Spórt

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 2nd 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature.

This tune has been added to 179 tunebooks.

Also known as Sport.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Anything Strange? by Ditte Fromseier Mortensen
• Cavan's Lilter by Séamus Fay
• Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Handprints by Donna Long
• Local Ground by Altan
• Piper's Dream by Jack Brennan
• Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• The Horse's Tail by Zoe Conway
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
• Unleashed by The Border Collies
• Wherever You Go by Wild Asparagus

X: 1
T: Spórt
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
AdF ~A3 | GBE GFG | AdF ~A3 |
GBE cde | AdF ~A3 | GBE GFG |
cdc A2G |1 EAA D2F :|2 EAA D2 |
|:d | ~c3 ~d3 | cec A2g | fed ged | cec A2e |
~f3 ~g3 | age d2e | fdF A2F |GEA D2 :|z |
|:AGG AGE | AGE EDD | AGE cde | dcA ~G3 |
AGG AGE | AGE EDD | cdc A2G | EAA D3 :|

This tune will bring tears to the eyes of the thickest skinned of bodhrán players. I got this setting from concertina player Micheál Ó Raghallaigh. Strange title - perhaps it means something different in Irish. I first heard the tune (probably a slightly different setting - I can't remember) from fiddler Caoihmín Ó Raghallaigh (no relation, as far as I am aware), who called it a 3-part version of The Hag With The Money.

Don't rush it. This is not a tune to be wasted on ceilidh bands.

# Posted on August 2nd 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

Spórt

In Irish, the word "Spórt" basically means "fun" so I guess it's not such an unusual title for this fun little jig.

# Posted on August 2nd 2002 by Jeremy

Composer: Peadar O'Riada

I originally learnt a variation of this tune from Irish harper Michael Rooney; however accoring to Michael O Raghallaigh on his fabulous CD "The Nervous Man", this tune was composed by Irishman Peadar O Riada. Regardless of it's origin, it is a fabulous tune!

# Posted on April 29th 2003 by Ptollemy

Origins of Tune

A great tune indead. I heard that the composer was watching children play and based the tune on that-makes sense when you hear the tune.

# Posted on January 28th 2005 by Colin E.

I Have a Slight Variation

FG|AdF ~A2A|GBE GFG| AdF ~A2A|GAB cde|
AdF ~A2A|GBE G2d|cdc A2G|EA~AD2 :|
|: dc2 cd2|dcd cA2|def efg|edc dcA-|
Ade fef|gfg age|def dFA-|AGE AD2:|
|:FG|AGG AEE|AGG EDD|AGG A2d|cdc A2F|
GAG GAE|EAG GED|Dcd cA2|GE A~A [1 D:|| [2 D3:||

This is the way Altan play it on their album Local Ground Altan... I think.

# Posted on June 16th 2006 by Flanno91

Uilleann piper Ryan Murphy from Fermoy, Co. Cork plays two jigs: "Sport", which was composed by Peadar Ó Riada, and "Paidín O'Rafferty".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJW6LOSKrk&feature=user

# Posted on June 30th 2008 by Phantom Button

Great tune on Banjo

I've heard this played by Andrew Anderson on Banjo at the Murphy's session in Seattle. It is one of my favorite tunes he does - and this tune is done at every session I've every been to and everybody loves it!

# Posted on October 7th 2008 by Matt_Haverly

Sport

Here's Martin Hayes and Ciaran Tourish playing this great tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJNbbYhX4g&feature=related

# Posted on September 13th 2009 by conscientious objector