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X:1
T:Saddle the Pony [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor (Boston, 1949)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD|
GBA G2B|def gfg|edB dBA|BGG G2:|
|:B/d/|efe edB|def gfg|efe edB|dAA ABd|
efe edB|def gfg|edB dBA|BGG G2:|]
SADDLE THE PONY [1]. AKA and see “Priest's Leap (2),” "Red Stocking (1)," “Rough Diamond.” Irish, New England; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). "Saddle the Pony [1]" is often one of the first Irish jigs a young musician is taught in some areas. Mulvihill gives this tune as an accompaniment for the dance The Haymakers' Jig. The first strain of "Saddle the Pony [1]" is shared with the jigs "Down with the Tithes (2)" and "Widow Well Married (The)." See also the related “Boy from Home.”
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 169, p. 52. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 40 (appears as "The Red Stocking"). McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920’s, No. 1, p. 2. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1983; No. 17. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 46, p. 128. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 105 (appears as "The Red Stocking"). Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 136. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 31.
Recorded sources: - Copley Irish Records COP 5009, Joe Derrane & Jerry O'Brien - "Irish Accordion Masters" (1995. Reissue recordings). F&W Records 4, "The Canterbury Country Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band."
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]
