The Five Mile Chase

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 84 tunebooks.

Also known as Five Mile Chase, The Five-Mile Chase, Four Hand, The Four Hand , The Four Hand, Lady Gardner's Troops.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
• Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
• 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
• 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
• Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
• 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 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
• Waifs And Strays (Traditional Irish Music From County Clare) by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy

X: 1
T: Five Mile Chase, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G2BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2BG dGBd | egfa gedB |
G2BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2BG dGBd | egfa g3B :|
|: gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd | gabg fgaf | gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd |
gabf g3f | gabg fgaf | e3d BABd | e3f edBd | edfd gedf :|

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 Kevin Rietmann

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