I learned “Fanning’s Jig” from the playing of Jackie Daly, who recorded it on his album “Many’s A Wild Night”. The ABC says it is in E minor but it really is a G / E minor tune.
I recorded this tune as part of a set of jigs I did for the #quarantunes challenge on Facebook, see video below.
X:1
T:Fanning’s
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Emin
|:G2B dBG|FEF AFD|EDE GEG|BAB edB|
G2B dBG|FEF AFD|gfe dBA|1 BGE E2F:|2 BGE E2f||
|:geb geb|geb bag|fda fda|fda agf|
eBe geg|baf gef|gfe dBA|1 BGE E2f:|2 BGE E3||
I learned the jig “Donnybrook Fair” from the playing of concertina player Dympna O’Sullivan. It is a common session tune, which was also recorded by Josephine Marsh on the album “To Meet A Friend” with Cyril O’Donoghue.
I learned Patsy Touhey’s many years ago from the playing of Terry Bingham and was recently reminded of this great tune by Jack Talty.
“The Maids of Mitchelstown” is a wonderful tune that was made popular by The Bothy Band, on their album Out Of The Wind Into The Sun. I believe the original key was D minor, and I learned it in that key from my friend Tom Delany. It is also quite common in E minor in sessions around Doolin, as recorded by the great band Moher.
