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'''MORRISON'S JIG [1]''' (Port Uí Mhuirgheasa). AKA and see "[[Lyons' Favourite]]," "[[Maurice Carmody's Favourite]]," "[[Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig]]," "[[Stick | |f_annotation='''MORRISON'S JIG [1]''' (Port Uí Mhuirgheasa). AKA and see "[[Lyons' Favourite]]," "[[Maurice Carmody's Favourite]]," "[[Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig]]," "[[Stick across the Hob (The)]]." Irish (originally), American; Jig. E Dorian. USA, New England. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Breathnach, Flaherty, Martin & Hughes, Tubridy, Vallely): AABB' (S. Johnson, Mulvihill, Songer): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, Spadaro). This well-known tune is named after the renowned Sligo-born Irish-American fiddler James "The Professor" Morrison [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Morrison_%28fiddler%29] (1891–1947), who recorded in the 1930's. | ||
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[[File:morrison.jpg|200px|thumb|left|James Morrison]] | [[File:morrison.jpg|200px|thumb|left|James Morrison]] | ||
Morrison did not compose the jig but rather obtained it from a Dromlacht, County Kerry, accordion player (a member of his band) named Tom Carmody who knew it as "[[Stick across the Hob (The)]]" (Taylor, 1992). Carmody in turn had learned it from his father, Maurice. Harry Bradshaw relates the story that the tune was supposed to have learned by Morrison the night before the recording session, and was to be called "[[Maurice Carmody's Favourite]]" on Morrison's 1936 Columbia recording, but that the record company's proofreading was not what it should have been and one batch which was labelled "Maurice Comedy's." [Morrison frequently paired the jig in a medley with "[[Richard Brennan's Favorite]]"]. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays''', 1922) prints the melody as "[[Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig]]," named for the Chicago fiddler (originally from County Kerry) who made some 78 RPM recordings in the 1920's. "Morrison's Jig (1)" is not to be confused with the similarly-titled "[[Morrison's Fancy]]," however, it is sometimes aurally confused with "[[Whelan's Jig]]," which it resembles. See also "[[Morning Dew (1) (The)]]" for a related setting of the melody in reel time. | Morrison did not compose the jig but rather obtained it from a Dromlacht, County Kerry, accordion player (a member of his band) named Tom Carmody who knew it as "[[Stick across the Hob (The)]]" (Taylor, 1992). Carmody in turn had learned it from his father, Maurice. Harry Bradshaw relates the story that the tune was supposed to have learned by Morrison the night before the recording session, and was to be called "[[Maurice Carmody's Favourite]]" on Morrison's 1936 Columbia recording, but that the record company's proofreading was not what it should have been and one batch which was labelled "Maurice Comedy's." [Morrison frequently paired the jig in a medley with "[[Richard Brennan's Favorite]]"]. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays''', 1922) prints the melody as "[[Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig]]," named for the Chicago fiddler (originally from County Kerry) who made some 78 RPM recordings in the 1920's. "Morrison's Jig (1)" is not to be confused with the similarly-titled "[[Morrison's Fancy]]," however, it is sometimes aurally confused with "[[Whelan's Jig]]," which it resembles. See also "[[Morning Dew (1) (The)]]" for a related setting of the melody in reel time. | ||
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The tune was picked up by 'revival' musicians in the 1979's, and in the Northern United States it has since been a popular vehicle for contra dances. | The tune was picked up by 'revival' musicians in the 1979's, and in the Northern United States it has since been a popular vehicle for contra dances. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=accordionist Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Johnny Henry (b. 1922, Cloonlairn, Doocastle, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]; The Long Island contra dance band Raw Bits via Mark Bautista (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''CRÉ 1'''), 1963; No. 50, p. 20. | |||
Breathnach ('''CRÉ 1'''), 1963; No. 50, p. 20. | |||
Flaherty ('''Trip to Sligo'''), 1990; p. 143. | Flaherty ('''Trip to Sligo'''), 1990; p. 143. | ||
Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 195, p. 60. | Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 195, p. 60. | ||
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Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 37. | Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 37. | ||
Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 37, p. 35. | Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 37, p. 35. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Avoca AV 121, P.J. Maloney – "Traditional Music of Ireland, vol. 1" (c. 1960). | |||
Avoca AV 121, P.J. Maloney – "Traditional Music of Ireland, vol. 1" (c. 1960). | |||
Green Linnet SIF 3005, The Bothy Band – "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP). | Green Linnet SIF 3005, The Bothy Band – "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP). | ||
June Appal 014, John McCutcheon – "The Wind That Shakes the Barley." | June Appal 014, John McCutcheon – "The Wind That Shakes the Barley." | ||
MKM 7590, Mike McHale – "The Schoolmaster's House" (2000. Learned from the playing of Joe Dowd and Paddy Carty). | MKM 7590, Mike McHale – "The Schoolmaster's House" (2000. Learned from the playing of Joe Dowd and Paddy Carty). | ||
Rex LPR-1006, Liverpool Céilí Band - "Off to Dublin" (1966). | |||
Rooster Records 130, Swallowtail – "Flights of Fancy" (1984). | Rooster Records 130, Swallowtail – "Flights of Fancy" (1984). | ||
Shaskeen – "Joys of Life." | Shaskeen – "Joys of Life." | ||
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Topic 12TS368, John Doonan – "At the Feis." | Topic 12TS368, John Doonan – "At the Feis." | ||
James Keane - "Roll Away the Reel World." | James Keane - "Roll Away the Reel World." | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m12.htm#Morji]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m12.htm#Morji]<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/1343/]<br> | Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/1343/]<br> | ||
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MORRISON'S JIG [1] (Port Uí Mhuirgheasa). AKA and see "Lyons' Favourite," "Maurice Carmody's Favourite," "Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig," "Stick across the Hob (The)." Irish (originally), American; Jig. E Dorian. USA, New England. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Breathnach, Flaherty, Martin & Hughes, Tubridy, Vallely): AABB' (S. Johnson, Mulvihill, Songer): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, Spadaro). This well-known tune is named after the renowned Sligo-born Irish-American fiddler James "The Professor" Morrison [1] (1891–1947), who recorded in the 1930's.
Morrison did not compose the jig but rather obtained it from a Dromlacht, County Kerry, accordion player (a member of his band) named Tom Carmody who knew it as "Stick across the Hob (The)" (Taylor, 1992). Carmody in turn had learned it from his father, Maurice. Harry Bradshaw relates the story that the tune was supposed to have learned by Morrison the night before the recording session, and was to be called "Maurice Carmody's Favourite" on Morrison's 1936 Columbia recording, but that the record company's proofreading was not what it should have been and one batch which was labelled "Maurice Comedy's." [Morrison frequently paired the jig in a medley with "Richard Brennan's Favorite"]. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays, 1922) prints the melody as "Paddy Stack's Fancy Jig," named for the Chicago fiddler (originally from County Kerry) who made some 78 RPM recordings in the 1920's. "Morrison's Jig (1)" is not to be confused with the similarly-titled "Morrison's Fancy," however, it is sometimes aurally confused with "Whelan's Jig," which it resembles. See also "Morning Dew (1) (The)" for a related setting of the melody in reel time.
The tune was picked up by 'revival' musicians in the 1979's, and in the Northern United States it has since been a popular vehicle for contra dances.
