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The Leg Of The Duck jig

Also known as Conroy’s, Jack Coen’s, Jack Cohen’s, Jackie Daly’s, Jim Conroy’s, Leg Of A Duck, The Leg Of A Duck, Leis Lacha, Paddy, Péarla An Iarthair, Pride Of The West.

There are 25 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Leg Of The Duck appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Leg Of The Duck has been added to 8 tune sets.

The Leg Of The Duck has been added to 158 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Leg Of The Duck
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DGG GAG|FEF Ddc|~B3 GBd|cAG FEF|
DGG GAG|FEF DBc|ded cAF|AGF G3:|
|:dgg def|dgg cBc|dgg def|GFG ABc|
def ~g3|agf g2e|fed cAF|AGF G3:|
2
X: 2
T: The Leg Of The Duck
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:DGG GAG|FEF Ddc|B3 GB/c/d|cAG FEF|
DGG GAG|FEF DBc|ded cAF|AGF G3:|
|:dgg def|dgg cBc|dgg def|GFG ABc|
def g3|agf g2e|fed cAF|AGF G3:|
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: The Leg Of The Duck
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D2G GAG|F/G/AF Ddc|B/c/dB GB/c/d|cAG FGE|
DGG GAG|F/G/AF DBc|ded cAF|1 G3 G2 F:|2 G3 GA/B/c||
|:dgg dff|dgg cBc|dgg dff|GFG ABc|
def ~g3|agf gfe|dB/c/d cBA|1 BGF GA/B/c:|2 BGF G3||

Eight comments

There’s another tune that sometimes gets called "Leg Of The Duck" on this database, aka "Daniel Of The Sun". Actually it goes quite nicely with this one - you could have a set with a duck theme.

According to Norbeck, the lyrics to the original song are:

I gave it to Kitty because she was pretty,
The leg of the duck, the leg of the duck.
I gave it to Molly because she was jolly,
The leg of the duck, the leg of the duck.

I gave it to Nelly to stick in her belly
The leg of the duck, the leg of the duck.
She has it, she’s got it, wherever she put it,
The leg of the duck, the leg of the duck.

If you wanted to add more verses it looks like it would be pretty easy to do. You could even make up rude ones. I could elaborate but I think I might offend the American contingent with my foul language! 🙂

Is this one really the one on Roger Landes’ Dragon Reels?

I’ve listened to both and they sound quite different to me… plus the one on Roger Landes’ CD is a three part Jig, and this one is two parts

O’Neill’s

This tune can be found in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland — # 1108 as Paddy "Go Easy".

O’Neill, really ?

Checking the Dance Music of Ireland by O’Neill (which is not O’Neill’s Music of Ireland !), there is a tune (298) called Paddy "Go Easy", 3 parts and in the key of Dmaj, which is not the one presented here…

The Leg Of The Duck, X:3

This is the third jig in the Tom Ferris set that I’ve been posting. It’s another tune from Tom’s repertoire originally learned as I understand from 1956 All-Ireland champion accordionist George Ross. Tom won the senior accordion in 1966. The jigs played before it were usually referred to as ‘Georgie’s Number 1 (uploaded under it’s correct title The Green Forest) followed by the Second setting of Tatter Jack Walsh, then finally this jig. Tom usually referred to it as ‘Georgie’s Number 2’, however I’ve located it’s listing here as another Leg of the Duck or the pride of the west.