Andy De Jarlis'

jig

Key signature: Emajor

Submitted on July 14th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 138 tunebooks.

Also known as Andy De Jarlis, Andy Dejarlis, Andy DeJarlis', Andy DeJarlis's, Andy Jarlis, Andy Jarlis', The Cape Breton, Dejarlis, Jerry Holland's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Celtic Heritage by Marcille Wallis
A Tribute To Dan R. MacDonald: The Heather Hill Collection by Various Artists
Aye by Skelpaig
Beolach by Beolach
Birlin' Fiddles by J. Wrigley, A. Henderson, J. Legge, And S. Wright
Chloe's Passion by An Lar
Colin Grant by Colin Grant
Dance Of The Celts: A Narada Collection by Various Artists
Feel The Bow by Aidan Burke
Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
Island Angel by Altan
Live At Johnny Fox's by Dervish
Master Cape Breton Fiddler by Jerry Holland
O'er The Moor, Among The Heather by Deby Benton Grosjean
On A Meadowlark Night: Dance Music From New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, And Cape Breton by Eric Eid-Reiner And Friends
Pass It Down by Matt Pepin
Playing With Fire by Dervish
Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
The Blue Fiddle by Sean Smyth
The Darkest Midnight: A Celtic Nativity by The Beggar Boys Featuring Jayne Tankersley
The Fiddlesticks Collection by Jerry Holland
The First Ten Years: 1986 - 1995 by Altan
The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
The Rights Of Man The Concert For Joseph Doherty by Various Artists
The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
Whenever by Munnelly Flaherty Masure

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Learned this from a professional commedian.

Year after year I would meet with Terry Foy. He would stop in my neighborhood and we would perform at the same festival for 2 months. He has a bit of talent for the Mandolin and he used to join me for the open Jam at the end of the day. If we hit a dry spot when we were coming to a concensus of what was next, Terry would start working the audience until they were howling.

You might want to hear the Altan version before you start learning this one. Not only will you hear the magic but you won't be able to resist.

# Posted on July 14th 2002 by Mark Cordova

Cape Breton Jig?

Some musicians attributed this tune to Jerry Holland, but I'm not terribly sure if it's true. But it sounds quite similar to the first Cape Breton Jig recorded in "Music at Matt Molloy's," so it must have some connection with the Cape Breton tradition.

# Posted on July 16th 2002 by slainte

Yes, I learned it from my teacher, who told me it was a Cape Breton tune.

# Posted on March 30th 2003 by Andee

at first iI did'nt seen that the tune in in Emaj, and i played it in Emin. Try to play it in Emin! It sounds good the same.

# Posted on March 30th 2003 by gian marco

Andy Dejarlis

The sleeve notes of Jerry Holland's 'Master Cape Breton Fiddler' CD state that Jerry heard this tune from fiddler Mike MacDougall of Ingonish (Cape Breton)

# Posted on June 28th 2003 by fifer

I read it somewhere that Mike MacDougall wrote this tune, and wrote the jig Ingonish as well.

# Posted on June 29th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts

In Jerry's first tune book, he says about the tune that he learned it from Mike MacDougall, and when MacDougall was looking for a title, Johnny Wilmot said that he had heard Dejarlis play it....so, it is possible that he composed it, but no one knows for sure.....

# Posted on July 3rd 2004 by twin fiddler

one more thing, it's listed as trad in the book

# Posted on July 3rd 2004 by twin fiddler

I'll bet Andy Dejarlis knows. You have to follow the trail of breadcrumbs...

# Posted on January 13th 2005 by Kerri Brown

This is a tough one!

Arrgh! I love this tune and EMaj makes it that much more rewarding (and difficult) to grab hold of.

# Posted on February 16th 2005 by RogueFiddler

I would substitute Charlie Hunter's for this beautiful tune in an odd key. I heard it almost always played with Ingonish and Mrs. McGhee as recorded on Jerry Holland's solo album and Altan's "Island Angel."

# Posted on February 16th 2005 by slainte

"Andy De Jarlis" ~ another key and another way...

alt last beats in the last measures:
| f2 e ABc d3 dAF :| ~ into A-part
| f2 e ABc d3 dAg :| ~ into B-part

~ or for wind players, one alternat take for the low bit. You could also play it on an E instrument if you are that enamoured with four sharps, but I personally like the half and cross fingering of playing it in that key on a D instrument. It fits nicely both ways...:

# Posted on April 9th 2006 by ceolachan

"Andy De Jarlis" ~ E Major and a few other options...

# Posted on May 12th 2006 by ceolachan

The key of the tune

See my comment in the Playing With Fire comments about Dervish's tune keys.

# Posted on January 10th 2007 by tedsoulos

"Andy De Jarlis" - Heard this D variant in NYC session - had a blast playing it

Here is a version I heard in D - adapted for the D whistle:

# Posted on October 24th 2007 by bledsoeo

There's a special place in hell reserved for people who come up with unusually catchy tunes and then go and put them in stupid keys. :-D

# Posted on September 25th 2008 by Whiddler