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The Humours Of Whiskey slip jig

Also known as How About Whiskey Instead?, The Humours Of Whisky, The Humors Of Whiskey.

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

The Humours Of Whiskey has been added to 18 tune sets.

The Humours Of Whiskey has been added to 167 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
B2A BEE BEE|B2A BGE FED|B2A BEE BEE|DFG A2G FED|
B2A Bee ~B3|B2A Beg fed|B2A BEE BEE|DFG A2G FED|:
G2A B2A BcA|~G3 B2d eAA|G2A B2A B2d|eAA A2G FED:|
2
X: 2
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:GAB ~E3 ~E3|GAB ~E3 AFD|GAB ~E3 ~E3|FED AdB AFD:|
|:GAB BdB BdB|~G3 BdB AFD|GAB BdB ~B3|cBA AdB AFD:|
↳ Added .
3
X: 3
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
BcA BEE BEE|FAA A2G FED:|
G2A BcA Bcd|eAA A2G FED:|
4
X: 4
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
BcA BEE BEE|BcA BGE FED|BcA BGE BGE|F2A ABG FED:|
G2A BcA BcA|G2A Bcd ecA|G2A BcA Bcd|ecA ABG FED:|
5
X: 5
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
BcA BEE BEE|BcA BEE FED|BcA BEE BEE|FAA ABG FED|
BcA BEE BEE|BcA BEE FED|BcA BEE BEE|FAA ABG FED||
G2A B2A BcA|G3 Bcd ecA|G2A BcA Bcd|ecA A2G FED|
G2A BcA BcA|G3 Bcd ecA|G2A BcA Bcd|ecA A2G FED||
6
X: 6
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:GAB E3 E3|GAB E3 AFD|GAB E3 E3|FED AdB AFD:|
|:GAB BdB BdB|G3 BdB AFD|GAB BdB B3|cBA AdB AFD:|
7
X: 7
T: The Humours Of Whiskey
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
S:
Z:
K: G
BcA BEE BEE|BcA BEE FED|BcA BEE BEE|FAA A2 G FED:|
G2A BcA BcA|G2A Bcd ecA|G2A BcA Bcd|ecA A2 G FED:|

Sixteen comments

“tribal jig” real title

It’s not “Dever the Dancer”. I like very much this “tribal Jig” and I’d like put it in our next album.
So i need the real title.

Certainly not “Dever the Dancer”

Also related to a slip jig I have submitted under Gan Ainm
https://thesession.org/tunes/3999 which I now know as a version of “Humours of Whiskey”

Up and Down Again?

In some ways it’s similar to a slip jig in O’Neill’s called Up and Down Again. As follies:

X: 1
T: Up and Down Again
S: O’Neill’s
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: G
|: GAB ~E3 ~E3 | GAB ~E3 AFD | GAB ~E3 ~E3 | FED AdB AFD :||
|: GAB BdB BdB | ~G3 BdB AFD | GAB BdB ~B3 | cBA AdB AFD :||

Posted .

The Old Way

This is the old way I learned this tune, as played
by the The Chieftains 2 Album. Track 10.
The Humours of Whiskey / Hardiman the Fiddler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chieftains_2
or hear it on my you tube channel..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283IxIfBesM&list=UU-gqzf_ikbQ8LZe1nz8r92Q&index=1&feature=plcp

The new ways ok But, all they done was put silly note’s
into it lifted up the key to B minor but !
‘’ Totally Lost the Swing of the Tune ‘’

jim,,,

X:1
T:Humours of Whiskey
S:Chieftains 2 Album. Track 10.
M:9/8
R:jig
K:Em
BcA BEE BEE|BcA BEE FED |
BcA BEE BEE|FAA A2G FED:||
G2A BcA BcA|G2A Bcd eAA |
G2A BcA Bcd|eAA A2G FED:||

Matters of perspective

Back then Jim ‘The Chieftains’ were considered the ‘new’ wave and way… 😀

A little different chording

Lately, I tend to play it with these chords:
Em Bm Bm/Em Bm F#m/Em Bm G/A A A
D D A / D D G / D D G/A A A

Re: Humors Of Whiskey

Sweet little ditty

Re: The Humours Of Whiskey

Larry O’ Gaff’s (Jig) on the Session 6/19/2022
This is AKA as “Making Babies By Steam” and “The Humours of Whiskey” and is air to a fun drinking tune
“Humours of Whiskey”

The version of “Larry O’ Gaff” I know is from “The Dance Music of Ireland” by R.M. Levey, Book 2,p5.