Liz's

jig

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on July 10th 2005 by rogerf.

This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Also known as Mac's Fancy, MacDonald Of The Isles March To Harlaw, Mack's Fancy, O'Reilly's, The Rover's Return, The Victor's Return.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Go For It by Deirin De
• Golden, Golden by Silly Wizard
• Harvest Home by Filska
• Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
• Hi (TM) How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
• House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
• Musique Celtique by Rosheen
• Scottish Reflections by Bonnie Rideout
• Smiddyburn by Dave Swarbrick
• Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Sanctuary Sessions by Various Artists
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 1: Mabou Coal Mines by Various Artists
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 2: The Rovers Return by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Liz's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Cmaj
Bcd | e3 Tfed | eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd |
eAA Tfed | eAA Bcd | Tg3 gfe | dBG Bcd | e3 Tfed |
eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd | eAA Tfed | eAA Bcd |
g3 Tgfe | dBG BdB | A2a aea | aea aea | A2a aef |
gfe dBG | A2a aea | aea aef | Tg3 gfe | dBG BdB |
A2a aea | aea aea | A2a aef | gfe dBG | A2a aea |
aea aef | A2a aef | Tg3 gfe | dBG BdB | G6 ||
a3 g3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 | G2 d d3 |
A2e e3 | A2e e3 | BAG c2 A | G2G z3 | A2e e3 |
A2e e3 | A2e e3 | G2 d d3 | A2e e3 | A2e e3 |
BAG c2A | G2G z3 | Ace A2e | A2e A2e | Ace A2e |
G3 G2G | Ace A2e | A2e A2e | BAG c2A | G2G z3 |
Ace A2e | A2e A2e | Ace A2e | G3 G2G | Ace A2e |
A2e A2e | Ace A2e | BAG c2A | G3 G3 | G6 ||

Liz' Jig

Found it on a piece of practise music written out long ago for Liz' daughter by her recorder tutor. No idea of its original name.

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by rogerf

It reminds me of "Brose and Butter."

# Posted on July 11th 2005 by slainte

"Mac's Fancy" ~ DUPE-LICATION

Key signature: A Mixolydian
Submitted on March 28th 2004 by Dow.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2724

Here's a slight cleanup on this weird offering ~ and it resolves on 'A', not 'G':

T: Liz's ~ as if...
~ it isn't Liz's and a little basic research would have dug that up...
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Mixolydian
|: Bcd |
e3 fed | eAA Bcd |eAA gfe | dBG Bcd |
eAA fed | eAA Bcd | g3 gfe | dBG :|
|: BdB |
A2 a aea | aea aea | A2 a aef | gfe dBG |
A2 a aea | aea aef |1 g3 gfe | dBG :|
2 A2 a aef | g3 gfe | dBG BdB | G6 ||

The original transcription given here has an unnecessary extra two bars, allowing a long finish on 'G6', which does not resolve the tune properly. This may have been intended as a tail-off or close, something to finish the whole thing off with, after a few times through the melody, which I take as being 32 bars and not the weird rambling thing given here. This is a bad transcription, taken off a scratch piece of paper some music teacher had left behind, hardly qualifying as a trustworthy source. Does 'rogerf' or anyone else actually play this as given here?

This next bit seems to be some attempt at accompaniment? ~ a second part? It doesn't come off as a 'tune', as there is little to support a decent melody in it. It may have been a teachers accompaniment to support the basic beat of the melody given above? ~ but, to repeat myself, it isn't in C Major and it does not resolve on 'G' as given here. If it were C Major it would resolve on 'C', but enough of basics...:

a3 g3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 |
G2 d d3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 |
G2 d d3 | A2 e e3 | A2 e e3 | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e |
G3 G2 G | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | BAG c2 A |
G2 G z3 | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e |
G3 G2 G | Ace A2 e | A2 e A2 e | Ace A2 e | BAG c2 A | G3 G3 | G6 ||

Hey, three extra measures, so it doesn't quite line up with the earlier bars... Is that an overlap, so the accompanist gets to drag out that wrong G for another two beats? OUCH!

# Posted on December 28th 2005 by ceolachan