Munster Bacon (jig) on The Session

Also known as Bagún Mumhan, Kitty Gone A Clinking Coming To The Fair, Kitty Got A Clicking Coming To The Fair, Kitty Got A Clinking Coming To The Fair, The Munster Bacon, Munster Grass, The Munster Grass.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with Tumble The Tinker (a few times).

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The setting is from my local session.

It’s one of Leeds Ceili Band’s tunes, which I always fail to pick up in the session and have been itching to learn. Thanks, Mark.

Jody’s Heaven - Garden of Butterfly

In this album, Munster Bacon is named :"Munster Grass"

Here’s a nice example of the tune being played by concertina player Breda Shannon and her brother Aidan on flute from Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon. They play this tune following “The Man in the Bog."

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_262_7_breda_and_aidan_shannon

Great tune ……………………..!

Munster Bacon version

Here’s roughly what I play (though I’ll often throw in stuff from other versions, too), based on a version posted many years ago by flute player Mike Casey on the website of his now defunct North Carolina-based band Cucunandy.

X:1
T:The Munster Bacon
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:DMaj
B|:ABA DFA|dfe d2c|BAB dAF|GFG EFG|
AFA dcd|BGB efg|f/g/ af ede|[1 fdc dcB:|[2 fdc dfg||
afd dga|bge a2g|~f3 ged|B/c/ dB ABG|
FAd Bge|dbg efg|faf ede|[1 fdc dfg:|[2 fdc dcB|]

Munster Bacon jig

Three settings

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Jody’s Heaven - Garden of Butterfly

Munster Bacon version