March Of The Kings Of Laois

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on July 12th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 181 tunebooks.

Also known as King Of Laois, The King Of Laois, The King Of Laoise, The King Of Leix, The Kings Of Laois, The Kings Of Laoise, The Kings Of Leix, March Of The King Of Laois, The March Of The King Of Laois, March Of The King Of Laoise, March Of The King Of Leix, March Of The Kings Of Laoise, March Of The Kings Of Leix, Rauiri Og O Mordha, Ri Laois, Rory Of The Hills, Ruiari Og O Mordha.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Roof For The Rain by Greenfire
An Irish Evening by The Chieftains
Celtic Sessions by William Coulter
Flittin by Dave Swarbrick
Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
Last Night's Fun by Knock-na-shee
Live At Jackson's Lane by Dave Swarbrick
O Riada Sa Gaiety by Na Ceoltoiri
Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
Soul Of The Irish Piano by J.J. Sheridan
The Barley Grain by Larry Kinsella
The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
The Tain by Horslips
The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years by The Chieftains
The Wide World Over by The Chieftains

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My favorite March

I learned this many years ago off of a Chietan's recording. I learned how to play it a few years later from my hazy memory. It was far more accurate for me to find a copy of this tune than for me to transcribe it from my memory. This version is probably much closer to the writers version. That would be Rory O'Moore.

Mark

# Posted on July 12th 2002 by Mark Cordova

A nice tune for two pipers to play a duet (if they can get their @#$$#^**!! kits in tune!)

# Posted on July 24th 2003 by Hanley

Help with a Laois set

I really love The March of the King of Laois as it's a haunting tune which sets a mystical atmosphere at a session (especially if played slowly with whistle/flute). What suggestions for a tune or two that could go with it in a set? It is actually a jig, but played slowly can be like a march. I have the tune on a number of CDs in my collection, but it's always a single track. Any ideas?

# Posted on February 29th 2004 by tyardy

Also known as Rory O'Moore's march - you could try playing it with the O'Sullivan's march (also another great melody). However, from my experience marches are usually played on their own rather than in sets.

# Posted on February 29th 2004 by Bannerman

It's a Scottish tune but, on Smiddyburn/Flittin, Swarbrick couples it with Nathaniel Gow's Lament on the Death of his Brother.

# Posted on June 4th 2004 by swarbrules

Playing with another tune

i play this tune on highland pipes... i lead into it with "she moved through the fair", slow like, then into a slow 6/8 for march of king laois

# Posted on August 15th 2006 by sandy mackay

March Of The King Of Laois

Part of this tune is identical with part of "Washington's March", a tune from the c17 Playford collection, which I intend to submit into the database in its own right.

# Posted on February 16th 2007 by nicholas

"Washington's March" ~ an earlier source? (a Playford connection)

Key signature: A Major
Submitted on February 16th 2007 by nicholas.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6819

# Posted on February 16th 2007 by ceolachan

March of the King of Laois

This tune is kind of weird having 14 bars in part A and 12 bars in part B. Is this right? It's a nice tune. Might go good in a set with Gary Owens.

# Posted on February 28th 2008 by harpalaska

great recording of this tune by Kips Bay Ceili Band from NYC (with accordian player John Whelan)

# Posted on April 9th 2008 by spettro9

btw, I play this on Highland Pipes,
along with the Italian Bagpipe tune Carol of the Bagpipers,

55 43 2 1 1 23 45 432 2 32 32 3456 54 3 43 21 1
etc...

those 2 tunes go together seamlessly at a nice slow 6/8 march tempo

I also played it a bit faster recently for the St. Patrick's Day Parade here in Beijing, China, 2008
yeah, I'm not kidding, it happened...

# Posted on April 9th 2008 by spettro9

its also known in Scotland as "Lament for Duncan Macrae of Kintail", an unorthodox piobaireachd found in the Killbery book. Allan Macdonald of Glenuig does a great job of it

# Posted on November 10th 2008 by kings taxes

Allan MacDonald

Here is Allan MacDonald's setting of the tune. Here he plays it along with Lament for Duncan Macrae of Kintail. Just beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB9FxF2fAeU

X: 1
T: March Of The King Of Laois
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
[|e2c e2A|e2c e2A|f2d e2c|d2c B2A|
|e2c e2A|e2c e2a|f2a e>ad|c>ac B2A||c2A d>ef|
|e3 e>dc|B>gd B>GB|d>gd B>GB|A>BA A>BA|A>BA A>BA|
||f2d a2d|f2d a2d|e2a e2c|e2a e2c|
|f2a a>fe|d>gd B>cd|c2A d>cB|e3 e>dc|
|B>gd B>GB|d>gd B>GB|A>BA A>BA|A>BA A>BA|]

# Posted on July 21st 2009 by bhamsesh

March Of The King Of Laois

Nice setting above. Nice clip till the bampot with the washboard started up followed by the poor toy whistle playing.

# Posted on July 22nd 2009 by conscientious objector