Pet Of The Pipers (jig) on The Session

Also known as Doherty’s Fancy, Dougherty’s, The Humours Of Ballinafad, Kip’s, Kips, The Pet Of The Pipers.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with Kitty’s Rambles (a few times).

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Maybe this is a slightly different version of Going to Donnybrook: https://thesession.org/tunes/735

Played in A in Scotland

This tune is popular within the Scottish repertoire too but is usually played in A. The version I know has slight differences in the first half(second part is much the same).
1st, 2nd and 3rd bars G2G(A2A) BAG(CBA)

and Bar 6 DBG(ECA) G3(A3)

Of course, musicians who play Irish music in Scotland will probably play it as written here. :-)

Sources

I first learned this tune from the late Alan Cormack, in Bristol. It’s a great tune for teaching Flute and Whistle students who want to work on "G" rolls!

Rescued duplication

Go raibh ma’agat Mark ~ much appreciated

I was sure I recognized this, and I guess I would have on several counts, including Joe Hutton. I should have waited another day before posting it. ;-) Good luck in Canberra!

“The Pet Of The Pipers” / “Kip’s” ~ at least 3 ways I’ve known it :-/

No wonder this melody was frustrating me and driving my loopy ~ Joe Hutton & Cape Breton too! ~ Alex Francis MacKay, Natalie & Buddy MacMaster, & I’m pretty sure this was also one we used to play for dance there…

Here are some interesting similarities I found while trying to chase up this before posting "Kip’s" ~

The tune as Hugh Gillespie played it, as a whole and both parts for it individually, rang bells of familiarity with other tunes I’ve played over time. The most obvious, that came to me as I was playing this, I kept slipping into that B-part in between nodding off, and sharaing the A-part ~

"The Bride’s Favourite"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on October 23rd 2004 by Kenny.
https://thesession.org/tunes/3746

Thanks to help from Dow and slainte, here is another tune sainte/Hiro directed me to on site here that it is obviously related by both parts, and close enough that I consider just adding this to the ‘comments’ for that ~

"The Munster Jig"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 14th 2001 by Jdharv.
https://thesession.org/tunes/372

I thought on this for awhile, before submitting it, and then decided, still being frustrated with searching, to query a couple of members, as said, Dow and slainte. I’d send Dow both parts of the Gillespie transcription, both keys, but just the B-part to slainte. I did make several attempts myself to chase up connections, wanting to avoid what felt to be a duplicaation, but I’m not in much of a fit state at the moment for anything. I’m glad of friends who can steer me right… Thanks, much appreciated…

Pet of the Pipers - aka Doherty’s Fancy on Sean Smyth’s Blue Fiddle

As played by Sean Smyth on Eb whistle (transcribed "as fingered" on a D whistle). His liner notes call it "Doherty’s Fancy," but it’s clearly Pet of the Pipers.

X: 1
T: Doherty’s Fancy
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
~G3 BAG|dB/c/d ~g3|~G2 d BGd|AFD cBA|
~G3 ~B3|dB/c/d ~g3|e2 e dBG|1 cAF G2 D:|2 cAF G2 d||
~g3 efg|eag fed|~g3 ~e3|daf g2 e|
gfe dcB|edc BAG|~e2 g dBG|cAF G2 e|
~g3 bag|~a2 g fga|g{a}gf efg|eaf g2 e|
gfe dcB|edc BAG|~e2 g dBG|cAF dcA||

Pet of the Pipers

I just found this tune in the key of A following Sheffield Hornpipe on Barry Dransfield’s album Bowin’ and Scrapin’ from 1978.

Pet Of The Pipers jig

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