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The Hag With The Money jig

Also known as ’Sí Do Mhamó Í, An Cailleach An Airgid, Caileach An Airgead, Caileach An Airgid, Cailleach An Airgead, Cailleach An Airgid, Callagh An Airgid, Mary Duggan’s, Sí Do Mháimeó, ’Sí Do Mhaimeo í, Sí Do Mhamó í, Whore Among The Nettles Roaring.

There are 114 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Hag With The Money appears in 6 other tune collections.

The Hag With The Money has been added to 50 tune sets.

The Hag With The Money has been added to 621 tunebooks.

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Ten settings

1
X: 1
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:Adc A3 | AGE G3 | Adc A3 | GEA GED |
Adc A3 | AGE G3 | AGE cde | dcA GED:||
K:DMaj
|:ABc dcd | fed efe | ABc dcd |eag edc |
ABc dcd | fed efg | age cde | dcA GED :||
2
X: 2
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|: Adc ABA | AGE GFG | Aed cAB | AGE EFG |
Adc ABA | AGE GFG | Aed cAG | EDD D3 :|
|: ABc d2A | Bcd e2d | cAA fed | cAG EFG |
ABc d2A | Bcd e2f | gef efg | aef edc :|
# Added by EndaS .
3
X: 3
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Emix
|Bed B3|BAF A3|BedB3|AFB AFE|
Bed B3|BAF A3|BAF def|edB AFE||
|Bcd ede|gfe fgf|Bcd ede|fba fed|
Bcd ede|gfe fga|baf def|edB AFE||
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
dc|A3 AGE | G3 B/c/dc | A3 AGE | GED B/c/dc |
A3 AGE | G3 A3 | B/c/de dcA | GEG B/c/dc|
|A3 AGE|G3 B/c/dc|A3 AGE|GED B/c/dc|
A3 AGE|G3 A3|B/c/de dcA|GEG A3||
d3 edc|ded A3|d3 a2g|edc A3|
d3 edc|de/f/g age|f3 dcA|GEG A3|
|d3 edc|ded A3|d3 a2g|edc A3|
d3 edc|de/f/g age|f3 dcA|GEG A3||
dcA AGE|G3 B/c/dc|A3 AGE|GED B/c/dc|
A3 AGE | G3 A3 | B/c/de dcA | GEG dcA|
|dcA AGE|G3 B/c/dc|A3 AGE|GED B/c/dc|
A3 AGE|G3 A3|B/c/de dcA|GEG A3||
d3 edc|ded A3|d3 a2g|edc A3|
d3 edc|de/f/g age|f3 dcA|GEG A3|
|d3 edc|ded A3|d3 a2g|edc A3|
d3 edc|de/f/g age|f3 dcA|GEG A3||
# Added by JACKB .
5
X: 5
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
Add A3 | AGE G3 | Add A2d | AGE EDD |
Add A3 | AGE c3 | ded c2A | AGE EDD | z8 ||
AB^c d2d | ded d2c | AB^c d2d | ded cAG |
AB^c d2d | ede d2c | AAA c2c | AGE EDD | z8 ||
# Added by BenH .
6
X: 6
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Adc A3 | AGE G3 | Adc A3 | GEA GED |
w: A D' C A-|A G E G-|A D' C A-|G E A G E D|
Adc A3 | AGE G3 | AGE cde | dcA GED :|
w: A D' C A-|A G E G-|A G E C D' E'|D' C A G E D|
|:AB^c d2 e | fed ed^c | AB^c d^cd | eag ed^c |
w: A B C# D'- E'|F#' E' D' E' D' C#|A B C# D' C# D'|E' A' G' E' D' C#|
AB^c d2 e |f3 efg | age ^cde | d=cA G3 :|
w: A B C# D'- E'|F#'- E' F#' G'|A' G' E' C# D' E'|D' C A G-|
# Added .
7
X: 7
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:Adc A3 | AGE G3 | Adc A3 | GEA GED |
Adc A3 | AGE GFG | AGE cde | dcA GED:||
|:ABc d2e | fed edc | ABc dcd |eaa ged |
ABc d2e | fed efg | age cde | dcA GED :||
8
X: 8
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amix
|: Adc AB=c | AGE GFG | Adc AB=c | dBA GED |
Adc AB=c | AGE GFG | E2B Ade | dcA GED :|
|: ABc d2e | fed edc | ABc d2e | faf gec |
ABc d2e | fed edc | aga def | edB AGE :|
9
X: 9
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
Add A3 | AGE G3 | Add A2d | AGE EDD |
Add A3 | AGE c3 | ded c2A | AGE EDD | z8 ||
AB^c d2d | ded d2c | AB^c d2d | ded cAG |
AB^c d2d | ede d2c | AAA c2c | AGE EDD | z8 ||
10
X: 10
T: The Hag With The Money
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
Add A3 | AGE G2G | Add A2A | GEE EDD |
Add A2A | AGE c3 | ded dcA | GEE EDD :||
|: ABc d2d | d_ed d2c | ABc ddd | d_ed cAG |
ABc ddd | ded d2c | AGE [cG]E[cA] | GEE EDD :|]

Nineteen comments

As published in a book called "Irish Traditional Music, Session Tunes" by Anthony Sullivan.
There is another version of it in O

Sean Nos Words w/ translation

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Sean Nos?

I always heard it with accompaniment. Interesting.
And there’s also there’s three verses, as well as the chorus yu posted.

Kevin Conneff sings to this melody on The Chieftains’ "Boil the Breakfast Early."

After hearing this song on an Altan CD, my 5-year-old likes to sing

- sheet of one boy, sheet of one boy, sheet of one boy , goin’ to Connecticut.

Padraig O’Keefe

Just heard an interview (archived) on RTE, where Padraig O’Keefe was stated as writing a tune with the name "Hag with the Money".

It’s often played with C#s instead of C naturals.

what’s this big obsession with transposing tunes into Emix Jack?

Posted .

Emix/Bmin(?)

When playing through the Emix vesrion I forgot the G# (B partonly anyway) - and that’s another possible way to play the tune 😉

The Hag With The Money

This is the title John McGrath used on the tune when he wrote it for his students.

Finbar Furey Version

Another great piping tune by the great Finbar Furey, his back ‘D’ tripling in this version is just amazing, took me years to work out what he was doing. You should listen to his version before trying the dots.

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The Hag With The Money, X:10

This (X:10) is a version of the variant X:9 of the jig posted above.
This variant, another regular jig (32 bars), is as close as it gets to the original song without showing the extra beats that characterise it.
( Many other sung jigs are characterised by extra beats or bars -or missing ones.)

Pipers will relish the ghost D ( shown as Eb here) which is an inflexion found in sean-nós singing.
Tip:
Play any ddd / ded / d_ed (_e = Eb) group of quavers interchangeably…

Re: The Hag With The Money

The link to the lyric above seems to have been disabled …here is another option, through the handy and well endowed
Songs in Irish website;
https://songsinirish.com/si-mhaimeo-i-lyrics/

complete with translation and a Foras na Gaeilge animation movie!