The Galway Dancer jig

The Galway Dancer has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: The Galway Dancer
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A2 d BAF|AFE EFE|D2 D AFA|BAA AFG|
A2 d BAF|AFE EFE|D2 D BAF|1 EFE DFG:|2 EFE D2 E||
FDD ADD|ABd BAF|ABd BAF|AFE E2E|
FDD ADD|ABd BAF|ABd BAF|EFE D2E|
FDD ADD|ABd BAF|ABd BAF|AFE E2E|
FDD ADD|ABd BAF|ABd fdB|AFE D3||

X: 2
T: The Galway Dancer
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
|:B2 e cBG|BGF FGF|E2 E BGB|cBB BGA|
B2 e cBG|BGF FGF|E2 E cBG|1 FGF EGA:|2 FGF E2 F||
GEE BEE|Bce cBG|Bce cBG|BGF F2F|
GEE BEE|Bce cBG|Bce cBG|FGF E2F|
GEE BEE|Bce cBG|Bce cBG|BGF F2F|
GEE BEE|Bce cBG|Bce gec|BGF E3||

Two comments

The Galway Dancer

My transscription of Colin Farrell’s lovely tune. Original version is in Emajor, this one here is easier to play on most instruments. Banjo and mandolin players can simply go up to E with help of a capo in the second fret 🙂
Here’s the link to Colin’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdnoneNH-Gc&pp=wgIECgIIAQ%3D%3D

play video

The Galway Dancer, X:2

Here’s the tune in the original key of Emajor.

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