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'''PIGEON ON THE GATE [1]''' (“An colm air an gata” or “An Colúr ar an nGeata)”. AKA and see "[[Atholl Braes]]," "[[Bank of Ireland]]," "[[Drinking Reel (The)]]," "[[Drunken Tailor (The)]]," "[[Gallagher's Best]]," "[[Gearrchaile Oilean Pice]],” “[[Hills of Clogher]],” "[[Lagan Slashers]]," "[[League and Slasher]]," "[[Pigeon on the Pier (2)]]," "[[Reidy's Reel]],” "[[Roddy Joe’s Reel]],” "[[Scotch Braes (The)]],” “[[Wandering Tinker (The)]].” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Goodman, Miller & Perron, Roche): AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor {Half-Door}, Tubridy): AA'BB (Breathnach): AABB' (Flaherty, Phillips): AA'BB' (Brody, Taylor, Vallely). The melody is at least as old as the mid-19th century, for it was entered into the large music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper Canon [[biography:James Goodman]]. The reel was also mentioned by Francis O’Neill ('''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''', 1913) in his brief sketch of uilleann piper and fiddler William F. Hanafin (a Callinafercy, Kilcoleman, County Kerry, musician born in 1875 who emigrated to Massachusetts in his adolescence), as one of the first reels he learned as a boy. The "Pigeon on the Gate" title for this tune dates only to the beginning of the 20th century, however. Francis O’Neill (1922) remarks: “Altho' this splendid reel does not appear in the Bunting, Petrie or Joyce Collections, it was pretty generally known to the pipers and fiddlers of Chicago, hailing from the west, and south of Ireland and always by the same name (i.e. "Pigeon on the Gate"). It is a popular session tune in its many variations and variants, although two main strains, in E modal and A modal, predominate. "Pigeon on the Gate" is a popular reel in many versions in Donegal, although usually known as “[[Swallowtail (The)]].” Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) remarks that Irish-influenced Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot played this tune in the key of E minor, after Michael Coleman (although A minor or G dorian was the usual Cape Breton setting {see "[[Pigeon on the Gate (2)]]"). When Wilmot did so without accompaniment, he was wont to tune the bass string down to a low E (EDae tuning). | |f_annotation='''PIGEON ON THE GATE [1]''' (“An colm air an gata” or “An Colúr ar an nGeata)”. AKA and see "[[Atholl Braes]]," "[[Bank of Ireland]]," "[[Drinking Reel (The)]]," "[[Drunken Tailor (The)]]," "[[Gallagher's Best]]," "[[Gearrchaile Oilean Pice]],” “[[Hills of Clogher]],” "[[Lagan Slashers]]," "[[League and Slasher]]," "[[Pigeon on the Pier (2)]]," "[[Reidy's Reel]],” "[[Roddy Joe’s Reel]],” "[[Scotch Braes (The)]],” “[[Wandering Tinker (The)]].” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Goodman, Miller & Perron, Roche): AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor {Half-Door}, Tubridy): AA'BB (Breathnach): AABB' (Flaherty, Phillips): AA'BB' (Brody, Taylor, Vallely). The melody is at least as old as the mid-19th century, for it was entered into the large music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper Canon [[biography:James Goodman]]. The reel was also mentioned by Francis O’Neill ('''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''', 1913) in his brief sketch of uilleann piper and fiddler William F. Hanafin (a Callinafercy, Kilcoleman, County Kerry, musician born in 1875 who emigrated to Massachusetts in his adolescence), as one of the first reels he learned as a boy. The "Pigeon on the Gate" title for this tune dates only to the beginning of the 20th century, however. Francis O’Neill (1922) remarks: “Altho' this splendid reel does not appear in the Bunting, Petrie or Joyce Collections, it was pretty generally known to the pipers and fiddlers of Chicago, hailing from the west, and south of Ireland and always by the same name (i.e. "Pigeon on the Gate"). It is a popular session tune in its many variations and variants, although two main strains, in E modal and A modal, predominate. "Pigeon on the Gate" is a popular reel in many versions in Donegal, although usually known as “[[Swallowtail (The)]].” Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) remarks that Irish-influenced Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot played this tune in the key of E minor, after Michael Coleman (although A minor or G dorian was the usual Cape Breton setting {see "[[Pigeon on the Gate (2)]]"). When Wilmot did so without accompaniment, he was wont to tune the bass string down to a low E (EDae tuning). | ||
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Occasionally variants of the tune are found in manuscript collections. In arrangement, (famed piper Patsy) Touhey's setting differs both in key and style from that printed in former O'Neill Collections. Brendan Breathnach, in his notes to the tune in CRE II (1976, No. 250) gives several alternate titles for the E dorian "Pigeon on the Gate," however, some of the Scottish titles, such as "[[Wandering Tinker (The)]]" and "[[Atholl Braes]]" do not seem related. Paul de Grae finds related tunes in “[[Dan McCart(h)y’s Fancy]],” “[[Drunken Piper (2)]],” “[[Drunken Reel]],” and “[[Old Pigeon on the Gate]].” There are also similarities to "[[Pride of the Ball]]." | Occasionally variants of the tune are found in manuscript collections. In arrangement, (famed piper Patsy) Touhey's setting differs both in key and style from that printed in former O'Neill Collections. Brendan Breathnach, in his notes to the tune in CRE II (1976, No. 250) gives several alternate titles for the E dorian "Pigeon on the Gate," however, some of the Scottish titles, such as "[[Wandering Tinker (The)]]" and "[[Atholl Braes]]" do not seem related. Paul de Grae finds related tunes in “[[Dan McCart(h)y’s Fancy]],” “[[Drunken Piper (2)]],” “[[Drunken Reel]],” and “[[Old Pigeon on the Gate]].” There are also similarities to "[[Pride of the Ball]]." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Brody]; Andy McGann (New York) [Phillips]; Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy (b. 1912) [Miller & Perron]; flute player Laurence McDonagh, 1972 (Ballinfad, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Peter Horan (b. 1926, Kilavil County Sligo) [Flaherty]; “my mother” [Muvlihill]; Paddy Canny (Co. Clare) via Brendan Taffee [Fiddler Magazine]; Liz Carroll (Chicago) via Brendan Taaffe [Fiddler Magazine]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''CRÉ 2'''), 1976; No. 250 (2), p. 130. | |||
Breathnach ('''CRÉ 2'''), 1976; No. 250 (2), p. 130. | |||
Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 217. | Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 217. | ||
Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 3'''), 1976; p. 7. | Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 3'''), 1976; p. 7. | ||
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Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 24. | Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2'''), 1999; p. 24. | ||
Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 44, p. 39. | Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club'''), 197?; No. 44, p. 39. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Columbia A3679 (78 RPM), Tom Ennis & James Morrison (1922) | |||
County 725, The Riendeau Family – "Old-Time Fiddling." | County 725, The Riendeau Family – "Old-Time Fiddling." | ||
Folkways FG 3531, Jean Carignan – "Old Time Fiddle Tunes" (1968). | Folkways FG 3531, Jean Carignan – "Old Time Fiddle Tunes" (1968). | ||
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Shaskeen – "Shaskeen Live." | Shaskeen – "Shaskeen Live." | ||
Danny O’Donnell – “Ón tSean-Am Anall.” | Danny O’Donnell – “Ón tSean-Am Anall.” | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p04.htm#Pigonthg1]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p04.htm#Pigonthg1]<br> | |||
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1581/]<br> | Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1581/]<br> | ||
Hear piper Tom Ennis and fiddler James Morrison's 1922 recording at the Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/TomEnnisAndJamesMorrison-BagOfPotatoesTemplehouseReelPigeonOnThe] (3rd tune in set "Bag of Potatoes/Templehouse Reel/Pigeon on the Gate"). | |||
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PIGEON ON THE GATE [1] (“An colm air an gata” or “An Colúr ar an nGeata)”. AKA and see "Atholl Braes," "Bank of Ireland," "Drinking Reel (The)," "Drunken Tailor (The)," "Gallagher's Best," "Gearrchaile Oilean Pice,” “Hills of Clogher,” "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier (2)," "Reidy's Reel,” "Roddy Joe’s Reel,” "Scotch Braes (The),” “Wandering Tinker (The).” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Goodman, Miller & Perron, Roche): AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor {Half-Door}, Tubridy): AA'BB (Breathnach): AABB' (Flaherty, Phillips): AA'BB' (Brody, Taylor, Vallely). The melody is at least as old as the mid-19th century, for it was entered into the large music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. The reel was also mentioned by Francis O’Neill (Irish Minstrels and Musicians, 1913) in his brief sketch of uilleann piper and fiddler William F. Hanafin (a Callinafercy, Kilcoleman, County Kerry, musician born in 1875 who emigrated to Massachusetts in his adolescence), as one of the first reels he learned as a boy. The "Pigeon on the Gate" title for this tune dates only to the beginning of the 20th century, however. Francis O’Neill (1922) remarks: “Altho' this splendid reel does not appear in the Bunting, Petrie or Joyce Collections, it was pretty generally known to the pipers and fiddlers of Chicago, hailing from the west, and south of Ireland and always by the same name (i.e. "Pigeon on the Gate"). It is a popular session tune in its many variations and variants, although two main strains, in E modal and A modal, predominate. "Pigeon on the Gate" is a popular reel in many versions in Donegal, although usually known as “Swallowtail (The).” Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) remarks that Irish-influenced Cape Breton fiddler Johnny Wilmot played this tune in the key of E minor, after Michael Coleman (although A minor or G dorian was the usual Cape Breton setting {see "Pigeon on the Gate (2)"). When Wilmot did so without accompaniment, he was wont to tune the bass string down to a low E (EDae tuning).
Occasionally variants of the tune are found in manuscript collections. In arrangement, (famed piper Patsy) Touhey's setting differs both in key and style from that printed in former O'Neill Collections. Brendan Breathnach, in his notes to the tune in CRE II (1976, No. 250) gives several alternate titles for the E dorian "Pigeon on the Gate," however, some of the Scottish titles, such as "Wandering Tinker (The)" and "Atholl Braes" do not seem related. Paul de Grae finds related tunes in “Dan McCart(h)y’s Fancy,” “Drunken Piper (2),” “Drunken Reel,” and “Old Pigeon on the Gate.” There are also similarities to "Pride of the Ball."
