Give Us A Drink Of Water

slip jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on April 10th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 240 tunebooks.

Also known as A Drink Of Water, Drink Of Water, Gie Us A Drink Of Water, Gie's A Drink Of Water, Give Me A Drink Of Water, Swaggering Jig.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1975 The First by The Bothy Band
• A' Sireadh Spòrs by Dr. Angus MacDonald
• Ae Spark O Nature's Fire by Deaf Shepherd
• Afterhours by The Bothy Band
• An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Before Leaving by Caoilte O'Suilleabhain
• Best Of Irish Ceili Music by Various Artists
• Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
• Celtic Connections - The Album by Various Artists
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Craic Of Dawn by An Tor
• Drioball Na Fáinleoige by Johnny Connolly
• Driven by Donall Donnelly And Brian Hanlon
• Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
• Farewell To Ireland CD 3 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
• Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
• Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
• Hidden Ground by Paddy Glackin, Jolyon Jackson
• Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
• Just As The Sun Was Setting by John Drury
• Krack by Krack
• Le Chéile (Lord Mayo) by Various Artists
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Live It Up by Reeltime
• Lunasa by Lunasa
• Melting Snow by Orla Harrington
• Sea Changes Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• Seisiún Ceoil Bhéal Feirste by Various Artists
• Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
• Spring The Summer Long by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Step Into The Beat: Modern Irish Dance Music by Ellery Klein And Ryan Lacey
• The Art Of Traditional Fiddle Playing by Matt Cranitch
• The Best Of Aly And Phil by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• The Chanter's Tune by Na Fili
• The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
• The Piper's Apron by Tommy Keane
• The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
• The Trip Over The Mountain by Michael Queally And Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Wheels Of The World: Classics Of Irish Traditional Music by Various Artists
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
• Tobar An Dúchais by Brid O'Donohue
• Tobar An Dúchais: Solo Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Music From County Clare by Bríd O'Donohue
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples
• Year Of The Dog by Wolfstone

X: 1
T: Give Us A Drink Of Water
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|: D | GBd gdc BAG | BdB cAA A2D | GBd gdc BAG | BcA AGF G2 :|
|d | {a}gfg efg fed | g2g efg afd | g2g bag fed | efg afd g2d |
gfg efg fed | {a}gfg efg a2g | bag agf ged | efg afd g2 ||

Bothy Band recording

This is indeed the tune known as "Give Us A Drink Of Water" as printed in O'Neill's collection, but it's not the tune played and recorded by the"Bothy Band " under this name .
The Bothy Band tune is in O'Neill's as "The Swaggering Jig"

# Posted on April 14th 2002 by Kenny

Tommy Peoples plays

This tune on his latest release "Waiting for a Call" and does give it the name you've got here...

# Posted on April 29th 2003 by pchaffee

The Swaggering Jig:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/661

# Posted on November 7th 2008 by Ramiro