Ar Phósaís Fós?

[Ptarmigan]

Ar Phósaís Fós?
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An Irish Hop Jig or Slip Jig, from the James Goodman manuscript of tunes collected around Cork in the Mid C19th.
Played on Hammered Dulcimer, , Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Fiddle, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran.
Lockdown Video #764

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2024 by Ptarmigan

[Paul_Hardy]

Does anyone else hear this as 'Dance to thy Daddy' (when the boat comes in) in jig time?

[Ptarmigan]

5 hours ago, Paul_Hardy said:

Does anyone else hear this as 'Dance to thy Daddy' (when the boat comes in) in jig time?

 

Aye Paul, often very difficult to know which version came first, or indeed, from which country the tune originated.

 

Ewan MacColl noted:

"This song is also known as Dance to Your Minnie, and according to Miss M.H. Mason (Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs, 1877), the “Daddy” text is Scottish and the “Minnie” text is Northumbrian. The traditional text, however, appears to have been abandoned by modern Tyneside singers in favour of the one rewritten by the Tyneside bard William Watson who died in 1840."

In Ireland they also play the Hop Jig / Slip Jig - Cucanandy, which sounds even more like the song - 'Dance to your Daddy' & as usual, just makes you wonder what came first, the song or the tune. 🙂

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

 

 

[Peter Laban]

11 hours ago, Ptarmigan said:

In Ireland they also play the Hop Jig / Slip Jig - Cucanandy, which sounds even more like the song - 'Dance to your Daddy' & as usual, just makes you wonder what came first, the song or the tune

 

It is a whole group of tunes really. Cucanandy is named for the song Bess Cronin sang to it. The name was connected to the tune by the recording The Gloaming did of it. Or so it seems, we used to know it as 'My mind will never be easy' before that. 'She didn't  dance and dance..' is a slide version of the same melody. And there  is Samuel Lover's 'The Whistling Thief', that Séamus Ennis and Sean 'as Donncha used to sing, using the tune as well.

I tried to get to the origins of all that but never quite managed to untie that knot.