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Seamus Cooley’s jig

Also known as Belhabour, Bohola, Cooley’s, Cooley’s Delight, Foster’s Favourite, Joe Cooley’s, Joe Cooley’s Delight, Leg Of The Duck, Seamus Cooley’s.

There are 29 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Seamus Cooley’s has been added to 49 tune sets.

Seamus Cooley's has been added to 420 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
BAB G2E|DB,D DEG|GAB AGE|A3 AGA|
BAB G2E|DB,D DEG|GAB AGE|G3 G2A:|
|:BAB d2B|BAB d2B|A3 AGE|ABA AGA|
[1 BAB d2B|BAB d2B|G2B AGE|G3 G2A:|
[2 BAB G2E|DB,D DEG|GAB AGE|G3 G2A||
2
X: 2
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
fef d2B|ABA ABd|~e3 edB|efe ede|
fef d2B|ABA ABd|e3 ede|f2e d2e:|
|:fef a2f|fef a2f|efe edB|efe ede|
[1 fef a2f|fef a2f|efe ede|f2e d2e:|
[2 fef d2B|ABA ABd|e3 ede|f2e d2e|
3
X: 3
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:e|fef d2 B|ABA ABd|efe edB|e3 efg|
fef d2 B|ABA ABd|efe edB|d3 d2:|
|:e|fef a2 a|fef a2 f|efe edB|e3 efg|
[1fef a2 a|fef a2 f|efe edB|d3 d2:|
[2fef d2 B|A3 ABd|efe edB|d3 d2||
4
X: 4
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|efe ede|
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|dfe d2e:|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|efe ede|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|dfe d2e|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|ede a2g|
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|dfe d3|
5
X: 5
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:fef d3|FAA A3|ABd edB|efe ede|
fef d3|FAA A3|ABd edB|ded d3:|
|:fef a2f|fef a2f|efe edB|efe ede|
[1 fef a2f|fef a2f|efe edB|d3 d2e:|
[2 fef d3|FAA A3|ABd edB|ded d3||
# Added by JACKB .
6
X: 6
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
A2|:BAB G2 D|B,DD D2 D|DEG AGE|GAB A2 A|
BAB G2D|B,DD D2 D|DEG AGE|GAG G2 A:|
|:BAB d2B|d2 e dBA|G2 B AGE|GAB A2A|
BAB d2 B|d2 e dBA|G2 B AGE|GAG G2 A:|
7
X: 7
T: Seamus Cooley's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BAB G2E|D3 DEG|A3 AGE|A3 AGA|
BAB G2E|D3 DEG|A3 AGE|G3 G2A:|
|:BAB d2B|BAB d2B|A3 AGE|ABA AGA|
[1 BAB d2B|BAB d2B|A3 AGE|G3 G2A:|
[2 BAB G2E|D3 DEG|A3 AGE|G3 G2A||
# Added by JACKB .

Twenty-one comments

Seamus Cooley’s

You’ll find this in a set with the Hole in the Hedge on Martin Hayes’s cd Under the Moon. Nice easy jigs, well-suited for beginners but fun for anyone to play. Also a good lesson in not over ornamenting a melody….

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Joe Cooley’s Delight

This one follows the Morning Lark as played by Noel Hill and Tony McMahon. At our session we always add on Tom Billy’s at the end which makes for a nice threesome.

Aka Cooley’s

Great tune. I learned this from Noel Hill as Cooley’s jig. Noel and Tony Linnane finish off their live album with this one, and a rousing one it is, too!

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Re: Joe Cooley’s Delight

Move this down to G and it seems to be the same tune as the Seamus Cooley’s that Martin Hayes plays on Under the Moon.

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Cooleys reel

this tune in the blue cd is a reel played with drowsey maggie,however here it is a jig is there a mistake some where…

This is Joe Cooley’s Delight, or the Bohola jig, in G instead of D. Huh!

Don’t blame Will but Martin Hayes: he often records many tunes in weird keys.

Not a mistake

No, it is not a mistake. Cooley’s Reel (super-common Em tune) is a DIFFERENT TUNE than Cooley’s Jig (slightly less-common D tune).

Compare with the Angry Peeler / Flowers Of The Burren.

seamus cooley’s

anyone play a set with seamus cooley’s jig in there?

i’d love some suggestions.

thanks.

Re: seamus cooley’s

Tulla Ceili Band used to pair this with House in the Glen, or with Hole in the Hedge and the Kerfunteun.

Also goes well with Out on the Ocean, Geese in the Bog, or Joe Derrane’s.

Posted .

Re: seamus cooley’s

We play it with Hole In The Hedge as well.

Re: seamus cooley’s

Noel Hill and Tony Linnane play it after the Morning Lark which makes for a nice pair.

Sets with cooleys jig

Anybody have any suggestions for sets with joe cooleys jig in them
https://thesession.org/tunes/2061

Was thinking of following it with the ten penny bit for a bit of a lift…..

Leg of the Duck

This seems to be known as Leg of the Duck around Carlow.

Posted .

T:Foster’s Favourite
M:6/8
S:Abbey ceili band - bruach an tsulain
R:jig
Z:gian marco pietrasanta
K:D
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|efe ede|
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|dfe d2e:|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|efe ede|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|dfe d2e|
f3 afd|fef afd|efe edB|ede a2g|
f3 d2B|ABA ABd|efe edB|dfe d3|

Slide

The second part of this tunes defntly makes a slide of it.

Re: The Bohola

I believe that there is a jig called the Bohola but the tune listed here is Cooleys as per Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann == the organization promoting Irish trad, music in Ireland Book 1 page 31

Seamus Cooley’s, X:6

Played by Lucy Farr on Heart and Home as ‘John Naughton’s’. Lucy taught me this tune many years ago, and said she had it from Tony Smith