Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 13th 2008 by Phantom Button.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as Rabbit In The Field.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Rabbit In The Field, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
d3 ~G3|~d3 cBA|BAG EDB,|EDB, ~A,3|
G,B,D G,B,D|EFG ABc|Bee dBA|1AGF GAc:|2AGF GAB||
d3 ~B3|def gfe|edB gdB|edB ~A3|
GBd GBd|bag e/2f/2ge|edB gdB|AGF GAc:|
This is from the recording, Fonnchaoi, by Verena Commins And Julie Langan.
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by Phantom Button
Composer ?
Composed by Billy McComiskie, I seem to recall.
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by Kenny
"The Rabbit In The Field" C: Billy McComiskey
Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
http://www.irishtune.info/
http://www.irishtune.info/tune/1631/
http://www.east-durham.org/
http://www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek/
http://www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek/teacherbios/mccomiskey.htm
"Billy McComiskey is a highly regarded player and composer of Irish traditional music. A Brooklyn native, in his early teens he started studying accordion with the late Sean McGlynn from Galway. He won the All-Ireland Senior title in 1986. He formed and played with two legendary trios: Washington DC’s Irish Tradition and the internationally acclaimed Trian. He is known on both sides of the Atlantic as an indefatigable session player, teacher and promulgator of the music."
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by ceolachan
Does his own playing differ from what I have here from Verena and Julie? If so, could someone please post the ABCs here? I suspect it might be slightly different in the 6th and 7th bars of the first part.
# Posted on January 15th 2008 by Phantom Button
"The Rabbit In The Field" C: Billy McComiskey ~ with friends
http://comhaltas.ie/
At the 2004 Convention held in Parsippany, New Jersey, ComhaltasLive recorded some great music, including this selection of jigs played by Joannie Madden on concert flute, Brian Conway on fiddle, Billy McComisky on button accordion and Felix Dolan on piano — all from New York.
"The Trip to Sligo" / "The Tar Road to Sligo” / “The Rabbit in the Field”
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_199_6_tunes_from_america
# Posted on January 15th 2008 by ceolachan
Thanks ceol!
So... here's the setting from the man himself:
X:1
T:Rabbit in the Field
S:Billy McComisky
Z:Jack Gilder
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
d2B ~G3|ded cBA|BAG EDB,|EDB, ~A,3|
G,B,D G,B,D|EFG ABc|B2G dBG|1AGF GBc:|2AGF GAB||
ded BAB|def gfe|edB gdB|gdB ~A3|
GBd GBd|bag e/2f/2ge|edB gdB|AGF GAB:||
# Posted on January 16th 2008 by Phantom Button
You beat met to it button. I went out right after offering that up for you and didn't get a chance to ABC it, which I'd planned to follow with. We're just back inside the house... That's a fun set... It's good to see the other transcript...
# Posted on January 16th 2008 by ceolachan
Yes, it's the best thing about the comments section.
# Posted on January 16th 2008 by Phantom Button
Strange... I thought it was from banjo player Tony Sullivan...
# Posted on April 6th 2008 by protz