Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 27th 2002 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.
Also known as The Boys Of Coonamore.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Boys Of Coomanore, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:(A/G/)|F2E FDD|Ddc dAG|F2E FDD|FAF GFE|
FEG FDD|Ddc dAG|FAG FGE|FDD D2:|
|:(F/G/)|ABc d2e|fdf ecA|ABd efg|faf gfe|
ABc d2e|fdf ecA|AGF EAG|FDD D2:|
The Boys of Coomanore
I came across this tune in Dervish and Claire Mann's albums and found the sheet music at JC's ABC tune finder.
Really great jig. The first half of the tune sounds quite similar to that of "the Rolling Wave."
Enjoy!
# Posted on July 27th 2002 by slainte
Boys of Coomanore
Great, rolling jig! I like Dervish's setting, which is a little different--lots of tweaked notes that lead the melody from one bar to the next so you never want it to stop. Something along the lines of:
M: 6/8
K: D
|:FGE FDD|cde dAG|~F3 FDD|FGE FAG|
|FGE FDD|cde dAG|FGE FAG|1 EDC DAG:|
|2 EDC D2 B|
|:ABc dcd|fed ecA|ABc ~d3|fag fed|
|ABc deg|fed edc|AGF EAG|1 FDD D2 B:|
|2 FDD D3|
# Posted on July 28th 2002 by Miss Lonelyhearts
The Boys of Coomanore
I've been thinking this jig sounds like a composite of these two tunes:
The Rolling Waves: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/88 (1st part)
The Hag with the Money: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/351 (2nd part)
You will also find some resemblance between this tune and Allistrum's March: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2136
# Posted on November 20th 2004 by slainte
Boys of Coomanore
Here's another setting from the playing of Cathal Hayden and Mairtin O'Connor.
X: 1
T: Boys of Coomanore
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
F2 E FDD|cde dAG|FGE FDD|EFG EFG|
FGE FDD|cde dAG| FGA GEC| EDC D2 E|
F2 E FDD|cde dAG|FGE FDD|EFG EFG|
FGE FDD|cde dAG| FGA GEA| DED D2 B||
ABc dcd|fed cBA|ABc dcd|eag edd|
ABc d2 e|fed edc|ABA EFG|1 EFD D2 B:|EFD D2 E||
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Also on Sligo flute player and singer Colm O'Donnell's solo recording "Farewell to Evening Dances." The first of Paddy Cronin's jigs.
# Posted on October 9th 2007 by slainte