Kitty Gone A-Milking is a common session tune in the area. It is a reel very much associated with concertina players from County Clare, and has been recorded, among others, by Elizabeth Crotty, Kitty Hayes, Gerdie Commane and Tom Carey. I learned this tune through various sessions.
X:1
T:Kitty Gone A-milking
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
d~G3 d2cA|dGG2 FGAB|d~G3 d2eg|fdcA GABc|
d2GG d2cA|d~G3 FGAB|d~G3 d2eg|fdcA GABc||
d~g3 agg2|dggf d2cA|d~g3 a~g3|dcAB c2Bc|
d~g3 agg2|dggf d2cA|defg a2ag|fdcA G2Bc||
This is a lovely jig that I learned from Cathy Custy’s beautiful album “An Ceoltoir Fanach”. She plays if after “Gerry’s Beaver Hat”. The late Dympna O’Sullivan, who was one of my favourite concertina player, also recorded it on her first CD “Bean Chairdín”. This tune is played quite regularly in sessions around Doolin.
Maybe more common as a Hop Jig, I learned this Slip Jig version of “Comb Your Hair And Curl It” from Altan’s album “The Blue Idol”.
“I Buried my Wife and Danced on top of her Grave” is a popular session tune. I associate this jig with fiddle player Martin Hayes as I have always loved his version on his first album.
