The Maho Snaps

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 43 tunebooks.

Also known as Dumfries House, Maho Snaps, Mahoe Snaps, The Mahoe Snaps, Mayo Snaps, The Mayo Snaps, McSnap's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Another Measure: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 2 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Harthope Burn by Joe Hutton, Willy Taylor & Will Atkinson
• Harvest Home by Filska
• Letting Go... by Katherine Irwin Thomas
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Music For Peace by Gary Hastings And Frankie Gavin
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• On Lough Erne's Shore by Cathal McConnell
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• Sweet Rural Shade by Boys Of The Lough
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• The Unseen Hours by Malinky
• Traditional Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Leo Brown And PJ Hill
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Maho Snaps, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
~G3 GBd|gdB GAB|cBc EFG|
AFD DEF|~G3 GBd|gdB GAB|
cGE AFD|1 GAG G2D:|2 GAG G2d||
|:dBd ece|fdf gfe|dBd efg|
fd^c d2d|dBd ece|fdf gfe|
dcB Agf|1 gdB G2d:|2 gdB G2D||

The title apparently refers to the whiplash-inducing potholes in the roads around Magho, Co. Fermanagh.

# Posted on July 1st 2002 by milesnagopaleen

Marcus OMurchu has this on his album with two other fermangh jigs

# Posted on July 7th 2004 by johnny

Maho Snaps

My version based on Marcas O'Murchu's playing:

K:G
D|~G3 GBd|gdB GAB|cBc EFG|AFd cBA|
~G3 GBd|gdB GAB|cAF DFA|AGF G2:|
B|d^cd ede|fef gfe|d2d efg|fd^c d2A|
dAA eAA|fAA gfe|dfa agf|gdB G2:|

# Posted on December 8th 2005 by slainte

This is an Irish version of a common Scottish jig called "Dumfries House".

# Posted on December 14th 2005 by nigelg

Allegedly written by Mick Hoy ...

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by Aidan Crossey

And who alleges that?

# Posted on October 7th 2007 by ceolachan

It's a lot older than Mick Hoy, that's for sure. A simple search for Dumfries House on the Fiddler's Companion gives you this:

"Composed by John Riddell (1718‑95), the blind amateur fiddle‑composer of Ayr, and first published (by music publisher Robert Bremner) in his c. 1776 A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, etc. (pg. 32)."

I do wish people here wouldn't make rubbish statements without doing at least a bit of research and giving sources to back them up.

# Posted on October 7th 2007 by Dow

According to "Hidden Fermanagh" book, Mick Hoy learned this tune from another Fermanagh fiddle player Pat Carty.

# Posted on October 7th 2007 by slainte

Maho Snaps

As slainte says, Mick Hoy learnt this tune from Pat Carty who, according to the notes in the "Hidden Fermanagh" book, was a policeman in Canada. It is possible that the tune was learned in Canada, in parts of which Scottish tunes are more common. All conjecture.

# Posted on December 18th 2007 by nigelg

Sadly, the celebrated bumps, rather than potholes, in the road were taken care of by the county council some time ago. So much for progress. The "Hidden Fermanagh" book does credit Pat Carty with naming the tune for those bumps.

# Posted on December 19th 2007 by LongNote