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GEESE IN THE BOG [3]. AKA and see "Bryan O'Lynn (1)," "Devil’s Jig (The)," "Goose in the Bog," "Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)," "Mullinagar Jig (The)," "Seol na nGeabhaigh," "Sprigs of Stradone (The)." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian (Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill, Songer, Sullivan, Tubridy): B Minor (Cranitch). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody starts on a C Major chord (or D Major chord, in the case of Cranitch's version). One of the earliest publications of the tune is in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, vol. 1, No. 1 (1904, p. 35) where a version appears as "Seol na nGeabhaigh" (Driving the Geese), collected from a piper in Termon, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal, a few years after the turn of the 20th century. The second part of the "Geese in the Bog (3)" is similar to the second part of "Banks of Lough Gowna (1) (The)." Frank Roche prints the tune as "Bryan O'Lynn (1)" with the alternate title "Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)" in his first collection of 1912. Carl Hardebeck named the tune "Devil’s Jig (The)" in his 1921 collection, as his source (either fiddler John Duffy or Sean O'Gorman) could not remember the name of it. Researcher Conor Ward finds the jig in musicians' manuscript collections from Connaught under the titles "Sprigs of Stradone (The)" (Francis Reynolds, Gaigue, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, c. 1885) and "Mullingar Jig (The)" (Reilly Family manuscripts, Toome, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, c. 1900). On the whole, it would see that "Geese in the Bog" as a title for this popular session jig is a fairly recent appellation.

Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 6, p. 127. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 181, p. 56. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 66, p. 79 (appears as "Goose in the Bog"). Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 69. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 35, p. 14. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 31

Recorded sources: Coleman Music Center CHC 009, flute player Paddy Healy (b. 1937, Ballymote) - "The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place" (2005. Various artists. Healy learned the tune from his father, John Martin, also a flute player).

See also listings at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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-'''GEESE IN THE BOG [3]'''. AKA and see "[[Bryan O'Lynn (1)]]," "[[Devil’s Jig (The)]]," "[[Goose in the Bog]]," "[[Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)]]," "[[Mullinagar Jig (The)]]," "[[Sprigs of Stradone (The)]]." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian (Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill, Songer, Sullivan, Tubridy): B Minor (Cranitch). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody starts on a C Major chord (or D Major chord, in the case of Cranitch's version). The second part of the tune is similar to the second part of "[[Banks of Lough Gowna (1) (The)]]." Frank Roche prints the tune as "[[Bryan O'Lynn (1)]]" with the alternate title "[[Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)]]" in his first collection of 1912. Carl Hardebeck named the tune "[[Devil’s Jig (The)]]" in his 1921 collection, as his source (either fiddler John Duffy or Sean O'Gorman) could not remember the name of it. Researcher Conor Ward finds the jig in musicians' manuscript collections from Connaught under the titles "[[Sprigs of Stradone (The)]]" (Francis Reynolds, Gaigue, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, c. 1885) and "[[Mullingar Jig (The)]]" (Reilly Family manuscripts, Toome, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, c. 1900). On the whole, it would see that "Geese in the Bog" as a title for this popular session jig is a fairly recent appellation.
+'''GEESE IN THE BOG [3]'''. AKA and see "[[Bryan O'Lynn (1)]]," "[[Devil’s Jig (The)]]," "[[Goose in the Bog]]," "[[Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)]]," "[[Mullinagar Jig (The)]]," "[[Seol na nGeabhaigh]]," "[[Sprigs of Stradone (The)]]." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian (Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill, Songer, Sullivan, Tubridy): B Minor (Cranitch). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody starts on a C Major chord (or D Major chord, in the case of Cranitch's version).  One of the earliest publications of the tune is in the '''Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, vol. 1, No. 1''' (1904, p. 35) where a version appears as
+"[[Seol na nGeabhaigh]]" (Driving the Geese), collected from a piper in Termon, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal, a few years after the turn of the 20th century.  The second part of the "Geese in the Bog (3)" is similar to the second part of "[[Banks of Lough Gowna (1) (The)]]." Frank Roche prints the tune as "[[Bryan O'Lynn (1)]]" with the alternate title "[[Humors of Ballinafad (1) (The)]]" in his first collection of 1912. Carl Hardebeck named the tune "[[Devil’s Jig (The)]]" in his 1921 collection, as his source (either fiddler John Duffy or Sean O'Gorman) could not remember the name of it. Researcher Conor Ward finds the jig in musicians' manuscript collections from Connaught under the titles "[[Sprigs of Stradone (The)]]" (Francis Reynolds, Gaigue, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, c. 1885) and "[[Mullingar Jig (The)]]" (Reilly Family manuscripts, Toome, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, c. 1900). On the whole, it would see that "Geese in the Bog" as a title for this popular session jig is a fairly recent appellation.
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