Annotation:Joe Derrane's Jig (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
JOE DERRANE'S JIG (Port Sheosaimh Uí Dhearáin). AKA and see "Bit of Ginger," "Fisherman (The)," "Fisherman's Lilt (2)," "Lilting Fisherman," "Lissalumna Fiddler," "Paddy's Resource (2)." Irish, Double Jig. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB'. Alternate titles come from the Leitrim Ceili Band ("Lissalumna Fiddler"), Liverpool Ceili Band ("Fisherman (The)"), The tune was attributed by Derrane and O'Brien to New York fiddler Paddy Killoran, originally from County Sligo.
Source for notated version: fiddlers Paddy Reynolds & Andy McGann (New York) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the late 1980's [Taylor].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 25, p. 12. Taylor (Music from the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 1.
Recorded sources: Shanachie Records 22904, Andy McGann & Paddy Reynolds - "Traditional Music of Ireland." Topic Records, John Doonan - "At the Feis."
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]