The Humours Of Derrycrossane slip jig

I’m not sure but I think this is the right spelling. I’ve seen it spelt Derrycrosane, Derrykrossane, Derrykrosane, Derrykosane, Derrykissane… the list goes on and on. Feel free to add any common ones to the ’nother name section as I can’t be bothered! The only actual place with this name that I can find in Ireland is a “Derrycrossane” near Kilrush in County Clare. This seems a likely candidate to me, being in a scenic area, but if it’s wrong then write in and I’ll edit it.

This setting is taken from the playing of Karen Tweed. After much deliberation I decided to write in her ornamentation, since that was probably what attracted me to the tune enough to sit down and learn it in the first place. I like the way she alternates between C#s and Cnats. If you want an unornamented version just take out the semiquavers so that e.g. B/c/dB becomes BdB.

Also played in D

It’s sounds like a cousin of The Foxhunter’s Jig, but a much spicier tune, I think.

Humours of Derrycrossane reminded me of Foxhunter’s, as I’m fairly new at this whole thing. I’m looking forward to trying the two together in a set, especially after I get my new whistle. Love this tune! Thanks!
Helen

I hear this tune called the Humours of Derrykissane.?

FWIW, in the liner notes of his “In Good Company” CD, Kevin Crawford calls this tune a jig and says it’s associated with Willie Clancy.

MollyB, you’re hearing right but is it right?
The Humours Of Derrykissane for most people, I suppose, is the tune with a strong f# presence, a phrygian ghost in it.
It has this immediatley recognisable quality: hasn’t been posted on this site (unless under a different name). I hope to do it when I’m more fluent in the ABC linguo. Or will someone else do it? -it’s missing from these pages!

…I think that this one here is the one I remembered as Derrykissane:
https://thesession.org/tunes/93 Ryan’s (slip jig)
(right or wrong?)

X: 2
T: Humours Of Derrykissane, The
T: Humours Of Derrycrossane, The
S: Willie Clancy
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
dc |:\
BcB BdB c2 A | BAG BdB ABc |
BAG BdB c2 e |[1 dBG GAG G2 d :|[2 dBG GAG G2 ||
|: f |\
gag edc Bcd | ecA ABA ABA |
[1 gag edc Bcd | gdB GAG G2 :|
[2 def gfe def | gbg agf g |]

X: 3
T: Humours Of Derrykissane, The
T: Humours Of Derrycrossane, The
S: Willie Clancy
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
AG |:\
FGF FAF G2 E | FED FAF EFG |
FED FAF G2 B |[1 AFD DED D2 A :|[2 AFD DED D2 ||
|: c |\
ded BAG FGA | BGE EFE EFE |
[1 ded BAG FGA | dAF DED D2 :|
[2 ABc dcB ABc | dfd edc d |]

There is an amazing video of this tune by Mick O‘Brien and fiddler Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNhkRQB6rwg&feature=player_embedded#at=41 .

play video

They are playing their instruments a major third below usual concert pitch, aka in B-flat, and are doing the tune in what would be ordinarily D major rather than G, but it sounds like B-flat since every string is tuned down a third. Anyway, a beautiful and haunting interpretation.

The title ‘Lucy Casey’ for this tune comes from Josephine Keegan, who includes the tune as Slip Jig #22 in her 2004 tune collection “A Drop in the Ocean”.

From the playing of Willie Clancy.

What would be the first tune in this clip??

https://thesession.org/tunes/1988