Hurry The Jug

jig

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on August 14th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
Dark Of The Moon by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
The Final Round CD 1 by Kevin Joyce
Traditional Irish Dance Rhythms by Various Artists
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Hurry The Jug
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
D | EDE GFG | BAG FGE | DA,D FDF | ABF AFD |
EDE GFG | BAG FGA | B/c/dA B/c/dA | EFD E2 D |
EDE GFG | BAG FGE | DA,D FDF | ABF AFD |
EDE GFG | BAG FGA | B/c/dA B/c/dA | EFD E2 |]
[| B | AFA ~d3 | ~c3 dcd | AFA dcd | BAG FGA |
EGB e2f | gfe fed | EGB e2f | gfe fdB |
AFA ~d3 | ~c3 dcd | AFA dcd | BAG F2D |
EDE GFG | BAG FGA | B/c/dA B/c/dA | EFD E2 ||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Hurry the Jug

This is really a set dance, but it makes a nice slow jig. when played with a lot of swing it sounds great. I don't know why I don't hear this one more often as a set dance, it's got a nice melody.

# Posted on August 14th 2002 by Mad Baloney

D'you mean, as a set for a stepdancer, Brad? It might be because it's sometimes used as the tune for Lannigan's Ball, or it may be waiting to come back in fashion, as the sets go in and out as a trend. (It's usually danced at 69 bpm or above for the official An Coimisiun minimum tempo.) Also, it's a double jig, and most of the champions usually prefer to do hornpipes as they're harder and will usually place over a double jig.

But perhaps you mean the group set dancing (as opposed to dancing a solo set)? You can find a set at http://www.setdanceteacher.co.uk/hurryjug.htm, which is a version of the set given to Timmy McCarthy by Maureen Murphy of Abbeyfeale, Co.Limerick, saying that it's not really been danced much since the 20's -- the page has a note at the bottom that Mr. McCarthy was still playing with the version in the 90's and that others sometimes dance it with a gallop instead of Mr. McCarthy's gliding walk.

Zina

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by Zina Lee

Set Dance/Set Dancers

To most musicians a "Set dance" is a tune for a solo stepdancer to showcase their steps, a couple other big set dances are "The Three Sea Capt's" & "The Ace & Duece of Piping" these tunes occasionally come up at sessions as well. "Set-dancing" is the group dancing, which is less refined (than stepdancers) but more accessible to common folks.

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by Mad Baloney

True, but I'd no way of knowing whether you're one of them, but I suppose I do now -- so consider me well chastised. *saccharine grin*

zls

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by Zina Lee

Set Dances

As a matter of interest, set dances ( the step dancing variety) are so called because they had set steps to a given tune. You couldn't just do your own thing. Quite often the second part of the tune has an unusual number of bars. e.g. "Jockey at the Fair" and "St. Patrick's Day" have 14 bars in the B music as does "The Job of Journeywork", whilst "The Three Sea Captains" has 10 bars.
Junior Crehan had a lovely setting of this tune. Where did you get your setting Brad?

Chris

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by milesnagopaleen

Hurry the Jug

Miles, I first heard this on an old Ceili band compilation CD I think it was the Tulla Ceili Band. Zina I'm not quite sure what you ment in your response; am I not a musician, a stepdancer or a set dancer? I was only trying to clarify the difference in terms between the dancer world & the musician/session world.

# Posted on August 15th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Slowly

Having learned it by ear, & always playing it so slowly I thought it was waltz! But it is beautiful, esp. when you ascend to that high E... we often would slam into Drowsy Maggie on the tail end of this to shake up the waltzers.

# Posted on January 15th 2003 by emily_bmore

"Hurry the Jug"

Mostly the basics with a few variations, this is the way I learned this tune and have known it, with repeats.

As to the 'countrydance' "Hurry the Jug", two distinct interpretations have existed. There is one where it follows the structure and phrase of the music as given here, either in the style of a a 'ceili dance' or a 'countrydance' (similar in style to the 'sets'). There are also a few other looser structured takes courtesy of Timmy McCarthy and others in the style of the 'sets of quadrilles', or 'sets'. Several people have managed to acquire a copy of the surviving notes via various sources in Limerick. Some lay heavy on the footwork under the influence of certain teachers and competition. For any take in line with the tune, any three-part jig could do...

# Posted on June 27th 2005 by ceolachan