Rolling In The Ryegrass

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 489 tunebooks.

Also known as Kitty Lies Over, The Lady's Top Dress, The Piper's Lass, Roll Her In The Rye Grass, Roll Her In The Rye-grass, Roll Her In The Ryegrass, Rollin' In The Rye Grass, Rolling In The Rye Grass, Rolling In The Ryegrass Highland Fling, Rolling On The Ryegrass, Shannon Breeze, The Shannon Breeze, The Shannon Breezes, Sun 'n' Breeze, What The Devil Ails You.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Rival Heart by Mark Evans
At The Feis by John Doonan
Between The Jigs And The Reels by Various Artists
Bohola (3) by Bohola
Both Sides Of The Coyne by Mick Coyne
Classic Recordings Of The Irish Fiddle Legend by Paddy Reynolds
Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
Conversation At The Crosses by Pat O'Connor And Eoghan O'Sullivan
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
Donkey's Years by The Roaring Donkey Sessions
Drink The Night Away by Blackbeers
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Fonn Le Fonn by Tomas O'Ceannabhain
Good Friends-Good Music by Boys Of The Lough
Haven't Yet Lost My Ears by Finvarra's Wren
Hawthorn by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
In The Smoke by Various Artists
In Your Ear by Seamus Egan
Kitty Lie Over by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Links by Silver Arm
Live At The Crane by Dusty Banjos
Maiden Voyage by Various Artists
Memoire Celte by Broken String
Micho Russell by Micho Russell
Mo Chairdin by Paul Brock
Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
On Lough Erne's Shore by Cathal McConnell
Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
Piper's Choice Volume 1 by Various Artists
Scottish Fire by Bonnie Rideout
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume I by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Various Artists
Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Swingin' From The Lightbulbs by Josh O Loughlin And Mairtin Quigley
The Bardic Moods Of Music by Abhan Trireach
The Best Of Aly Bain by Aly Bain
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Home Ruler by Catherine McEvoy
The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
The Legendary Down Home Recordings by Various Artists
The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan
The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
The Spectacle Bridge by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy
The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
The Surprise by Pauline Cato And Tom McConville
Traditional Music In Support Of Doolin Coast And Cliff Rescue Service by Various Artists
Turas Go Tir Na NOg by Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This is a nifty little reel, in much the same vein as "The wind that shakes the barley".

Play around with the phrasing of the first bit (each part is nice and short).

# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy

Accents

I play the first part with a heavy accent on the 3rd measure of each bar.

# Posted on April 24th 2002 by glauber

Variation

A variant I know goes as follows:

A2AF DFAF|G2BG DGBG|A3F DFAF|GBAF E2D2:|
:ABde f3d|g3e fedB|ABde fefg|afdf e2d2:||

-m

# Posted on November 9th 2002 by lazyhound

Mick Coyne

I recently found a link to some great MP3s of Mick Coyne's brilliant playing & one of them was him playing the living *&$% out of this reel - what a great interpretation with every trick in the book!

# Posted on November 27th 2003 by jamminben

Actually, this is the tune that I've always known as "The Wind That Shakes the Barley", and not the other one listed on the site (though they do sound rather alike).

# Posted on January 19th 2004 by Tommy McCarty

In the deep dark past - this has also been danced to as a 'highland fling'

- or 'fling' or 'highland', and played with that classic 'skip' associated with hornpipes and other tune forms, 16 bars as here given. It lies nicely both ways...

# Posted on August 1st 2004 by ceolachan

Yes, you can tell it's been a fling. I think I like it better played like that.

# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Dow

Yeah, it's a kick played as a fling.

# Posted on October 29th 2004 by ceolachan

Rolling in the Ryegrass

Here's my interpretation of the tune:

K: Dmaj
A2AF DFAF|G2BG DGBG|~A3F DFAF|GBAF EFDE|
F2AF DFAF|G2BG DGBG|~A3F DFAF|GBAF EFD2||
ABde f2df|g2eg fedB|ABde f2df|1 afdf e2dB:|2 afdf efdB||

# Posted on February 23rd 2005 by slainte

Rolling In The Ryegrass Highland Fling

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Dmaj
|: A2 A>F D>FA>F | G2 B>G d>GB>G | A2 A>F D>F (3AGF | G>BA>F E>FD>F |
(3AAA A>F D>FA>F | (3GAG B>G d>G (3Bcd | A2 A>F D>FA>F | G>BA>F (3EEE D>F ||
|: A>Bd>e f2 (3def | g2 e>g f>ed>B | A>Bd>e f2 d>f | a>fd>f (3efe d>B :|
A>Bd>e f>d (3Bcd | g>ag>e f>d (3Bcd | A2 (3Bcd f2 (3def | a>Af>A e>Ad>B ||

# Posted on June 20th 2005 by ceolachan

That last bar's nice.

# Posted on June 21st 2005 by Dow

Just a note of correction... That repeat sign shouldn't have been left in the second part of the Fling version above when I cut and pasted it. It is just 16 bars in total.

# Posted on November 13th 2005 by ceolachan

caoimhin o'raghallaigh does insane things with this tune. it's so remarkably easy and flexible that you can bend it up, down and sideways and still call it RitR. i'm fond of playing a variation on the end of the A part, A.-A F#-E-D D-E-F# B-A F#-E D-D.

[horribly annotated, i know!]

--DtM

# Posted on November 9th 2006 by Dan the Man

Variant as in Music at Matt Molloy's

Hi,
just transcribed Paul McGrattan's playing (first AABB):

~A3 F DFAF|G2BG DGBG|ABAF DFAF|GBAF EGD2|
ABAF DFAF|G2BG DGBG|FAAF DFAF|GBAF EGD2|:
ABde ~f3a|~g3e fedB|ABde f2df|afdf efd2
ABde ~f3a|g2 ge fedB|ABde f2df|afdf efd2:||

I particularly like the high a transition between the two rolls in the B-part. Enjoy it!

# Posted on January 4th 2007 by brotherstorm

Rolling In The Ryegrass Highland Fling ~ correcting the above

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Dmaj
|: A2 A>F D>FA>F | G2 B>G d>GB>G | A2 A>F D>F (3AGF | G>BA>F E>FD>F |
(3AAA A>F D>FA>F | (3GAG B>G d>G (3Bcd | A2 A>F D>FA>F | G>BA>F (3EEE D>F ||
A>Bd>e f2 (3def | g2 e>g f>ed>B | A>Bd>e f2 d>f | a>fd>f (3efe d>B |
A>Bd>e f>d (3Bcd | g>ag>e f>d (3Bcd | A2 (3Bcd f2 (3def | a>Af>A e>Ad>B ||

K: Dmaj & while I'm at it, here it is without the '>' ~ for 'Button'
|: A2 AF DFAF | G2 BG dGBG | A2 AF DF (3AGF | GBAF EFDF |
(3AAA AF DFAF | (3GAG BG dG (3Bcd | A2 AF DFAF | GBAF (3EEE DF ||
ABde f2 (3def | g2 eg fedB | ABde f2 df | afdf (3efe dB |
ABde fd (3Bcd | gage fd (3Bcd | A2 (3Bcd f2 (3def | aAfA eAdB ||

# Posted on January 4th 2007 by ceolachan

Damn, that repeat sign |: at the beginning was supposed to have been deleted. The above highland fling setting is the standard 16 bars only, no repeats... :-/

# Posted on January 4th 2007 by ceolachan

Full trabscription of Paul McGrattan's version on Music at Matt Molloy's

X: 1
T: Rolling In The Ryegrass
C: as played by Paul McGrattan on Music at Matt Molloy's (track 5/1)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
~A3"1st rnd" F dFAF|.G2BG dGBG|FAAF dFAF|GBAF EF.D2|
ABAF DFAF|.G2BG DGBG|FAAF .D2AF|GBAF EF.D2|
ABde ~f3a|~g3e {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf efd2|
ABde ~f3a|.g2 ge {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf efd2|
~A3"2nd round" F DFAF|.G2BG DGBG|FAAF .D2AF|GBAF EF.D2|
FAAF DFAF|GAAG D2BG|FAAF .D2AF|GBAF EFD2|
ABde ~f3a|~g3e {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf ef.d2|
ABde ~f3d|.g2 ge fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf ef.d2|
"3rd round" ABAF DFAF|GABG DGBG|FAAF DFAF|GBAF EF.D2|
~A3 F DFAF|.G ~b3 .a2 zG|FAAF DFAF|GBAF EFD2|
ABde .f2fa|~g3e {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf efd2|
ABde ~f3d|.g2 ge {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf efd2|
~A3"4th round" F DFAF|.G2BG DGBG|FAAF DFAF|GBAF EF.D2|
ABAF DFAF|G ~B3 .B2 BG|DFAF DFAF|GBAF EF.D2|
ABde ~f3a|~g3e {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf ef.d2|
ABde .f2fa|~g3 e {g}fedB|ABde .f2df|afdf efd2||

# Posted on January 27th 2007 by brotherstorm

And now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

A more fiddle/pipes approach to the tune, with lots of happy triplet moments and some delicious crossbowing bits. It's such a lovely simply tune and off it goes with variation and hoorayness! : )

--DtM

# Posted on July 7th 2007 by Dan the Man

"Rolling in the Ryegrass" ~ Micho Russell, whistle ~ MP3, transcript, analysis

http://www.rogermillington.com/
http://www.rogermillington.com/tunetoc/rollingmicho.html

# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by ceolachan

Roche I, page 60, tune #150 ~ "Rolling on the Ryegrass"

"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume III", 1927

Reels ~ pages 54 - 75

The following was, as with some reels in the Roche collection, notated in 2/4, the following is the same transcription but as 4/4 to better aid comparison with other takes on this melody ~

# Posted on August 10th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume I", 1912 ~ #150

Correction to the above mis-cut-n-paste... :-/

# Posted on August 10th 2008 by ceolachan

Rolling in the ryegrass

What a great little reel!

Does anyone know a good tune (or 2) that go go with Rolling in the ryegrass in a set?

# Posted on February 19th 2009 by brener

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

We use Concertina Reel into Rolling n the Rye Grass fwiw

# Posted on February 19th 2009 by Mandogal

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

Follow it with Green Gates. They go well together.

# Posted on February 19th 2009 by murfbox

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

I once made up a great set that was Bells of Tipperary/Cup of Tea/Rolling in the Ryegrass.

I also quite like Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh's Woman of the House/Rolling in the Ryegrass set.

# Posted on February 19th 2009 by TheSilverSpear

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

In Clare, particularly around Kilmaley, they always play the Boyne Hunt before this tune which is also called Shannon Breeze. The Red Haired Lass in "G" goes nicely on the end as a third reel.

# Posted on February 20th 2009 by Bannerman

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

I think alot, of reels in G major go well after this tune -
jim,,,

# Posted on February 20th 2009 by FIDDLE4

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

It's pretty open, depends where you want to go with it.
To follow it, Ships are Sailing works nicely, or you can get a nice effect with Patsy Tuohey's or Drunken Landlady if you have something to come after them. If you have something to come before it, you can follow it with Longford Tinker, that should make a nice set. I'm not sure if it would work, but I'd try Miss McLeod's, because it might work, and it just about makes an acceptable off-color sentence.
(Yes, I do think about these things when putting together a set, but no, it's not the only consideration!)

# Posted on February 20th 2009 by Jon Kiparsky

Re: Rolling in the ryegrass

A great, simple little tune.
I have heard it leading into Fermoy Lasses.
Just don't try to put it in a set with Wind that Shakes the Barley. The tunes are enough alike that it is almost impossible to get through them together without getting pieces and parts mixed up.

# Posted on February 20th 2009 by AlBrown