Rip The Calico

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 1st 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 158 tunebooks.

Also known as The Clogher, The Clougher, Rip To Calico, Tear The Calico, Tommy Glenny's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• 60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• Celtic Graces: A Best Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Clare Concertinas by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 5 by Matt Cunningham
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
• Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Various Artists
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
• In Praise Of Lissycasey by Various Artists
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Irish Music by Various Artists
• Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
• Legacy by Old Blind Dogs
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Nice To Meet You by Kaitlin Hahn
• One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
• One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
• Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
• Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
• Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
• Selected Jigs Reels And Songs by De Danann
• The Back Door by Cherish The Ladies
• The Best Of by The Bothy Band
• The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
• The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Broken Chanter by Fred Morrison
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Home I Left Behind by CCE Tour 1974
• The Russell Family Of Doolin, County Clare by The Russell Family
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• Traditional Dance Music From County Clare by Ennis Ceili Band
• Va by Slainte Mhath
• Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

X: 1
T: Rip The Calico
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: ~d2dc defd | ed (3Bcd egfe | ~d2dc defd | efdB AGAB :|
|: dB~B2 gefd | ed (3Bcd egfe | dB~B2 gefd |1 efdB A4 :|2 efdB ~A2Ae ||
|: faaf gefd | ed (3Bcd egfe |1 fa~a2 gefd |
efdB ~A2Ae :|2 fa~a2 | bfaf | ~e2ef gefe ||

Tear the Calico

This reel is almost identical to the Clogher reel played as the last tune in the Kilfenora Reel set (ie after Connemara Stockings and Jim McCormicks) - a great tune for set dancers!

# Posted on June 2nd 2002 by Bannerman

Really Dmix?

This tune seems to flow better (for me) in Dmaj, meaning with C sharp. Don't the Chieftains play it with a sharp C?

Just asking because I've tried to play it with the C natural and it sounds wrong.

Stuart

# Posted on July 2nd 2002 by Sturob

I mean Bothy Band. *doh!*

# Posted on July 2nd 2002 by Sturob

Really Dmaj

It's very much in D Major, pal!

# Posted on December 28th 2003 by jamminben

Rip The Calico in Gmaj by the Russell Family

T:Rip The Calico
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:The Russell Family Of Doolin, County Clare
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:G
G4 G2BG|AGED AdBA|G4 G2BG|1AGEG D3A:|2AGGE D3E||:
GE~E2 c2Bd|AGEG AdBA|GE~E2 c2Bd|1AGGE D3E:|2AGGE D4||
d3B c3B|AGEG A3c|BddB c2Bd|AGGE D4|
d3B c3B|AGEG A3c|Bddd edge|dcBc A2BA|

# Posted on February 12th 2004 by gian marco

I learned a slightly different version in Clare last year:

K: Dmaj
d3c defd | ed (3Bcd egfe | d3c defd | edBd A3B :|
dB~B2 gBfB | ed (3Bcd egfe | dB~B2 gBfB |1 edBd A3B :|2 edBd A3g ||
faaf g2fg | ed (3Bcd egfe |faaf g2fg | edBd e3g|
faaf g2fg | ed (3Bcd egfe|fa~a2 bfaf | defd egfe||

I don't hear this great tune played so often, so I can't tell if my version is more common or not.

# Posted on July 15th 2004 by slainte

Tear the Calico: "Quiet" Lilting Version

You can listen to a fantastic lilting version of the tune: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/18june.smil (starts around 23:00) Well, it's advisable to listen to the interview with the two ladies, which starts around 19:00. I find it very interesting to know how they started lilting and how they settled in Manchester.

# Posted on May 3rd 2006 by slainte

I notice it's in G in O'Neill's

# Posted on February 17th 2008 by WhistlinLeeds

G major version

Fair Wind: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2057

# Posted on February 17th 2008 by slainte

I like this tune for the end of a set and played at a quicker tempo. It's hard to get this tune out of your head.

# Posted on March 19th 2008 by JosephofCK