Mulvihill's

jig

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on May 25th 2006 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 50 tunebooks.

Also known as Three Halfpence A Day.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• Crossing by Any Old Time
• Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
• Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• On The Fly by Patrick Street
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
• Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
• Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
• The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Open Road by Steph Geremia
• Upon My Soul by James Carty

X: 1
T: Mulvihill's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
Bc |: dcB cBA | BAF F3 | def ecA | cBB B3 |
d2 d cBA | (3Bcd B AFE | DFE F2 E | FBB B3 |
dcB cBA | BAF F3 | dcB ecA | cBB B2 c |
d2 d cBA | (3Bcd B AFE | DFE F2 E | FBB B3 |
|: dcd ede | fdB AFA | d2 d efe | dBc d2 e |
fdf ece | dcB cBA | BAF F2 E | FBB B3 :|

Mulvihill's

From Matt Molloy's "Shadows Of Stone" CD. Someone asked about this last week. Nice wee jig, he plays it slowish, on a Bb flute. Probably named after Charlie Mulvihill - possibly one of his compositions - don't know. There are a few other tunes listed under his name.

# Posted on May 25th 2006 by Kenny

Clarification

I've posted the first part as 16 bars, as the variation happens in the middle of the tune. The 2nd part is 8 bars [ the bottom 2 lines of music ] repeated.

# Posted on May 28th 2006 by Kenny

Three Halfpence a Day (O'Neills 1001)

I asked about this jig and was delighted when Kenny posted the transcription from Molloy's Album. I've now just discovered it in O'Neills (in a slightly different key) so it dates to 1907 at the latest. The first part of "Young Tom Ennis" (in both O'Neill's 1850 and 1001 and collected by Ennis) is very similar too.

X: 1
T: Three Halfpence A Day
B: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 364
R: Double jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
B|cBA BA(G|A)GE (GE)D|cBA dB(G|E)AA A2B|cBA BA(G|A)GE (GE)(D|E)FE TE2(D|E)AA A2:|
|:B|cBc dc(d|e)cA (GE)D|cBc d=f(d|c)AB Tc2d|edc dcB|(cB)(A G)E(D|E)FE TE2(D|E)AA A2:|

# Posted on December 2nd 2008 by hh