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The Munster jig

Also known as The Best In The Bag, The Happy Mistake, Jackson’s Mistake, Jim O’Connor’s, John Blessing’s Delight, The King Of Jigs, The King’s, Miss Monroe’s.

There are 37 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Munster appears in 5 other tune collections.

The Munster has been added to 12 tune sets.

The Munster has been added to 146 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D|:~G3 AGA|~B3 gdB|GAB cBA|BGE EDE|
~G3 AGA|~B3 gdB|cBA (3Bcd B|1 AGG G2D:|2 AGG G2f||
|:gfg efg|eag edB|gfg efg|afd d2f|
gfe agf|gfe fdB|cBA (3Bcd B|1 AGG G2f:|2 AGG G3||
2
X: 2
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~G3 AGA|~B2g gdB|GAB cBA|BGE EDE|
~G3 AGA|Bdg gdB|cBA B/c/dB|1 AGF GBA:|2 AGF GBd||
|:gfg efg|eag fed|gfg efg|afd def|
gfe agf|gfe fdB|cBA B/c/dB|1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF GBA||
3
X: 3
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D|:G3 AGA|B2g gdB|GAB c2A|BGE EGD|
G3 AGA|B2g gdB|c2A B/c/dB|1 AGF G2D:|2 AGF G2f||
|:g3 efg|afd edB|g3 efg|afd def|
g3 a2f|gfe fdB|c2A B/c/dB|1 AGF G2f:|2 AGF G3||
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
DE|GFG AGA|Bde gdB|GAB cBA|BGE EDE|
GFG AGA|Bde gdB|cBA B/c/dB|AGG G:|
|:Bd|g3 efg|eag fed|gfg efg|a2 f def|
gfe agf|gfe fdB|cBA B/c/dB|AGG G:|
5
X: 5
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
~G3 AGA|B2g gdB|GAB c2A|BGE EDE|
~G3 AGA|B2g gdB|cBA BdB|AGF G2D:|
~g3 efg|fga gfe|gfg efg|afd d2f|
gfe agf|gfe d2B|cBA BdB|AGF GBd:|
6
X: 6
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
G3 AGA|B2g gdB|GAB c2A|BGE EDE|
G3 AGA|B2g gdB|cBA BdB|AGF G2D:|
g3 efg|eag fed|gfg efg|afd d2f|
gfe agf|gfe fdB|cBA BdB|AGF GBd:|
7
X: 7
T: The Munster
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
~G3 AGA|Bde gdB|GAB cBA|BGE EDE|
~G3 AGA|Bde gdB|cBA BdB|AGG G2D|
~G3 AGA|Bde gdB|GAB cBA|BGE GED|
~G3 AGA|Bde gdB|cBA BdB|AGG GBd||
~g3 efg|fag fed|gfg efg|~a2f def|
gfg agf|gfg edB|cBA BdB|AGG GBd|
[g3d3] efg|(3fga g fed|gfg efg|~a2f def|
gfg agf|gfg edB|cBA BdB|AGG GDE||

Fourteen comments

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A really nice, classic Sliabh Luachra jig. Denis Murphy plays |G3 AGA|Bde gdB| and Caoimhin o’Raghallaigh and Breanndan Begley played it |G2G AGA|dgf gdB| in concert at Boston College; the setting presented, with the long B, is from Paddy Cronin’s playing (he played it crosstuned, up a set). Also good an octave low.

—DtM

Appears in the Gunn Book of Fermanagh (1865) as Jackson’s Mistake

Additional titles

Also known in older sources as ‘The Happy Mistake’. Similar tunes appear in O’Neill as ‘The Best in the Bag’ and ‘Miss Monroe’s’. Appears in Bulmer and Sharpley as ‘The King’s Jig’, AKA ‘The King of Jigs’, or (in Irish) Rí na bPort.

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Version

As played by Micheal O’Briain, Kevin Glackin and Paul McGratten :
~G3 AGA|~B2g gdB|GAB cBA|BGE EDE|~G3 AGA|Bdg gdB|cBA B/c/dB|1 AGF GBA:|2 AGF GBd||
|:gfg efg|eag fed|gfg efg|afd def|gfe agf|gfe fdB|cBA B/c/dB|1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF GBA||

The Munster, X:4

This version from playing of Matt Cranitch, and more like we play it in our session. Not a great deal of difference but there’s no long notes in the ‘a’ tune.

Re: The Munster

It’s worth listing to Joe Ryan play this tune which appear’s on his album An Buachaill Dreoite (English Translation The Smoky Boy).

The Munster, X:6

A slight variation, mostly corresponding to the Darragh Curtin video linked above.

The Munster, X:7

From The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford

I have indicated some important variations, whilst hopefully allowing the player to play through the tune properly. These variation, they always play the second repeat, with the rest of the tune pretty much the same.