The Clumsy Lover Jig

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on January 14th 2007 by f.pellerin.

This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.

Also known as The Clumsy Lover.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Across The Borders by Battlefield Band
• Before Leaving by Caoilte O'Suilleabhain
• Beyond Words by Niall Vallely
• Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm by Howie MacDonald And Ashley MacIsaac
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Edinburgh Hogmany Party Mix by Keltik Elektrik
• Hush by Laura Cortese
• Irish Music by Sualtam
• It's About Time.. by Calum MacKinnon
• Junction Pool by Junction Pool
• Live by Oige
• On The Rise by Battlefield Band
• Passing Through by Rig The Jig
• Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists
• The Traditional Album by The Barra MacNeils

X: 1
T: Clumsy Lover Jig, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:cec ece|dfd =gfe|cec ece|dBc dBd|
cec ece|dfd =gfe|cec dB=G|BAG A2B:|
|:cee aec|dee aed|cee aec|dBc dBd|
cee aec|dee aed|cec dB=G|BAG A2B:|
|:ccc eee|ddd =gfe|ccc eee|dBcdBd|
ccc eee|ddd =gfe|cec dB=G|BAG A2B:|
|:caa eac|daa ead|caa eac|B2c dcB|
caa eac|daa ead|cec dB=G|BAG A2B:|

The Jig version

There is a reel version of that tune. I thought it was relevant to post the jig version, for I believe it has a life of its own.

I really like that when a tune can be played in two different time settings. The Gravel Walks (reel) is another fine example for which Cathal McConnell has brilliantly made a jig version.
This lovely jig (or was it the reel) was written by piper Neil Dickie who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1957 and later emigrated to the maritimes in Canada. I don't know if its Mr. Dickie who wrote the reel and the jig versions or if its some other clever musician who did it. Anyway, it's great stuff.

Paddy Keenan plays the reel with Galician piper Carlos Nunez on the wonderful CD Os Amores Libres. It follows the song The Raggle Taggle Gypsy and is in turn followed by a reel, untitled on the album, that I always thought to be from Quebec where its called "La Gigue à Ti-Mé". But hearing it on that album made me wonder if it originates from elsewhere. I did ask Paddy Keenan about that and he could not tell where the tune came from: It was proposed by Nunez's team and was not identified. If anyone has info on this tune's origins, I'd like to know.
Cheers,

# Posted on January 14th 2007 by f.pellerin

The Clumsy Lover

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/16

There are only 4 parts here. Neil Dickie wrote 6. As far as I know it was Frankie Gavin who first recorded it as a jig on "De Danann's" "Jacket Of Batteries" LP.
Neil Dickie was asked on radio Scotland's "Pipelines" programme 2 years ago what he thought of the jig version. He said he didn't mind how musicians played it, as long as he got the credit for composing it.

# Posted on January 14th 2007 by Kenny