back menu
Log in or Sign up

Paddy Fahey’s jig

By Paddy Fahey

Also known as Paddy Fahey’s (M. Holohan N°2), Paddy Fahey’s Jig No. 2, Paddy Fahey’s No. 2, Paddy Fahey’s No. 9, Paddy Fahy’s, Paddy Fahy’s No. 2, The Robin’s Nest.

There are 26 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Paddy Fahey’s appears in 1 other tune collection.

Paddy Fahey’s has been added to 1 tune set.

Paddy Fahey's has been added to 121 tunebooks.

Download ABC

Six settings

1
X: 1
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
c3 dcB|cGE CEG|F3 DEF|GAB ced|
c3 dcB|cGE CEG|F3 DGF|ECC C3:|
|:c3 g^fg|ea^f gec|A2 f fef|Adf afd|
c3 g^fg|ea^f g2 a|gec fdB|cGE C3:|
2
X: 2
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|:~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DEF|GAB ced|
~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DGF|ECB, CE/F/G:|
|:~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}gec|A2 f fef|Acf afd|
~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}g2 a|gec fdB|cGE CE/F/G:|
# Added .
3
X: 3
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
dcd edc|dAF DFA|GFG EFG|ABc dfe|
d2 f edc|dAF DFA|G2 G EAG|F/G/AF DFA:|
dcd a^ga|fb^g afd|Bdg gfg|Bdg bge|
d2 d a^ga|fb^g a2 b|1 afd gec|dAF DFA:|2 afd Bec|dAF D||
4
X: 4
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
"C"(3c/d/c/Bc "G"dcB|"C"cGE CEG|"Dm7"FEF DEF|"G"GAB "C"ced|
(3c/d/c/Bc "G"dGB|"Dm7"cFD "C"GEC|"F"F(3G/F/E/F "G"DGF|"C"ECC C2 z:|
|:"C"c3 g^fg|ea^f gec|"F"A2 f fef|"Dm7"Acf afd|
"C"c(3d/c/B/c g^fg|ea^f g2 a|"C"(3g/a/g/ec "G7"fdB|"C"cGE CEG:|
# Added by Bazza .
5
X: 5
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|:cBc dcB|cGE CEG|FEF DEF|GAB ced|
cBc dcB|cGE CEG|FEF DGF|EC{D}C C3:|
|:cBc g^fg|ea^f gec|A2 f fef|Adf afd|
cBc g^fg|ea^f g2 a|gec fdB|cGE C3:|
6
X: 6
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
c/4d/4c/Bc dcB|cGE CEG|FEF DEF|GAB ced|
c/4d/4c/Bc dGB|cFD GEC|FG/4F/4E/F DGF|ECC C3|
c/4d/4c/Bc dcB|cGE CEG|FEF DEF|GAB ced|
c/4d/4c/Bc dGB|cFD GEC|FG/4F/4E/F DGF|ECC C3|
c3 g^fg|ea^f gec|A2 f fef|Acf afd|
cd/4c/4B/A g^fg|ea^f g2 a|g/4a/4g/ec fdB|cGE CEG|
c3 g^fg|ea^f gec|A2 f fef|Acf afd|
cd/4c/4B/A g^fg|ea^f g2 a|g/4a/4g/ec fdB|cGE CEG||

Nineteen comments

Unfortunately I dont have a name for this tune. I am looking for some suggestions for chords to accompany this tune and would love to hear your ideas. Thanks.

This is a Paddy Fahy tune… and it’s called… Paddy Fahy’s… of course.

A great tune Carrie which is rarely heard at sessions but deserves to be heard a lot more. A couple of possible variations are suggested as follows:-

Bar 4 of first part could be played as "GAG E2 G"
Bar 8 of first part could also be played as "ECB, C3"
Bar 4 of second part could be played as "Acf afd"

Not the reel from Northern lights !

If you’re here from the link "Paddy Fahy’s" On "Northern Lights (Kevin ans Seamus Glackin)". The correct link is thesession.org/tunes/2940

Here’s another setting from fiddler Brid Dunne.

K:C
|:~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DEF|GAB ced|
|~c3 dcB|cGE CE/F/G|~F3 DGF|ECB, CE/F/G:||
|:~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}gec|A2 f fef|Acf afd|
|~c3 ~g3|ea^f {a}g2 a|gec fdB|cGE CE/F/G:||

Posted .

Another Name

This tune has also been recorded as the Robin’s Nest. I have it on a CD by the box player Johnny Connolly who now lives in Portland ("Bridgetown"), but there are others.

See https://thesession.org/tunes/5776 for a transcription of Sean Ryan’s "Robin’s Nest" - a slightly different tune, especially in the B-part. I’ve never heard the Sean Ryan tune in any session I’ve been to, but I’ve heard this Paddy Fahy tune quite often.

Maybe this is Paddy Fahy’s version of Sean Ryan’s composition.

Or it could be the other way round. Think of Twilight In Portroe/Dawn, Bill McEvoy’s #1/Nervous Man, and also similarities between tunes like Dash To Portobello and the Hunter’s Purse.

"Paddy Fahy’s Jig" ~ other ways in D Major

X: 3
T: Paddy Fahy’s
C: Paddy Fahy
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: DMaj
A/B/c |:\
dcd edc | dAF DFA | GFG EFG | ABc dfe |
d2 f edc | dAF DFA | G2 G EAG | F/G/AF DFA :|
dcd a^ga | fb^g afd | Bdg gfg | Bdg bge |
d2 d a^ga | fb^g a2 b |[1 afd gec | dAF DFA :|[2 afd Bec | dAF D |]

title fix

Not sure where the No. 9 came from - this is Jig No. 2 in Holohan’s thesis. And Paddy uses the ‘e’

Posted by .

Paddy Fahey’s, X:4

The setting is from the appendix to Maria Holohan’s thesis. The chords are mine and are not authoritative.

Posted by .

Paddy Fahey’s, X:5

I did this music score for a friend of mine that just started playing the boehm system side flute. He can do the low C and he can play F# very easily. I added a cut in D in the first part between the two Cs as I see the low B cannot be done with the flute.

Re: Paddy Fahey’s

I’m afraid this tune has already been posted several times, including a setting very similar to this one : https://thesession.org/tunes/2667
This said, this is an excellent jig.

Posted by .