Looking For A Jig For A Northwest Set

[Jim Besser]

Looking for a jig for a Northwest set. Something very emphatic, not notey. Something along the lines of Cock of the North, but not Cock of the North (it's already in the set). Something English. Any ideas?

[spindizzy]

Looking for a jig for a Northwest set. Something very emphatic, not notey. Something along the lines of Cock of the North, but not Cock of the North (it's already in the set). Something English. Any ideas?

 

I have a CD by the Boat Band, of Cumbrian Tunes (called "a Trip to the Lakes") ... one nice one "When I Parted", I also know as "Trip to Sligo" ... (a quick web search showed it appearing in an 1847 Lancashire manuscript, and a Lake District 1835 one. I wonder where else it's various travels have taken this tune?

The set on the the CD was Kendal Ghyll, When I Parted, Ulverston Volunteers.

 

Chris

[Pete Dunk]

X: 1

T:Kendal Gill. JBa.46

T:Candle Gill,aka. JBa.46

T:Kendal Ghyll,aka. JBa.46

M:6/8

L:1/8

Q:120

S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762.

R:jig

O:England

A:Carlisle

Z:vmp.C.Graebe..

K:D major

"No time/key sig"

d2e f2g | fed cBA | d2e f2g | agf edc |!

d3 def | A3 AGF | G2B A2F | FDD D3 ||!

F2F A2F | (A/B/c)A cAF | G2G B2G | (B/c/d)B dBG|!

F2F A2F | (d/e/f)d cAF | G2B A2F | EDD D3 |]

[Pete Dunk]

X: 1

T: Trip To Sligo, The

T: (When I Parted)

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

R: jig

K: Emin

|: E2e BGE | D2d AFD | E2e BGE | BAG e2f |

gfe dcB | ABG FED | EFG ABC | BGF E3 :|

|: eBe gfe | dAd gag | eBe gfe | faf gbg |

faf gfe | dcB AGF | EFG ABc | BGF E3 :|

 

 

 

X: 1

T:the Ulverston Volunteers

M:6/8

O:England

A:North-West

R:Jig

K:G

d|\

BGG dGG| e2f g2e| dGG eGG| FAA A2d|\

BGG dGG| e2f gfe| dBG AGA| BGG G2::

d|\

g2d B2G| efg dBG| ceB BdA| AGA A2d|\

BGG dGG| e2f gfe| dBG AGA| BGG G2:|

[Pete Dunk]

After a bit of browsing around I found a couple of jigs on the Belfagan site. A lot more abc tunes available if you Knit Your Own Yoghurt!

[spindizzy]

I have a CD by the Boat Band, of Cumbrian Tunes (called "a Trip to the Lakes") ...

 

In fact I just dug out another CD, got as part of a workshop on Cheshire tunes (is that far enough NW for you )

So here we have these jig sets :

Lyme Park/Slip it in Easy

Nantwich Fair/Oats & Beans (and Barley Grow)

and Roger de Coverley (slipjig)

 

These are all great tunes, but I've never found any ABCs for the first pair.

[Pete Dunk]

but I've never found any ABCs for the first pair.

Write 'em then!

[spindizzy]

but I've never found any ABCs for the first pair.

Write 'em then!

 

I was afraid someone might say that - I keep meaning to try but ........

[Jim Besser]

but I've never found any ABCs for the first pair.

Write 'em then!

 

I was afraid someone might say that - I keep meaning to try but ........

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. Based on several suggestions, I think "Off She Goes" will be perfect, but we won't know until the dancers try to dance it.

[Chris Timson]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Based on several suggestions, I think "Off She Goes" will be perfect, but we won't know until the dancers try to dance it.

Off She Goes will be. We use it in our North West Side (Mr Wilkins Shilling) and it's a great tune for making the dancers pick up their feet. Just watch for a tendancy to speed up in the B music.

 

Other tunes we use that fit the rhythm are 100 Pipers, The Railway and Oyster Girl.

 

Chris

 

Edited to add PS: 2 more tunes that we used to use are Major McKigh’s (sp?) Jig and Whose Jig. They can be heard on our site.

Edited March 17, 2008 by Chris Timson

[Jim Besser]

Off She Goes will be. We use it in our North West Side (Mr Wilkins Shilling) and it's a great tune for making the dancers pick up their feet. Just watch for a tendancy to speed up in the B music.

 

Off she Goes seemed to work fine, although it caught the dancers by surprise (guess I neglected to warn them). It slowed them down and evened out the figure; a big improvement from the previous tune, which made them race. Thanks to all.

Edited March 18, 2008 by Jim Besser