Scattery Island

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 14th 2002 by Miss Lonelyhearts.

This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.

Also known as Going For Water, The Scattery Island.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Living Thing by Various Artists
• Cooley's House by Conor Keane
• Dorney Rock by Kevin Macleod
• Fiddle And Concertina Player by John Kelly
• Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
• Land Of Sunshine by Dan Possumato
• Last Night's Fun by Knock-na-shee
• Old Time Irish Music In America by Terry Teahan And Gene Kelly
• Take The Air by Sean Ryan
• The Heather Breeze by Heathery Breeze Ceili Band
• The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
• The Open Road by Steph Geremia
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Square Triangle by The Four Star Trio

X: 1
T: Scattery Island
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|:FGA dcd FGA d2 d|e2 A cBA efe cBA|
|FGA dcd FGA dcd|1 efe cBA ABc d2 A:|2 efe cBA ABc dfg||
|:~a3 f2 e ~d3 def|~g3 ~f3 ede efg|
|~a3 f2 e ~d3 dcd|1 e2 A cBA ABc dfg:|2 e2 A cBA ABc d2 A||

Scattery Island Slide

When this tune came up on a recent discussion thread, I waited, hoping someone else would post it. But it's been a week now, so....

I learned this setting from a bouzouki player in Morgantown, West Virginia, about 25 years ago. At the time I thought it was a straight jig and assumed the "Slide" part referred to some landslide. The zouk player was kind enough to point out how the phrasing fit into the 12/8 structure (linking 4 beats per phrase instead of the jig's 2 beats) and explain that's what made it a slide.

I like this one at a lively pace. It goes well into Mice in the Cupboard (Willie Coleman's). There's nothing particularly tricky about it--you can skip all the rolls for a simpler version and it still sounds good.

So does anyone know where Scattery Island is? I found a Scatari Island off the east coast of Cape Breton in Canada, and that seems plausible enough, but I'm guessing there's a Scattery Island closer to Ireland?

# Posted on April 14th 2002 by Miss Lonelyhearts

Scattery Island lies in the Shannon estuary, between the counties of Clare and Kerry.

# Posted on April 15th 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

Thanks David (this isn't the first time you've taught me Irish geography). I figured it would be near Kerry, the tune being a slide and all. My map of Ireland names most of the coastal islands, but not ones in rivers, even though it shows them. Thanks for clearing this one up for me.

# Posted on April 15th 2002 by Miss Lonelyhearts

Scattery Island Slide

In a set it follows on well from the Brosna Slide.

# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by lazyhound

Hmmmm, that leaves it wide open as to which of the several Brosna slides you mean?

# Posted on July 9th 2007 by ceolachan

Scattery Island Slide

On the LP The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 *, John & Julia Clifford and Maurice O'Keeffe play this tune after "Behind the Bush i the Garden" and call it "Going for Water".

* = http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1274/comments

# Posted on August 21st 2007 by nigelg