Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
This tune has been added to 115 tunebooks.
Also known as Eileen Og, Eileen Og, The Pride Of Petravore, Eileen Oge, Eileen Oge, The Pride Of Petravore, Eileen Ogg, Eileen Oige, Molly At The Fair, Pride Of Petravore.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Pride Of Petravore, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Emin
|:E3 F G3 A| BcBA G2 E2| D3 E F3 G| ABAG F2 D2|
E3 F G3 A| BcBA G2 A2| B2Bc BAGF| E2D2 E4:|
|:e2 e2 e2 e2| dBGA B2Bc|BAFG A2 AB|AGED E2 Bd|
e2 e2 gfge| dBGA B2 GA| B2Bc BAGF| E2D2 E4:|
This goes nicely with "The Rights Of Man".
A low B (on the G string of the fiddle) makes a nice "lead-in" note to this tune...whistle players will have to make do with a D note instead.
The best way to ornament this tune is rhythmically. Try playing a round of this in a staccato fashion, with short, clipped notes. Alternatively, try turning the four E's at the start of the second part into two long notes.
# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy
Rights & Pride
For a great recording of The Rights of Man + The Pride of Petravore,
check out the album "Ballroom" by DeDannan. It's my favorite recording
of these hornpipes. Incredible bounce and rhythm. ( It's track 1.) The album
is worth checking out in any event: great fiddling by Frankie Gavin,
and some of the finest Dolores Keane singing.
# Posted on September 27th 2001 by Bloomfield
Eileen Og
I have heard this Hornpipe played last in set that started with the Galway Hornpipe into Rights of Man then finishing with Eileen Og. It was on a CD by the Abbey Ceili Band. It is a great combination.
# Posted on July 21st 2004 by beacheroo
A lovely tune. I first heard and learned this as a march back in the 70s... I like the barndance/hornpipe swing to it too... I will try to remember to return with a march transcription...
# Posted on June 3rd 2005 by ceolachan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: march
K: Emin
|: B,D | E3 F G3 A | B>cBA G2 E2 | D2 DE FG/F/ FG | AFDF AB/A/ GF |
E2 EF G2 GA | B>cBA GFGA | B2Bc BAGF | E2 (3FED E2 :|
|: (3Bcd | e2 e/e/e e2 f>e | dBGA B4 | B>AFG A4 | A>GEF GFGB |
e2 ef/e/ e2 ge | dBGA B2 GA | B2Bc BAGF | E2 ED E2 :|
# Posted on June 3rd 2005 by ceolachan
Manus McGuire does this tune on his solo album but calls it Molly at the Fair.
# Posted on December 11th 2005 by Unseen122
Must be showing my age but I remember this as the theme tune "The One Nighters" for a film about Ireland's top rockers back in the sixties, The Royal Showband from Waterford. I used to play it on tenor sax along with an electric guitar - hardly an accepted duet for fleadh competitions!!
# Posted on September 26th 2006 by Bannerman
The Pride of Petravore
We play this tune, which we know as "Eileen Óg", with quite a swing to it and it always seems to go down well with audiences.
I was brought up hearing my parents sing this and other songs. In those days, Percy French songs, music-hall numbers by the Flanagan brothers and jigs and reels played by ceili bands all came into the category of Irish Music and were played, sung and enjoyed as such.
Only in later years did the "traditional" criteria begin to be applied and - without wishing to re-open the can of worms about what is "traditional" - it would be a brave musician or singer these days who tried to perform any of this material at, say, a Comhaltas session.
Nobody seems to know where Petravore is, although somebody claimed to have seen a signpost in Co. Leitrim pointing to it.
Ballintubber, also mentioned in the song, is of course in Co. Mayo.
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by murfbox
I've never heard this in a session. Dunno why as everyone else seems to have
Not keen on the march version - seems to fit much more naturally into a sort of barndance mold for me (sorry 'c' & thanks for transcription btw).
# Posted on September 5th 2007 by Dow
Pride of Petravore
We play it after King of the Fairies (unless we play Rights of Man)
# Posted on September 5th 2007 by spindizzy
Pride of Petravore
murfbox mentioned having heard this sung--does anyone here have the words, or is it just scat style singing?
# Posted on October 10th 2007 by FreyBehr
Pride of Petravore
See
htp://contemplator.com/ireland/eileen.html
# Posted on October 11th 2007 by murfbox
Hmmm..that link doesn´t seem to work.
Try googling "Pride of Petravore" and you should get the words.
# Posted on October 11th 2007 by murfbox
http://contemplator.com/ireland/eileen.html
# Posted on June 14th 2008 by Ramiro
Thanks for that one, Ramiro.
¡ genial !
# Posted on June 19th 2008 by murfbox