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Scatter The Mud jig

Also known as Doran’s Fancy, Frehan’s, Frehan’s, Jack Walsh’s, The Maid Of Tramore, Maids Of Tramore, The Maids Of Tramore, Neil Killeen’s, Noon Day Feast, Noon Day Feast, The Noon Day Feast, The Noon Day Feast, Noonday Feast, Noonday Feast, The Noonday Feast, Rambles With Rory, Scaip An Puiteach, Scatter The Mud, Scattering The Mud, Scattering The Mud, Spatter The Mud, The White Crow.

There are 88 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with Arthur Darley’s (a few times), The Connaughtman’s Rambles (a few times), The Cuil Aodha (a few times), Fasten The Leg In Her (a few times) and The Hag At The Churn (a few times).

Scatter The Mud has been added to 31 tune sets.

Scatter The Mud has been added to 598 tunebooks.

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Eight settings

X: 1
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
Bd|:eAA BAG|EAA ABd|eAA BAB|d2A Bcd|
eAA BAG|~E3 AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd:|
eaa g2e|dBG GBd|eaa g2e|dBG ABd|
eaa g2e dBG AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd|
eaa g2e|dBG GBd|eaa fga|bag a2b-|
b^ab g2e|dBG AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd||
# Added by seara .
X: 2
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
Bd|eAA BAG|EAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA BAG|EAA AGE|GAB d2e|1dBA A:|2dBA A3|:
aba g2e|dBG AGE|aba g2e|dBd g3|
aba g2e|dBG AGE|GAB d2e|dBA A3:|
X: 3
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
eAA B2A|eAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA B2A|eAA AGE|GAB dge|dBA A3:|
eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
eaf g2e|dBA AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd:|
X: 4
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
ecA B2 a|ecA BGE|ecA B2 A|dBG GBd|
ecA B2 a|ecA BGE|EGB dge|[1dBG A3:||[2dBG A2 d||
eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
e2 f g2 e|dBA AGE|EGB dge|[1dBG A2 d:||[2dBG A3||
X: 5
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:BEE FEF|BEE EFA|BEE FEF|BAF DFA|
BEE FEF|BEE EDB,|DEF A2A|AFE EFA:|
|:Bee dcB|AFE DEA|Bee d2e|fed efd|
Bee fed|AFE D2E|DEF A2B|AFE EFA:|
X: 6
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
Bd|eAA BAG|EAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GB/c/d|
eAA BAG|EAA AGE|GAB d2e|dBG A:|
ce|~a3 g2e|dBG AGE|~a3 g2e|dBd ~g3|
~a3 g2e|dBG AGE| GAB d2e|dBG A:|
X: 7
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:eAA B2A|eAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA BAA|eAA AGE|GAB Bge|dBA ABd:||
|:eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
eaa g2e |dBA AGE|GAB Bge|dBA ABd|
eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
eaf g2e|dBA AGE|GAB Bge|dBA ABd||
# Added by JACKB .
X: 8
T: Scatter The Mud
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
BEE FEE | BEE EFA | BEE FEB | AFD EFA|
BEE FED | B,2 E EDB,| DEF AdB|AFE EFA:||
Bee d2B | AFD DFA| BeB d2 B |AFD E2 A|
BeB d2B|AFE FDD|DEF A2 B|AFE EFA|
Bee d2B | AFD DFA| BeB d2 e |fed e3|
efe d2B|AFE FDD|DEF A2 B|AFE EFA|]

Twenty-five comments

Scatter the mud

another version from the album
Jack and Charlie Coen _The Branch Line

Bd|eAA BAG|EAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA BAG|EAA AGE|GAB d2e|1dBA A:|2dBA A3|:
aba g2e|dBG AGE|aba g2e|dBd g3|
aba g2e|dBG AGE|GAB d2e|dBA A3:|

Scatter the Mud

I’ve been feeling this jig is too repetitive and boring to play, but I got in trance with it this afternoon. The version I picked up from Kevin Burke’s playing is:

eAA B2A|eAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA B2A|eAA AGE|GAB dge|dBA A3:|
eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
eaf g2e|dBA AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd:|

Eileen Ivers plays the similar one.

Emerald Rose version

Here’s how Emerald Rose plays it. Quite different, but nice.

ecA B2 a|ecA BGE|ecA B2 A|dBG GBd|
ecA B2 a|ecA BGE|EGB dge|[1dBG A3:||[2dBG A2 d||
eaa egg|dBA ABd|eaa egg|dBG GBd|
e2 f g2 e|dBA AGE|EGB dge|[1dBG A2 d:||[2dBG A3||

Re: Emerald Rose version

Somewhat similar to Kevin Burke’s version. Especially the second part.

oops. First and fifth should be |ecA B2 A|

Neil Killeen’s (jig)

Source: Beal A’ Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Transcription: g.m.p.

This tune resembles "The Lilting Banshee" transposed into Emin

I’m pretty certain this is just a version of scatter the mud and the noonday feast (already listed) in a different key, rather than the lilting banshee… …is it not?

Posted by .

yes, i wrote "lilting bashee" thinking to "scatter the mud"

and "bashee" instead of "banshee"

Must be because you saw the lilting banshee scatter the mud at the noonday feast ;)

Posted by .

Scatter the Mud question

I was listening to this (it’s amazing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YVfKKCsF7k


and was wondering if anybody knew where there was sheet music for this version fo scatter the mud which has many more parts than the standard A minor 2 part one I hear at sessions. Does this tune in multi-part form have other names perhaps?

Re: Scatter the Mud question

Well IMHO it is ‘scatter the mud’ with a good few variations and a little playing about with the timing. I can’t really hear a separate third part.
I really like his playing and the reel which sounds to be ‘new mown meadows’ as stated on the site is a lovely session tune.

Re: Scatter the Mud question

Sounds like the regular two part Scatter the Mud to me.

Just learned this one today from banjo legend Brian McGrath. Great, simple tune.

I edited the tune to show ‘Scatter The Mud’ as the primary name for this tune. If this bothers anyone apparently it can be changed back just as easily.

This goes really good with the Lilting Banshee!

Scatter The Mud, X:7

I’ve heard some lovely performances of this old jig set in E dorian from the likes of Mirella Murray and Fiachra O’Regan—the latter just last night here in Nashville. This setting comes pretty straight from the solo box playing of Charlie Piggot on his wonderful recording with Gerry Harrington "The New Road". Note the alternate endings of the B part.