan

OOPS!!! I'd deleted that line. I think the gremlins in this computer have it in for me... Here goes again, ignore the previous ~

X: 1
T: Five Mile Chase, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G2 BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2 BG dGBd |[1 egfa gedB :|[2 egfa g3 B ||
gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd | gabg fgaf | gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd |gabf g3 f |
gabg fgaf | e3 d BABd | e3 f edBd | edfd gedB |]

Give it some swing and it'll make for a nice fling...

# Posted on December 28th 2011 by ceolachan