Annotation:Priest's Leap (1) (The)

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PRIEST'S LEAP [1], THE. AKA and see “Bridal Jig (1) (The),” “Humors of Quarry Cross (The),” “Jerry Donovan's Favorite,” “Kennedy's Bridal Jig,” “Leinster Lasses (The),” “McPaddin's Favorite,” “The Night Cap.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Flaherty): AA'BB' (Roche). Fiddler Paddy Killoran recorded the tune with his Pride of Erin Orchestra in October, 1934, under the title “McPaddin's Favorite” in a set called “Jerry Donovan's Favorite” (followed by "Mist on the Meadow (1) (The)/Castlebar Races"). John Gerrity called it the “The Night Cap” and Paddy Cronin and Joe Burke had it as “Humors of Quarry Cross (The).”

Source for notated version: fiddler Kathleen Morris (Corlisheen, Ballyrush, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 56. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 88, p. 27.

Recorded sources: Decca 12004 (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran & the Pride of Erin Orchestra (1934, as 1st tune in "Jerry Donovan's Favorite").

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Hear the 1934 recording by Paddy Killoran's Pride of Erin Orchestra as "Jerry Donovan's Favorite" [1] [2]