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The Cat In The Corner slide

Also known as An Giorria San Arbhar, The Hair In The Chowder, The Hair In The Corn, The Hare And The Corn, The Hare In The Corn, The Hare, The Humours Of Ballydaly, Padhraig O’Keefe’s, The Smiler, Smiling Jig.

There are 24 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Cat In The Corner appears in 3 other tune collections.

The Cat In The Corner has been added to 23 tune sets.

The Cat In The Corner has been added to 143 tunebooks.

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Eleven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|B2 B A2 G BdB AGA|B2 e d2 B A3 AGA|
B3 A^GA B/c/dB AGA|B2 e d2 B G3 G2:|
|:d|e2 e e2 d e2 f g3|B2 c d2 B A3 A2 d|
e3 e2 d e2 f g2 B|B2 e d2 B G3 G2:|
2
X: 2
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|B2 e d2 B BAB d2 B|BAB d2 B A3 AGA|
B2 e d2 B BAB d2 B|1 BAB d2 B G3 G2:|2 BAB d2 B G3 GB/c/d||
|:e3 e2 d e2 f g3|BAB d2 B A3 ABd|
efe edB e2 f g2 B|1 BAB d2 B G3 GBd:|2 BAB d2 B G3- G2||
3
X: 3
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:d2 c|BcB AGA BcB AGA|B2 e dcB A3 AGA|
B3 AGA BcB AGA|1 Bce dBA G3:|2 Bce dBA GB/c/d g2||
|:d|efe edB e2 f g3|BAB edB A3 ABd|
e3 edB e2 f g2 B|BAB dBA G3 G2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|B2 B A2 G BdB AGA|B2 e d2 B ABA A2 c|
B3 AGA B/c/dB AGA|B2 e d2 B G3 G2:|
d|e2 e edB e2 f g3|BcB d2 B A3 AB/c/d|
e3 e2 d e2 f gec|BAB edB G3 G2 d|
e3 edB e2 f g2 d|B2 c d2 B A3- AGA|
BcB AGA B/c/dB AGA|B2 e d2 B G3 G2||
5
X: 5
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
A|B2 B A2 G BdB A2 G|BdB d2 B A3 A2 G|
B2 B A2 G BdB A2 G|BdB d2 B G3 G2 A|
B3 A2 G BdB A3|BdB d2 B A3 A2 G|
BcB A2 G B/c/dB A2 G|BdB d2 B G3- G||
B/c/d|e3 edB e2 f g3|BAB d2 B A3 AB/c/d|
ege edB e2 f g3|B^AB d2 B G3 GB/c/d|
e3 edB e2 f g2 d|BAB d2 B A3 AB/c/d|
e2 ^d e2 =d e2 f g3|B^AB d2 B G3- G2||
6
X: 6
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|B2B A2G BdB AGA|B2e d2B A3 AGA|
B3 AGA BdB AGA|B2e d2B G3 G2:|
|:d|e2e edB def g3|{B}BAB d2B A3 ABd|
e3 edB e2f g3|{B}BAB d2B G3 G2:|
# Added by RickR .
7
X: 7
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A|B2 e d2 B B^AB d3|B^AB d2 B =A3 A^GA|
B2 e d3 B^AB d2 B|1 B^AB d2 B G3- G2:|2 BAB d2 B G3||
GBd|e3 e2 ^d e2 f g2 B|B^AB d2 B A3 AB/c/d|
e^de ede e2 f g3|B^AB d2 B G3 GB/c/d|
efe e^de e2 f g2 B|B^AB d2 B A3 A^GA|
B2 e d3 B^AB d2 B|B^AB d2 B G3- G2||
8
X: 8
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B2B AGA BdB AGA|B2 e d2B A3 AGA|
B2B AGA BdB AGA|B2e d2B G3 G3:|
|:e2e edB e2 f g3|BAB d2B A3 ABd|
e3 edB e2 f g3|BAB d2B G3 G3:|
9
X: 9
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~B2B AGA ~B2B AGA|B2e d2B A3 AGA|
~B2B AGA ~B2B AGA|1 B2e d2A G3 G2A:|2 B2e d2A G3 GBd||
|:e3 edB e2f g2B|BAB d2B A3 ABd|
e3 edB e2f g2B|1 BAB d2B G3 GBd:|2 BAB d2B G3 G2A||
10
X: 10
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~B3 AGA ~B3 AGA|B2e d2B A3 AGA|
~B3 AGA ~B3 AGA|1 B2e d2B G3 G2A:|2 B2e d2B G3 GBd||
|:~e3 edB e2f g2d|BAB d2B A3 ABd|
~e3 edB e2f g2d|1 BAB d2B G3 GBd:|2 BAB d2B G3 G2A||
11
X: 11
T: The Cat In The Corner
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
~c3 BAB cdc B2A|c2f e2c ~B3 BAB|
~c3 ~B3 cdc B2A|1 c2f e2c ~A3 ABA:|2 c2f e2c ~A3 Ace||
|:~f3f2ef2ga2A|cBc e2c ~B3 Bce|
~f3f2ef2ga2A|1 "y 3"cBc e2c aba g2a:|2 "go to B"a3aba g3gag:|4"go to A"3cBc e2c A3 ABA||

Sixteen comments

Hairs in the Chowder ~

We’re partial to corn chowder, one of our favourite luxuries. We’d grown some lovely corn and one afternoon we husked and hulled a load of it an ended up making one of the best chowders we have ever tasted, and there was agreement from those we shared it with, including one of the three loved ones who is presently dieing from smoking related cancer.

But hey, this is about this tune. I’ve given a few minor takes on it and finished with one that has a second ending, returning to that of the first. These are gleaned from my experience on several counts including an appreciation of the music of Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy and Matt Cranitch ~ and others. So, it isn’t multi-part, I just let it fly and grabbed some of the variations on the way, not ornaments, just melodic bits here and there…

This is regularly paired up with Rathawaun:

https://thesession.org/tunes/1736

The Cat in the Corner

Johnny O’Leary sometimes referred to this, as well as another tune, as “The Cat in the Corner”…

“Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra: Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border”

edited by Terry Moylan
ISBN 1 874675 42 2
The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994

Page 60, tune 103 - The Hare in the Corn
& the ‘other’ -
Page 196, tune 348 - The Cat in the Corner

Neither of these are the same as “The Cat in the Corner” on site here. The second ‘other’, tune #348 in the book, does not appear to have yet found a place on site here, maybe soon…

😉

Take 2, Part B, Bar 3
It seems a ‘spell checker’ upped a starting ‘e’ to an ‘E’ when I wasn’t looking, now corrected in the ABCs…

This is it. Good man!

I have this version from a local box player in Carlow:
|: A |
B2 B A2 G BdB A2G | BdB d2B A3 A2G
B2 B A2 G BdB A2G | BdB d2B G3 G2G
|: B/c/d |
e3 edB e2f g3 | BAB d2B A3 AB/c/d |
e3 edB e2f g3 | BAB d2B G3 GB/c/d |:|

usually finishes tune with the last phrase of the first part, if you know what I mean.

Plays this in a set after Hag at the Kiln and follows with A2e e2d BAB dB etc. - can’t recall name and too lazy to look it up!!

Posted .

Re: The Hare In The Corn

another take

Re: The Cat In The Corner

My Scot. cat Henry used to chase a peach stone into the corner of the kitchen. Then he would sit down there and say thanks for his present. A most unusual cat, born feral in a potting shed of Skaill House, Orkney.