The Horse’s Leotard jig

Source: Kelly, O’Brien and Sproule - “Trad. Music of Ireland”
Transcription. gmp

Whelan’s Jig -

https://thesession.org/tunes/1447

Nice title though.

A jig called “My Brother Tom” appears on Claire Keville’s recent solo recording, and that seems to be a version of this tune. I need to double-check, but if that’s the case, I’ll post her version here in the comments.

From Claire Keville’s album “The Daisy Field”.

It use to be played in Dmix, too (in fact, not idea about which one is the original key for the tune):

X:1
T:My Brother Tom
T:Stepping Stones
R:Jig
D:Lucy Farr: ‘Hearth and Home’
Z:Bernie Stocks
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmix
|: D2D AGE | GAB c3 | D2D AGE | GcA GEC |
D2A AGE | GAB c2d | edc dcA | GcA GEC :|
|: ABc d2d | edc d2c | ABc d2e | =fed cAG |
ABc d2d | edc dcA | GAB cBA | GcA GEC :|

Hops… The website links this tune with a hornpipe in Ciarán Ó Maonaigh’s album “Ceol A’Ghleanna”, but obviously they are not the same tunes… Sorry about that.

This is probably a version of the Horse’s Leotard: https://thesession.org/tunes/2927

Undoubtedly dear slainte…

Not forgetting also ~ “Whelan’s Jig”
https://thesession.org/tunes/1447

“My Brother Tom”
Submitted on June 1st 2012 by kobias.
~ /tunes/11949


X: 2
T: My Brother Tom
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmix
|: G3 dcA | cde fef | G2 d dcA | c(f)d cAd |
G2 G dcA | cde f2 g | agf dfd | cfd cAF :|
|: de^f g2 g | ag^f g2 =f | de^f g2 g | bag ag^f |
bBb aba | g^fd =f2 c | cde f2 d | cfd cAF :|

From Claire Keville’s album “The Daisy Field”.

It use to be played in Dmix, too (in fact, no idea about which one is the original key for the tune):

X: 3
T: My Brother Tom
T: Stepping Stones
D: Lucy Farr: ‘Hearth and Home’
Z: Bernie Stocks
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
|: D2 D AGE | GAB c3 | D2 D AGE | GcA GEC |
D2 A AGE | GAB c2 d | edc dcA | GcA GEC :|
|: ABc d2 d | edc d2 c | ABc d2 e | =fed cAG |
ABc d2 d | edc dcA | GAB cBA | GcA GEC :|

# Posted on June 1st 2012 by kobias

“Stepping Stones” ~ Hops… The website links this tune with a hornpipe in Ciarán Ó Maonaigh’s album “Ceol A’Ghleanna”, but obviously they are not the same tunes… Sorry about that.

# Posted on June 1st 2012 by kobias

This tune is number 996 in O‘Neill’s Music of Ireland and number 211 in O’Neill’s Dance Music of Ireland.

I was talking with Paddy O‘Brien about this odd name and he told me that when he and James Kelly were producing that recording together that James made the title up off the top of his head just to have something for the jacket. He said there were other tune names on the recording right out of James’ imagination as well.

Maids of Mitchelstown, family resemblance.