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'''JER THE RIGGER''' (Jer an Rigéara). AKA - "[[Ger the Rigger]]." AKA and see "[[Thadelo's]]." Irish; Polka, Single Reel or Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is set variously as a hornpipe, single reel, and, in the Sliabh Luachra region of southern Ireland, as a polka. The title probably refers to a man, Jer short for Jeremiah, and his occupation--a 'rigger' is a carpenter who roofs houses. | |f_annotation='''JER THE RIGGER''' (Jer an Rigéara). AKA - "[[Ger the Rigger]]." AKA and see "[[Thadelo's]]." Irish; Polka, Single Reel or Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is set variously as a hornpipe, single reel, and, in the Sliabh Luachra region of southern Ireland, as a polka. The title probably refers to a man, Jer short for Jeremiah, and his occupation--a 'rigger' is a carpenter who roofs houses. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=fiddler Denis Murphy, 1966 (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), who associated the tune with accordion player Thadelo Sullivan [Moylan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II'''), 1976; No. 128, p. 67. Mallinson ('''100 Irish Polkas'''), 1997; No. 16, p. 7. Moylan ('''Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra'''), 1994; No. 113, pp. 65-66. Sullivan ('''Session Tunes, vol. 2'''); No. 19, p. 8 (appears as "Ger the Rigger"). Taylor ('''Music for the Sets: Blue Book'''), 1995; p. 16. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Gael-Linn CEF 057, "Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh." Gael-Linn CEF 132, Johnny O'Leary - "An Calmfhear/The Trooper" (1989). Green Linnet GLCD 3009, Kevin Burke - "If the Cap Fits" (1978. Learned from accordion player Jackie Daly). Kicking Mule KN-327, "Scartaglen" (1984. Learned from Kevin Burke). Wild Goose WGS 320, Old Swan Band - "Swan-Upmanship" (2004. Learned from Jackie Daly). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/713/]<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/713/]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g02.htm#Gerthri]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g02.htm#Gerthri]<br> | ||
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JER THE RIGGER (Jer an Rigéara). AKA - "Ger the Rigger." AKA and see "Thadelo's." Irish; Polka, Single Reel or Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is set variously as a hornpipe, single reel, and, in the Sliabh Luachra region of southern Ireland, as a polka. The title probably refers to a man, Jer short for Jeremiah, and his occupation--a 'rigger' is a carpenter who roofs houses.
