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Hickey’s jig

Also known as Larry’s Delight, McHugh’s.

There are 7 recordings of this tune.

Hickey’s appears in 1 other tune collection.

Hickey’s has been added to 5 tune sets.

Hickey's has been added to 44 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: Hickey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A,3 FDB,|DFA BAF|E3 EDB,|A,FD EDB,|
A,3 FDB,|DFA BAF|E3 EDB,|1 A,FE DCB,:|2 A,FE Dde||
fed BAF|E3 EDB,|A,DD FAA|BAF Ede|
fed BAF|E3 EDB,|G2E FAF|EDC D2e|
fed BAF|E3 EDB,|A,DD FAA|BAF Ede|
fed e/e/ec|dAF A,DF|GFG B,DG|CEA DCB,||
2
X: 2
T: Hickey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
d2 cA BE E2|FDAD FA A2|d2 dc BAFA|Beed cABc:|
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fd edef|d2 fd edef|dBAF E2 Bc|
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fd edBc|defd edef|dBAF E2 Bc|
3
X: 3
T: Hickey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
(3ABc||d2 cd BE E2|EDAD EDFA|dBed BEEB|EBed cABc|
d2 cA BE E2|EDAD EDFA|dBed BEEB|EBed cABc||
d2 fd adfd|de fd BAFA|d2 fd adfd|Beed BAFA|
d2 fd adfd|de fd BAFA|d2 fd c2ec|B3c dAFA|
4
X: 4
T: Hickey's
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
(3FGA||B2 AB GC C2|CB,FB, CB,DF|BGcB GCCG|CGcB AFGA|
B2 AF GC C2|CB,FB, CB,DF|BGcB GCCG|CGcB AFGA||
B2 dB fBdB|Bc dB GFDF|B2 dB fBdB|GccB GFDF|
B2 dB fBdB|Bc dB GFDF|B2 dB A2cA|G3A BFDF|

Seven comments

Hickey’s

There’s another tune known by this name in the database but this is the one on Liz Doherty’s “Last Orders”.

Hickey’s (reel)

This (the jig) is not the same tune as the Hickey’s on Kitty Lie Over, which is a reel, which is listed on this site at https://thesession.org/tunes/4460

X: 1
T: Old Pensioner, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d2 cA BE E2 | FDAD FA A2 | d2 dc BAFA | Beed cABc :|
d2 fd Adfd | d2 fd edef | d2 fd edef | dBAF E2 Bc |
d2 fd Adfd | d2 fd edBc | defd edef | dBAF E2 Bc |

hope this helps,
Trish

Amazing tune

Mick O´Brien version (aprox.) “Kitty Lie over”

X: 1
T: Hickey’s
S: Mick O´Brien
L: 1/8
M: 4/4
R: reel
K: D
(3ABc||d2 cd BE E2|EDAD EDFA|dBed BEEB |EBed cABc|
|d2 cA BE E2|EDAD EDFA|dBed BEEB |EBed cABc||
d2 fd adfd | de fd BAFA | d2 fd adfd | Beed BAFA |
d2 fd adfd | de fd BAFA | d2 fd c2ec | B3c dAFA |

Mick O´Brien version Bb

X:1
T:Hickey’s
S:Mick O´Brien
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:reel
K:Bbmaj
(3FGA||B2 AB GC C2|CB,FB, CB,DF|BGcB GCCG |CGcB AFGA|
|B2 AF GC C2|CB,FB, CB,DF|BGcB GCCG |CGcB AFGA||
B2 dB fBdB | Bc dB GFDF | B2 dB fBdB | GccB GFDF |
B2 dB fBdB | Bc dB GFDF | B2 dB A2cA | G3A BFDF |

Tune title

From https://thesession.org/tunes/11897/

“Is he the “Hickey” referred to in https://thesession.org/tunes/7817 by any chance? Or is that someone else altogether.”

From the sleeve notes of Liz Doherty’s “Last Orders”:

“Derek Hickey, a great player from Adare, Co. Limerick taught me this first jig. We never did find a name for it!”

Kind of answers the question.

# Posted on April 17th 2012 by Weejie