I don’t remember when I learned The Ladies’ Pantalettes, but it is a very common session tune. I associate this reel with concertina maestro Noel Hill, who plays this tune in one of my favourite videos ever (see below, it’s the first tune after the slow air).
X:1
T:Ladies’ Pantalettes (The)
R:Reel
M:4/4
K:G
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGGA|
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGG2||
fgaf g2fg|a2ag fdde|fgaf g2ag|fdcA AGG2|
fgaf g2fg|abag fdde|f2fg a2ag|fdcA AGGA||
”The Shoemaker’s Fancy” is a jig that I learned from Yvonne Casey & Terry Bingham at a session in McGann’s Pub. It also features on a great CD called “The Humours of Highgate” by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie & Mick Leahy, which is one of my favourite albums.
“The Limestone Rock” is a common session tune here in North Clare and the name is actually a reference to the Burren. This reel appears in O’Neill’s book as “Tit for Tat”. It is very often followed by “The Humours of Loughrea”, another great reel. I learned this set from Noel O’Donoghue.
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.
