Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1343 (Morrison's Jig)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BB 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Morrison's Jig / Port Uí Mhuirgheasa / Morrison's / Maurice Carmody's Favorite / Maurice Carmody's Favourite / The Stick across the Hob / Stick across the Hob / Stick on the Hob / Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig / Paddy Stack's Fancy / Lyon's Favourite / The Rookery (3rd in set Old Hag You Have Killed Me on BB 2; mislabeled as Whelan's in a set on CmA 1 which alternates between this tune and Whelan's) (compare Whelan's #1699)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8#3 | [BB 2] The Bothy Band. Old Hag You Have Killed Me. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet, harmonium), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). |
| ~1978 | 6#2 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1978 | 9#2 | [LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
| ~1980 | 10#2 | [JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1991 | 3#1 | [BT] Baal Tinne. . . . About Time. Noel Rice (flute, whistle), Kevin Rice (bodhrán, percussion), Cathleen Rice (fiddle), Matt Sundstrom (guitar), Paul Cienniwa (piano, keyboards). |
| ~1996 | 32#2 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| ~1997 | 19#2 | [Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano). |
| 2002 | 2#1 | [LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (fiddle). |
| ~2009 | 1#1 | [SMcK] Skip McKinley. Fairy Tales. Skip McKinley (flute). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #50 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #37 in [LPF] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club. |
| As jig #102 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #92 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 99 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 164 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #80 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #195 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1963