Comb Your Hair And Curl It

slip jig

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on October 11th 2002 by EldKatt.

This tune has been added to 114 tunebooks.

Also known as I'll Comb My Hair And Curl It.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
• First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
• Five After Four by Tim Hart
• Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Horslips
• Inné Amarach by Teada
• Kids In A Candy Store by Rick May And Gil Yslas
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• The Blue Idol by Altan
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• Travelling Show by Dervish
• Two Year Winter by Bill Jones
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 2 by Lynn Saoirse

X: 1
T: Comb Your Hair And Curl It
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Edor
|:B2E E2F G2A | Bcd e2c d3
| B2E E2F G2A | ~B3 ABG FED:|
|:g2e e2d efg | f2d d2c def
| g2e e2d e2c | dcB AGF G2E :|

Comb your hair and curl it

I believe this tune was on the very first album of The Chieftains, roundabout the late sixties. I don´t have the album but somebody may be able to confirm.

# Posted on October 12th 2002 by murfbox

C flat

My ear and other ABC-verions tells me that the C in the 4th bar should be C-flat.

# Posted on October 14th 2002 by lars

Lars:

I wrote down the ABC rather quickly without much checking, and I must've missed that one. I agree that a C-flat sounds better. Personally I usually just play a long roll on this note though.

# Posted on February 26th 2003 by EldKatt

C flat??

I'm guessing you mean c natural--?

# Posted on May 3rd 2003 by pchaffee

C-flat is a B-natural... I do think you'd mean C-Natural... which, on flute and whistle, is an oxymoron... considering the C-Sharp is a natural fingering and the C-natural is a cross (unless you play boehm flute, but that's another story...)

# Posted on October 30th 2003 by Oranaiche

Abnormal timing to a slip jig

Jean Carignan of Montreal, PQ, Canada recorded this tune with a variant of the Fox Chase or Fox Hunters Slip Jig. He plays both pieces with 4/4 timing. This can be found on Michael Colemans versions also...

# Posted on May 16th 2004 by pacorfie

Not to split hairs, but that's probably b/c it really is a hop jig.

http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/2748/

# Posted on May 28th 2004 by emily_bmore

Hop Jig

It sounds like Harry Bradley playing this tune almost in 6/8.

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: hop jig
K: Edor
BE EF GA|(3Bcd ec d2|BE EF GA|(3BcB AG FD:|
ge ed eg|fd dc d2|ge ed ec|(3BcB AG FD:|

I think we should play it in 9/8 when we're slowing down.

Here's another setting based on Grey Larsen's whistle playing:

M: 9/8
K: Edor
B2E E2F G2A|B2e ece dBA|B2E E2F G2A|B=cB A2G FED:|
g2e efe e2f|~g3 efg afd|g2e efe e2c|d2B ABG FED:|

# Posted on March 14th 2005 by slainte

By 6/8 I think you mean 3/4

In the Harry Bradley version above, I think you mean 3/4, not 6/8. Your transcription pairs eighth notes together, which makes sense musically. But I think 6/8 implies three eighth note groupings. Obviously a player would figure this out, and it looks fairly obvious on the page. Just being a little picky. Sorry.

# Posted on February 23rd 2007 by DuncanCameron

Another

I spent some time with this tune today and it came out something like this....

X:1
T:Comb Your Hair and Curl It
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:slip jig
K:D
|: B2E E2F G2A | Bcd edc d2c |
B2E E2F G2A | ~B2d AGF GFE :|
| g2e e2d efg | f2d d2c def |
| g2e e2B d2B | dBA AGF GFE |
| g2e e2d efg | f2d d2c def |
| g2e edc d2B | ABA AGF GFE |

# Posted on August 19th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

Altan

Now I know where I got my version... Altan... here is more how it should be:

X:1
T:Comb Your Hair and Curl It
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:slip jig
K:D
|: B2E E2F G2A | Bcd edc d2c |
B2E E2F G2A | BdB AGF GFE :|
| g2e e2d efg | f2d d2c def |
| g2e e2d edc | d2B AGF GFE |
| g2e e2d eag | f2d d2c def |
| g2e e2d edc | d2B AGF GFE |

# Posted on September 11th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

Altan

i heard this at ana ltan gig
good tune

# Posted on October 29th 2007 by frafyduck