Skipper's

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 7th 2007 by The Merry Highlander.

This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.

Also known as The Cock Is Announcing The Day, Ta An Coileach Ag Fogairt An Lae, When The Cock Crows It Is Day.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bohola by Bohola
• Irish Celebration: Pub Songs, Reels And Traditional Tunes From The Emerald Isle by Various Artists
• Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• The Bonny Bunch Of Roses by Seamus Ennis
• The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
• The Return From Fingal by Seamus Ennis
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin

X: 1
T: Skipper's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: AFE DEF | G2B d2B | ABA A2F | E3 E>FG|
AFE DEF | G2B dcB | ABA F2E | D3 D>FG :|
|: A2F A2F | G3 G>FG | ABA AGF | E3 A,>FG |
AFE DEF | G2B dcB | ABA F2E | D3 D2z :|

Traditional Melody

This is a melody that Ive heard in Irish music but cant seem to find a clear variant of it anywhere. I have found the melody used in early American ballads one being "Barbara Allen" and the other "The Jealous Lover."

I learned the tune from My Mother who learned it from her Grandfather J.C. Skipper (he was a fiddler born around 1880)... So it has been in my family for some time.

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

???

It sounds to me like a song the Dubliners have recorded on their LP 'Further along': "Ta an coileach Ag Fogairt an Lae" - with a few differences.

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by ceili

Good ear ceili...

The Chieftans also did that tune: Live From Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell

Ta an coileach Ag Fogairt an Lae - Anyone know what it means?

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

"Ta an coileach Ag Fogairt an Lae" ~ relatives, would you believe?

"When The Cock Crows It Is Day"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on February 7th 2004 by kiwi.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2483

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by ceolachan

Joined by a common language...

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by ceolachan

Thanks

Thanks for finding When the Cock Crows "c."

# Posted on June 9th 2007 by The Merry Highlander