The Man Who'll Never Be Able

slip jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on August 14th 2008 by justjim.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Also known as Phillip McHugh, Sir Philip McHugh, Sir Phillip McHugh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Hardcore English: 50 Tunes From Manuscript, Recorded And Aural Sources by Various Artists
• Swarbrick 2 by Dave Swarbrick
• Sweet Nyaa by Moving Cloud
• The Miller's Jig by Magnetic North
• Warming Up by Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly And Jack Coen

X: 1
T: Man Who'll Never Be Able, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmix
D|:G2c BGB c2A|Bdd cAG F2D|G2c BGB c2A|Bdd cAF G2d:|
|:AAA AFD FED|ABA AGF G2[BD]|ABA AFD FED|B2d cAF G2D:|

Transcribed from Paddy O'Brien's "Chulrua:Down the Back Lane" situated between "I'm the Boy for Bewitching Them" and "The Night Before Larry was Stretched"

# Posted on August 14th 2008 by justjim

Sir Philip McHugh

O'Neill1138:

D|G2c BGB c2A|B2d cAG F2D|G2c BGB c2A|B2d cAF G2:|
|:B|ABA AFD FED|ABA AFD G2B|ABA AFD FED|B2d cAF G2:|
duplicated http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2388

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by swisspiper

Clannad?

This somehow rings a bell...early Clannad LP...what was it called there?????

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by swisspiper

Interesting - pretty much identical to the version taught by Sean Ryan in his whistle class at Drumshanbo just a couple of weeks ago.

# Posted on August 16th 2008 by benhall.1