LILTING FISHERMAN, THE. AKA and see "Bit of Ginger," "Fisherman (1) (The)," "Fisherman's Lilt (2)," "Joe Derrane's Jig (1)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mallinson, McNulty): AA'BB' (Tubridy). Perhaps composed by Paddy Killoran (see Annotation:Joe Derrane's Jig (1)). Per the comment below by researcher Jean Duval, a similar but older tune from France can be found in a quadrille part:
X:1
T:Les visites (4e partie de quadrille)
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:From 1974. Pierre Conté. Danses anciennes de cour et de théâtre en France.
K:A
c/d/
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Printed sources: Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 37. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 36, p. 15. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 19. Brian Prior (Foinn Seisiún 2), 2001; p. 4. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 34.
See also listing at : Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear the tune played by Frank Dunne (1977) at the Comhaltas Archive [3]
Hear the tune played by Eilís Egan with Seamus Egan at the Comhaltas Archive [4]
This tune is derived from 19th century French quadrille music. A similar, but much trickier tune, was used for the 4th part of the quadrille. Here's the abc:
X:1
T: Les visites (4e partie de quadrille)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
C: From 1974. Pierre Conté. Danses anciennes de cour et de théâtre en France.
K: A
c/d/|ecA AGA | a3agf | ecA AGA | ^ABG E2c/d/ |
This tune is derived from 19th century French quadrille music. A similar, but much trickier tune, was used for the 4th part of the quadrille. Here's the abc: X:1 T: Les visites (4e partie de quadrille) M: 6/8 L: 1/8 C: From 1974. Pierre Conté. Danses anciennes de cour et de théâtre en France. K: A c/d/|ecA AGA | a3agf | ecA AGA | ^ABG E2c/d/ |
B2B B2B | (g3 g)fe | e^de BAG | BAF F2G/A/ | B2B Be^d | c^Bc f^ef | BcB Bc^d | (e3e2)E | ! (=c3c)BA | A^GA B2E | d^cd fed | d=cB c2e |