The Gold Ring jig

This is the third tune posted here by the name of The Gold Ring (perhaps we should aim to have five by the 28th December). It is a close cousin of, but a distinct tune from one of the other two: https://thesession.org/tunes/37.

This setting comes from the Boys of the Lough’s second album. It is not as well known as either of the other two Gold Rings posted here - I don’t recall hearing it played in a session yet - but it deserves an airing, and is different enough, I think, from its cousin not to get the two tunes mixed up.

The following setting, with F-naturals in the 3rd part, a somewhat different 5th part and additional 6th and 7th parts, appears in O’Neill’s 1001:

d|cAG GFG|cAG G2d|cAG GFG|cAGF2 d|cAG GFG|\
cAG TA2 G|FGA (Mfed)|cAG G2:|d|cAd cAd|
cAG G2d|cAd cAd|cAG F2d|cAd cAd|cAG TA2G|FGA (Mfed)|cAGG2:|(3d/e/f/|\
gag gdc|BGGG2 d/e/|=fgf fc_B|
A=FF F2d|gag gdc|BGG G2d|=fgf fed|cAG G2:|(3d/e/f/|\
gdd fdd|gdd fdd|gdd fdd|cAG G2 (3d/e/f/|gdd fdd|
gdd fdd|(f/g/a)g f2d|cAG G2:|D|Gdd Gdd|cAG G2A|TB2G TA2G|\
cAG F2A|TB2G TA2G|TB2G TA2G|FGA (Mfed)|
cAG G2 :| (G/A/)|BGB AFA|DED FED|Add fed|cAG FGA|\
BGB AFA|DED FED|Add fed|cAGG2:|
|:(G/A/)|BAB DED|AFA DED|Add fed|cAG FGA|BAB DED|\
AFA DED|Add fed|cAGG2:|

Thanks for posting the different settings David - nice one.

T:Gold Ring, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Seamus Ennis
R:jig
D:
H:
Z:gmp
K:G
d|cAG ~G3|cAF G2d|cAG GFG|cAG F2d|
cAG ~G3|cAG A2G|FGA fed|cAF G2:|:d|
cAd cAd|cAF G2d|cAd ~c3|cAG F2d|
cAd c2d|cAG A2G|FGA fed|cAF G2:|:d|
gdg gdc|BGG Gde|fgf fcB|AFF F2d|
gdg gdc|BGG Gde-|f3 fed|cAF G2:|:d|
gdd fdd|gdd fdd|gdd fdd|cAF GBd|
gdd fdd|gdd fdd|f/g/ag fed|cAF G2:|:A|
B2G A2G|d2G G2A|B2G A2G|cAG FGA|
BAG AGF|GFD FGA|f/g/ag fed|cAF G2:|

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on January 18th 2003 by Dow.
https://thesession.org/tunes/1351

This is Seamus Ennis’ version of the Gold Ring.

The 7 parter is Willie Clancy’s (and Garret Barry’s)

I was lucky to hear Edel Fox play this version of the tune. She did explain that it comes from Seamus Ennis’ piping.

Two Dublin-born musicians Sean Keane and Mick O’Brien recorded virtually the same but longer versions of the tune separately.

Sean Keane - Gusty’s Frolicks: https://thesession.org/recordings/929
Paddy Glackin, Mick O’Brien & Mick Gavin - The Flags of Dublin: https://thesession.org/recordings/1083

Taken from ‘A Fine Selection of Over 200 Irish Traditional Tunes for Sessions’, compiled by David Speers with a Forward by Matt Cranitch. This setting has six parts and the third changes to mixolydian with F naturals all through it. Nice contrast, definitely a piping tune.