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Dave Collins’ jig

Also known as Bobby Casey’s, Brian Conroy’s, Brian Conway’s, Concertina, Dave Collins, Dave Collins’s, The Lilter.

There are 19 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Dave Collins’ appears in 2 other tune collections.

Dave Collins’ has been added to 3 tune sets.

Dave Collins' has been added to 67 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: Dave Collins'
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
{A}B2 F DFB|{cd}c2B cBG|B2 G {A}GFD|DFD ~C3|
~B,3 DB,D|B,DF GFD|F/G/AB cAF|Bdc B3:|
~d3 ~c3|Bdg fdf|{ga}g2f dcd|fga ~g2a|
bag agf|gfd cAF|F/G/AB cAF|Bdc B2 c|
~d3 ~c3|Bdg fdf|{ga}g2f dcB|GFD ~C3|
~B,3 DB,D|B,DF GFD|F/G/AB cAF|Bdc B3||
2
X: 2
T: Dave Collins'
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|:B|c2G EGc|ded dcB|c2A GEC|~E3 ~D3|
~C3 EDE|CEG AGE|GAc dcB|ced c2:|
d|ece dBd|cea ~g3|a2g ede|gab a2b|
c'ba bag|age dBG|ABc dBG|ced c2d|
ece dBd|cea g2d|c2A GEC|~E3 ~D3|
~C3 EDE|CEG AGE|GAc dcB|ced c2||
3
X: 3
T: Dave Collins'
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
F|G2G, B,DD|ABA AGF|G2E DB,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2:|
A|~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|G2G, B,A,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2A|
~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|edB GBd|egf e2f|
~g3 fed|edB AFD|EFG AFD|GBA G2||
E|A2 A, CEA|B2 B BAF|A2 F ECA,|CEC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2:|
B|cAc BGB|Acf ece|f2 e cBc|efg f2 g|
agf gfe|fec BGE|FGA BGE|AcB A2 B|
cAc BGB|Acf ece|A2 F ECA,|CDC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2||
4
X: 4
T: Dave Collins'
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
F|G2G, B,DD|ABA AGF|G2E DB,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2:|
A|~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|G2G, B,A,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2A|
~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|edB GBd|egf e2f|
~g3 fed|edB AFD|EFG AFD|GBA G2||
K:Amaj
E|A2 A, CEA|B2 B BAF|A2 F ECA,|CEC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2:|
B|cAc BGB|Acf ece|f2 e cBc|efg f2 g|
agf gfe|fec BGE|FGA BGE|AcB A2 B|
cAc BGB|Acf ece|A2 F ECA,|CDC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2||

Seventeen comments

Paddy Reynold’s Jig

Paddy Reynold’s is a current NYC fiddler who was raised in Killavill, Co. Sligo - the breeding ground of some of the best Fiddlers. This tune may seem tricky because of the key but it is a wonderful fiddle tune & not really all that hard to play. I got this setting from Tony Demarco & Brian Conway’s album "Apple in Winter".

Oops!!

This is called Dave Collins’s jig not Paddy Reynold’s. I think Dave is a relation to Kathleen Collins, I think they are Brother & Sister. The whole Collins family was involved one way or another with music & dance.

Tecnical note

Sorry to get technical, but it’s in B flat rather than F. It happens that E flat, the 4th degree of the scale, is not used anywhere in this tune (it is hexatonic), so you can get away with just the B flat in the key signature… Or perhaps if the 4th WERE used it would be E natural, making it B flat Lydian.

Your right - it’s in Bb Major but that wasn’t an option on the input screen.
I coiuld’ve posted it in GDor. (Two Flats) but would be very misleading to someone going by modal reference. So I left it in F.

At least someone noticed the tune!

PS
I hate to get "Technical" myself. but you mispelled technical. 🙂

Your you’re was your not you’re; your your should have been you’re not your 😉

Right Key

Is there a right key for this? I’m not sure what "right key" means. I like it best in C - I can play it in A, C, D, or G on the wooden flute - but it’s murder in F natural or in Bb.

Two more settings - G and A

Henrik Norbeck has a gan ainm setting in G:

X:286
T:no name
R:jig
Z:id:hn-jig-286
M:6/8
K:G
F|G2G, B,DD|ABA AGF|G2E DB,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2:|
A|~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|G2G, B,A,G,|~B,3 A,B,A,|
~G,3 B,A,B,|G,B,D EDB,|DEG AGE|GBA G2A|
~B3 ABA|GBe dBA|edB GBd|egf e2f|
~g3 fed|edB AFD|EFG AFD|GBA G2||

And Bill Black gives an A setting:

X:040392
T:Dave Collins’
Z:B.Black
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:A
E|A2 A, CEA|B2 B BAF|A2 F ECA,|CEC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2 :|
B|cAc BGB|Acf ece|f2 e cBc|efg f2 g|
agf gfe|fec BGE|FGA BGE|AcB A2 B|
cAc BGB|Acf ece|A2 F ECA,|CDC B,2 C|
A,G,A, CA,C|A,CE FEC|EFA BGE|AcB A2|]

Only ever heard it in C.

In me? Where? Anybody got a stethoscope I can borrow? 😏

Nice, laid back tune. Like the 1st part most of all.

Rollicking jig, Dave Collin’s

Have a tape of Dan Collins and guest Sheila Garry recorded in New York years ago, and they play this with abandon! Not sure of the key, but I think it was G.

Dave Collins’ Jig - small adjustment to proper key changes

The MTGuru version of this tune was in A, but actually it was written in G with a key change to A. Just a small change on my end.

Re: Dave Collins’

Could I ask please what key this tune is in on the Apples In Winter CD?Thank you

Re: Dave Collins’

Pitch-wise: G# (or Ab). I’m sure this means that they’re using the G fingerings on a fiddle tuned a semitone above (→G#D#A#E#).