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|f_annotation='''CONNAUGHTMAN'S RAMBLES [1], THE''' (Triallta an Connactaig). AKA and see "[[Bean ag Baint Duileasc]]," "[[Come Up Ramblers]]," "[[Connaught (The)]]," "[[Duck from Drummuck (The)]]," "[[Gathering Dilisk]]/[[Gathering Duilisc]]," "[[Hag in the Hay]]," "[[Lads of the Town (The)]]," "[[Level Fair]]," "[[Mickey the Moulder]]." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major ('A' part) & B Minor ('B' part) {most versions}: C Major ('A' part) & A Minor ('B' part) {Hardings}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Taylor/Tweed). The jig is one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the Irish repertoire, and has even spread to other genres. It is, for example, one of the commonly played jigs for English rapper sword dancing (along with "[[Blackthorn Stick (The)]]" and "[[Ten-Penny Bit (The)]]"), and is a staple for contra dancing. Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). County Leitrim piper and fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]] entered the jig as "Connaught Man's Rambles" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection. | |f_annotation='''CONNAUGHTMAN'S RAMBLES [1], THE''' (Triallta an Connactaig). AKA and see "[[Bean ag Baint Duileasc]]," "[[Come Up Ramblers]]," "[[Connaught (The)]]," "[[Connaught Jig (The)]]," "[[Duck from Drummuck (The)]]," "[[Gathering Dilisk]]/[[Gathering Duilisc]]," "[[Hag in the Hay]]," "[[Lads of the Town (The)]]," "[[Level Fair]]," "[[Mickey the Moulder]]." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major ('A' part) & B Minor ('B' part) {most versions}: C Major ('A' part) & A Minor ('B' part) {Hardings}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Taylor/Tweed). The jig is one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the Irish repertoire, and has even spread to other genres. It is, for example, one of the commonly played jigs for English rapper sword dancing (along with "[[Blackthorn Stick (The)]]" and "[[Ten-Penny Bit (The)]]"), and is a staple for contra dancing. Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). County Leitrim piper and fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]] entered the jig as "Connaught Man's Rambles" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 16 November 2023
X:1 T:Connaught Man's Rambles [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:R.M. Levey - First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 29, p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] "Quick"(G/F/)|EGG cGG|AGG cGG|EGG cde|dcB AGE| EGG cGG|AGG cde|gfe fed|ecA A2:| |:g|(ea)a (eg)g|(ea)a (ge)d|(ea)a (eg)g|e{a}g^f ged| (ea)a (eg)g|(ea)a (ge)d|c>(d/e/f/) ged|ecA A2:|]
CONNAUGHTMAN'S RAMBLES [1], THE (Triallta an Connactaig). AKA and see "Bean ag Baint Duileasc," "Come Up Ramblers," "Connaught (The)," "Connaught Jig (The)," "Duck from Drummuck (The)," "Gathering Dilisk/Gathering Duilisc," "Hag in the Hay," "Lads of the Town (The)," "Level Fair," "Mickey the Moulder." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major ('A' part) & B Minor ('B' part) {most versions}: C Major ('A' part) & A Minor ('B' part) {Hardings}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Taylor/Tweed). The jig is one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the Irish repertoire, and has even spread to other genres. It is, for example, one of the commonly played jigs for English rapper sword dancing (along with "Blackthorn Stick (The)" and "Ten-Penny Bit (The)"), and is a staple for contra dancing. Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier entered the jig as "Connaught Man's Rambles" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection.
Another uilleann piper, County Cork Church of Ireland cleric biography:James Goodman, entered a version of the jig into his mid-19th century music manuscript collection [1] as "Lads of the Town (The)." Dublin dentist, scholar and collector wikipedia:Henry_Philerin_Hudson (1798-1889) also entered a version of "Connaughtman's Rambles" into his c. 1841 music manuscript collection under the title "Hag in the Hay."
Captain Francis O'Neill recorded it on a wax cylinder from the playing of Chicago Irish musicians between the years 1902-1904, the oldest sound recording of the tune extent.