Spórt

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 2nd 2002 by granama.

This tune has been added to 121 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
• 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 granama

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