The Pride Of Erin jig

This is pretty much how Larry Nugent plays it on his second album, two for two. great e dorian jig. there is more info about the tune in the liner notes, but i don’t have the cd on me at the moment.

according to the liner notes, Larry got this from a recording of the Pride of Erin ceili band, which was led by Larry’s father, Sean Nugent.

Discussion: Tune Name
# Posted on May 4th 2008 by concertinaplayer
~ /discussions/17658

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X: 2
T: Pride Of Erin, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
|: B, |\
EB,E GFE | ede BAG | FED ded | BAF AFD |
EB,E GFE | ede BAG | FED ded | BAF E2 :|
|: B |\
eBe gfe | dB^c def | edB BAF | EDB, DB,D |
EDB, GFE | ede BAG | FED ded | BAF E2 :|

Damn, carried over that ^c with the cut-and-paste… Since ^c (c#) is already in the key E Dorian no ^ is required…

Thanks to concertinaplayer for the reminder. I first heard and learned this tune from "The Pride of Erin Ceilidh Band" lot, including the Nugents, fine musicians, instrumentalists and singers, and dancers too ~ in their lot, great characters and generous hearts…

Here it is up higher in another key, A Dorian, and with some other ways I’ve been remembering. I’m not sure where the second ending came from, but that is how it came on me last night trawling the dark waters of my mind for a name for concertinaplayer’s tune in search of a name. It can be played with or without it ~

X: 3
T: Pride Of Erin, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Dorian
|: E |\
AEA cBA | a^ga edc | BAG gag | edB dcB |
A^GA cBA | a^ga edc | A/B/cG gag | edB A2 :|
|: e |\
aea c’ba | gef gab | age edB | A/B/cA G2 B |
[1 A^GA cBA | a^ga edc | A/B/cG gag | edB A2 :|
[2 AGE cBA | dcd egb | age dBG | edB A2 |]

& here’s Brendan’s transcription raised up to A Dorian for comparison…

X: 4
T: Pride Of Erin, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Edor
|: c |\
AAA cBA | aaa edB | BAG gag | edB dBG |
AAA cBA | aaa edB | BAG gag | edB A2 :|
|: e |\
a2 b c’ba | gef gab | a2 e edB | A2 e AeA |
AAA cBA | aaa edB | BAG gag | edB A2 :|

I wish I had a turntable or the band digitized so I could add a transcription of their playing of it. If anyone has it and would provide it I’d transcribe it… Or someone else could do so and add it here…

I don’t recall where I heard this tune, but I wrote down the dots for it on Christmas day 1992.

# Posted by ceolachan - May 5th, 2008

"Call the Set III"
https://thesession.org/recordings/5713

This fine jig is in Bulmer & Sharpley’s ‘Music of Ireland’ (Vol.4) under the name "McHugh’s".