The Rakes Of Clonmel jig

Found this in an old collection of New England fiddle music. The frequent octave leaps are a feature.
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This tune is also found in O‘Neill 1850 as #902, where it is alos known as Boys of the Lough (jig). The O’Neill version doesn’t have the numerous octave leaps.
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John Williams’s setting, partially, more or less:

cBA GED|EAA A2B|cBc edc|BGG GAB|
cBc dcd|edc Bcd|ecA GED|EAA A2B:|
a|:aea aed|cBc ABc|g^fg gdc|BGG GAB|
cBc dcd|edc Bcd|ecA GED|EAA A2a:|

It’s treacherously close, but I think we’re probably going to play it with The White Petticoat following.

Here is Paddy Canny’s setting of the tune. I got this from the Patrick Ourceau workshop at the EC Tionol. Patrick said that Paddy likes to play this with his Gdor setting of The Cliffs of Moher although, on his Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler recording, he plays it after The Gallowglass.

K: GDor
A|:BAG AGF|DEF G2A|BAB c2B|AFE F2f|
{a}fef ded|cAG ABc|dBG (3FED C|1 DEF G2 A:|2 DEF G2 g|
{a}gdg {a}gdc|BGG G2e|~f3 fcB|AFE FGA|
~B3 ~c3|dcB ABc|dBG (3FED C|DEF G2 g:|
~g3 ~g3|afd dde|~f3 g2B|AFE FGA|
~B3 ~c3|dcB ABc|dBG (3FED C|1 DEF G2 g:|2 DEF G2 A:|

Ken

Pulled together by Randy Miller & Jack Perron
1983 / 2nd edition 2003

Page 31: “Rakes of Clonmel”

Second Edition, what’s new: “Easier-to-read music typesetting, chords added, index by key, list of alternate titles, decorated with over two dozen Randy Miller wood engravings, including ”A Time to Dance“.”

~ another Randy Miller publication:
“Irish Traditional Fiddle Music”

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I like the interpretation of Plumley and Herr in https://thesession.org/recordings/2749. The tune really has a “haunting quality”, as they write, and begs to be played in an unhurried fashion.

A quick thankyou to “Lazyhound” and “FiddleMeThis”! I’ve spent most of this afternoon hunting for the title to the third tune in the above-named set. It certainly seems to be an arr’t of this tune; though playing only parts A and B. Oddly enough as I listened to it more closely I also thought it’d sound well after the Gallowglass.

London button accordionist Joe Whelan plays this with a 3rd part, that goes like this:
|: Aaa aea | age e2f | gfg ege | dBG GAB |
cBc dcd | edc Bcd | ecA GED | EFG A2G :|

He also plays a C# in the 2nd part, like this:
|: aea aed | ^cAA A2f | etc.

X: 5
T: Rakes Of Clonmel, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|: A/B/ |\
cBA GED | EA^G A2 B | cBc Adc | BGF G2 e/d/ |
cBc d^cd | edc Bcd | ecA GED | EA^G A2 :|
|: a |\
a^ga aed | cA^G A2 B/d/ | gfg gdc | BGF G2 A/B/ |
cBc d^cd | edc B/c/dB | ecA G2 D | EA^G A2 :|

i think altan play this tune on their album runaway sun day, in the set starting with australian waters…

This interesting setting appears in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, vol. 1, 1806, p. 48.

This version is in the “Northern Fiddler” as “Unknown Reel” from the playing of Con Cassidy.

Sorry, “Untitled Jig” of course

https://thesession.org/tunes/15728
# Added by ceolachan - December 25th, 2016

From Yogan’s “Le Bal de L’Ankou” album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-AwHI9UXk

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Having lived & worked near Clonmel, back in the early ’70s & like most folks now, having a bit of time on my hands, I had to have a wee go at recording this tune, albeit at a slightly less frantic pace than the Yogan’s version above.

I’m playing it at a leisurely pace on Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina, which may be a little more useful for all you ‘ear’ learners out there. 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME1bR0B1wZs

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Cheers,
Dick

P.S. For the record, that’s me in the video photo. This shot was taken at the Falconry Centre of Ireland, Clonmel, where I worked during 1971 & that’s me with a Serpent Eagle on my fist, taken during one of my guided tours.

transcribed from a recording by the wonderful Dublin duo Varo: https://varodublin.bandcamp.com

Second tune in this set

https://www.facebook.com/1454030006/posts/10221017558096010

An attempt at how my C#/D box interprets.

As played by Angelina Carberry

I didn’t realize there were so many settings of this tune. I play a three-part version of this on tenor banjo I learned from Shane Mulchrone a few years ago in a class. Unfortunately, I don’t think it was recorded.