The Girl Of The House jig

Also known as Cailin An Ti Mhoir, Cailín An Tí Mhóir, Dennis Murphy’s, The Girl From The Big House, The Girl In The Big House, The Girl Of The Big House, The Girl Of The House, The House Keeper, The Housekeeper, The Lisheen, The Little Girl In The Big House, McLaughlin’s, McLoughlins, Robbie Hannan’s, Robbie Hannon’s, Sheehan’s, The Woman Of The Big House.

There are 53 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Girl Of The House appears in 6 other tune collections.

The Girl Of The House has been added to 48 tune sets.

The Girl Of The House has been added to 328 tunebooks.

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Sixteen settings

1
X: 1
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|FAD DFG|GA{c}A GEA|D{A}D{G}D AGE|FAD DAG|
~F3 ~G3|~A3 cde|dcA GEA|D{A}D{G}D D:|
|:FA|c2A AGF|FG{A}G {A}GFG|AdB cAG|AdA d2e|
fed cAG|EF{A}F GEA|dcA GEA|D{A}D{G}D D:|
2
X: 2
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
F2D DAF|GED D2A,|DFA DGE|FDD D2E|
~F3 ~G3|~A3 (3Bcd e|dcA GEA|1 DED D2E:|2 DED D2B||
=c2A AGF|G3 GFG|A2B =cAG|Adc d2e|
fed cAG|FAF GED|dcA GEA|1 DED D2B:|2 DED D2E||
# Added by kiwi .
3
X: 3
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
AG|:F2 D DAG|F2F GEA|DED AGE|F2D DAG|
F2F GFG|AGA cde|dcA GEA|1 DED DAG:|2 DED DAB||
c2 A AGF|G2G GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c deg|
fed cAG|EFA GEA|dcA GEA|1 DED DAB:|2 DED D3||
4
X: 4
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|F2D G2E A2D GED|DED DGE FED EDE|
~F3 ~G3 AGA cde|dcA GEA DED D:|
|:zB|ABc AGF ~G3 GFG|A2B cAG AB^c d2e|
fed ^cAG FAF GED|dcA GEA DED D:|
5
X: 5
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|(3FGA D DAD|A3 GEA|D3 AGE|(3FGA D DAG|
F3 G3|A3 (3Bcd e|dcA GEA|D3 D2:|
|:AB|cAA AGF|G3 GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2e|
(3gfe d cAG|FDF GEA|dcA GEA|D3 D2:|
# Added by JACKB .
6
X: 6
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|FAD DFG|AFA GEA|DED AGE|FAD DAG|
EFF GFG|GAA c2A|dcA GEA|DED D:|
|:AB|Bcc cAG|FGA GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c dag|
fed cAG|EFA GED|dcA GEA|DED D:|
7
X: 7
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
AG|:~F2D DAG|A2 A GEA|DAD AGE|~F2 D DAG|
~F2F GFG|AGA =cde|d=cA GEA|1 DED DAG:|2 DED DAB||
|:~=c2c cAF|~G2G GFG|A2d =cAG|Adc d2 e|
fed =cAG|~F2 F GA=c|d=cA GEA|DED DAB|
~=c2c cAF|~G2G GFG|A2d =cAG|Adc dga|
~f2 d =cAF|~G2 G GA=c|d=cA GEA|DED DAG||
8
X: 8
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:~F2D DAG|~A3 GEA|DED FED|GEA DAG|
~F3 ~G3|~A3 cde|dcA GEA|~D3 DAG:|
|:c2A AGF|~G3 DGG|Add cAG|Ad^d =d2e|
fed cAG|FAF GEA|dcA GEA|~D3 D2B:|
9
X: 9
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|F2D DFG|ABA GEA|DED AGE|F2D D2E|
FEF GFG|AGA cde|dcA GEA|1 DED D:|2 DED D2||
|:B|c2A AGF|G3 GFG|Add cAG|Ad^c d2e|
fed cAG|F2A GED|dcA GEA|DED D2:|
10
X: 10
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
AG|:F2D DFG|GcA GEA|~D3 AGE|~F3 FAG|
~F3 ~G3|AGA cde|dcA GEA|1 ~D3 DAG:|2 ~D3 DdB||
c2B AGF|~G3 GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2e|
fed cAG|EFA GED|dcA GEA|~D3 DdB|
c2B AGF|~G3 GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2a|
fed cAG|EFA GED|dcA GEA|~D3 DAG||
11
X: 11
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
AG|:F2D DFG|AcA GEA|FAF AGE|~F3 FAG|
~F3 ~G3|~A3 cde|dcA GEA|1 DED D2G:|2 DED D2B||
|:c2B AGF|~G3 GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2e|
fed cAG|FAF GED|dcA GEA|1 DED D2B:|2 DED D2G||
12
X: 12
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|(3FGA D DAD|A3 GEA|DAD AGE|(3FGA D DAG|
(3FGA D G3|ADA (3Bcd e|dcA GEA|D3 D:|
|:AB|cAA AGF|G3 GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2e|
(3gfe d cAG|FDF GEA|dcA GEA|D3 D:|
# Added by JACKB .
13
X: 13
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:F2D G2E|A2D FED|EFA G2E|FED ~E3|
F2F GFG|AGA cde|dcA GEA|DED D3:|
|:ABc AGF|G2G GFG|A2B cAG|AB^c d2e|
fed cAG|FAG FED|dcA GEA|DED D3:|
14
X: 14
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
DE|:F2D G2E|A2D FED|EFA G2E|FED EDE|
~F3 GFG|AGA Bc/d/e|dcA GEA|DED D3:|
|:AB=c AGF|G3 GFG|A2B =cAG|ABc d2e|
fed =cAG|FAG FED|dcA GEA|DED D3:|
# Added by DaveF .
15
X: 15
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:AG|F2D DED|ABA GEA|~D3 AGE|F2D DED|
~F3 GFG|AGA cde|dcA GEC|DED D:|
|:AB|c2c cAF|~G3 GFG|A2B cAG|Ad^c d2e|
fed cAG|F2A GED|dcA GEC|DED D:|
16
X: 16
T: The Girl Of The House
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
AG|:FAD DFG|ADA GEA|D3 AGE|FAD DAG|
FDF ~G3|AGA cde|dcA GEA|1 DED D2A:|2 DED DAB||
|:c4 AF|~G4 FG|AdB cAG|Ad^c d2e|
fed cAG|FEF GEA|dcA GEA|1 DED DAB:|2 DED D2A||

Thirty-one comments

Denis Murphys

Yet another great tune from te mulcahey Family being track 5 of their self named album.

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A version from Liz and Yvonne Kane

Here’s how the Kane Sisters play it on their cd, The Well Tempered Bow:

X: 1
T:Girl from the Big House, The
T:Cail

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Another slightly diferent version of this tune as played on Callan Bridge by Cillian Vallely and his brother. What a great tune this is.

T:Girl of The House
M:6/8
S:Cillian Vallely
R:Jig
K:G
AG||:F2 D DAG|F2F GEA| DED AGE| F2D DAG|!
F2F GFG| AGA cde |dcA GEA|1DED DAG:||2 DED DAB||!
c2 A AGF|G2G GFG|AdB cAG|Ad^c deg|!
fed cAG|EFA GEA|dcA GEA|1DED DAB:||2DED D3||

Source: Ronan Browne - “the wind you know”
Transcription: gmp

Cailín An Tí Mhóir

Ah, yes. It’s just the original Irish title of “The Girl of the Big House.”

Mmmmh…This is different enough…Isn’t it?

Peter’s tune

This is the tune Peter Heelan taught at the Saturday afternoon session of the San Francisco Piper’s Club tionol, 2005. Great tune on the pipes. You can do a D crann on the DED triplet. No one knew the name of this tune till Justine’s housemate came up with it a few days later.

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Title Error

I’m no Gaelic scholar, but if the translation is to be understood as “the girl of the big house”, the Gaeilge bit should read: “An Cailín den Teach Mhór”. The only time the definite article ‘an’ (the) is used to imply ‘of the’ is when its plural alternate ‘na’ precedes the plural form of a noun: An Cailin na Tithe Mhor, the girls of the big houses.

I can think of plenty of examples in Irish of “an” being used to imply genitive “of the” in the singular. Some are “Fear a(n) Ti” = the man OF the house, also the name of a nice reel. Other examples and tune names are “barr an chnoic” = the top of the hill, “bean an tinceara” (The Tinker’s Wife), “bairead an mhairnealaigh” (The Sailor’s Bonnet). The song “bean an fhir rua” (the Red Haired Man’s Wife). Sorry can’t get the fadas. You may be getting confused with the use of preposition “de” with partitive genitive.

In other words the Irish title as given is correct and the attempted correction is wrong.

It’s funny how bits get thrown about, or ‘borrowed’, in this case BIG bits:

“Garrett Barry’s”
https://thesession.org/tunes/544

K: Gmaj
|: A |
DEF ~G3 | AGE c2 A | dcA d2 e | fed cAG |
~F3 GFG | AGE B/c/de | dcA GEA | DED D2 :|
|: A |
dcA d2 e | fed e/f/ge | dcA c2 d | efd ecA |
dAA d2 e | fed e/f/ge | dcA GEA | DED D2 A :|

& “Denis Murphy’s”
https://thesession.org/tunes/1778

K: Dmaj
|: E |
F2 D DAF | GED D2 A, | DFA DGE | FDD D2 E |
~F3 ~G3 | ~A3 B/c/de | dcA GEA | DED D2 :|

Jerry O’Sullivan’s version absolutely rocks.

I like the Donnach Gough (of Danu) version a lot myself it is on “Up in the Air”. I like to play along with it on my favorite Whsitle my Sindt C becuase Donnach is playing it on a C set. Nothing like Whsitle and Pipes together. The Vallely brothers play a nice version also but it will never be the same as the Gough solo version.

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McLoughlins/The Girl of the House

Another version by Dale Russ and Finn MacGinty on their Album “North Amerikay”….gotta love this tune.

Posted elsewhere

A grand jig; it is another version of “The Girl from the Big House”, also known as “Robbie Hannan’s” and posted under these names already.

The Girl of the Big House

According to the sleeve notes of Angelina Carberry’s “An Traidisiun Beo,” this jig appears on George Petrie’s “Ancient Music of Ireland Volume 1,” which was published in 1855. It seems old enough to be called “traditional.”

Piping Jig

Just a fantastic piping jig.

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One more version

I heard Liz and Yvonne Kane’s version and find it the best so wrote it out, and put it here.
I learned the first setting on this page first so I’ve crossed theirs with that a bit, but its
closer to theirs than the first setting - not that first setting’s not good - I just like theirs better.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Well+Tempered+Bow/4855546

The Girl Of The House, X:7

Notation as heard on the Callan Bridge album by the Vallely Brothers. Played in a set with The High Jig and Sunnyside. Listed on the album as Sunnyside. I like it because it cooks…so to speak. Will post the other two tunes above as well.

Note, the ABC notation didn’t preserve all my editing…on the last time through, jump from right after the 3rd measure of the B part to the “Sign” to signal the end of this tune and the next tune starting.

The Girl Of The House, X:13

This is the version of The Housekeeper I was taught by Frances Marriott, from the playing of Dennis Murphy.

Re: Cailín An Tí Mhóir

I do wonder if this setting belongs with the jig here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1214.

As played by Julia and John Clifford it is definitely a jig not a slide.

The Girl Of The House, X:14

As played by Emma O’Leary on her album Mo Cheantar Féin.

Sleeve notes:
The woman of the big house - Breandán Breathnach recorded Denis Murphy playing this tune at his home in Lisheen, Gneeveguilla. The transcription of this tune from Denis’ playing can be found in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.

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