Strop The Razor

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 21st 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 45 tunebooks.

Also known as Leg Of The Duck, McCarthy's, Petticoat Loose, Tripping Up To Larne.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• An Fhidil by Various Artists
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
• Gusty's Frolicks by Sean Keane
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• If We Don't Help Them Now by Pol Mac Adaim
• Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
• Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
• Macalla Na HÓige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Mna Na HEireann by Macalla
• Open Road by Boys Of The Lough
• Reed Only by Tim Collins/Brian McNamara
• Seoda Ceoil by Various Artists
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The First Month Of Summer by Buttons And Bows
• The Horse's Tail by Zoe Conway
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Tempest by Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Irish Dance Music: All Star Ceili Band by Joe Derrane
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter

X: 1
T: Strop The Razor
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
BGG AGG|BGG AGF|DGG GFG|DGG G2A|
BGG AGG|BGG AGF|D2E F2G|ADE FGA:||
dBB cAA|dBB cAF|DGG GFG|DGG G2B|
dBB cAA|dBB cAF|D2E F2G|ADE FGA:||
BAB cBc|dcd dBd | g3 gfd|gag gdc|
BAB cBc|dcd d2e | f3 fde|fag fdc:||

Strop the Razor

Nice simple tune with room for variation. I've also heard the last few bars played.
~B3 ~c3|~d3 d2e| ~=f3 fde| ~=fag ^fdc:|

I picked this up from a John Skelton Recording

# Posted on May 21st 2002 by Mad Baloney

This tune appears on Ronan Browne and Peadar O'Loughlin's 'The South West Wind', but bearing the proabably incorrect title 'Petticoat Loose' (which is another tune entirely).
They play the last phrase thus:

~B3 ~c3|~d3 d2e| ~=f3 fde| ~^fag fdc:|

i.e. F-natural in the penultimate bar, but with both Fs in the last bar played sharp.

# Posted on January 11th 2004 by granama

Liam O'Flynn calls it 3The Leg of the Duck"

On his first Album, Liam O'Flynn calls this jig "The Leg of the Duck". He plays it after "Fraher's Jig" and "I buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her"

# Posted on April 27th 2007 by Pierre Commes