Darby Gallagher’s jig

Also known as Gallagher’s March, Hiudai Gallagher’s March, Hudie Gallagher’s March, John Doherty’s.

There are 20 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with James Byrne’s (lots of times), Mickey Docherty’s (a few times), The Wedding (a few times), Grania’s Welcome Home (a few times) and Welcome Home Grainne (a few times).

Darby Gallagher’s has been added to 1 tune set.

Darby Gallagher's has been added to 120 tunebooks.

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Two settings

X: 1
T: Darby Gallagher's
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amix
cBA ecA|fed cBA|def gfg|~B3 Bed|
cBA ecA|fed cBA|c2e dBG|1 ABA Aed:|2 ABA Afg||
|:agf gfe|fed cBA|def gfg|~B3 Bfg|
agf gfe|fed cBA|c2e dBG|1 ABA Afg:|2 ABA Aed||

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X: 2
T: Darby Gallagher's
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amix
!fermata!e2d|:cBA eAA|fed cBA|def gfg|
"1"BcB Bed|cBA ecA|fed cBA|
~c2e dBG|1 ABA Aed:|2 ABA A2a||
|:afa geg|fed cBA|def gfg|
BcB B2a|afa geg|fed cBA|
~c2e dBG|1 ABA A2a:|2 ABA Aed||
P: Variation
"1" BcB Bcd | e3 ef^g | aed cBA |

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Three comments

Darby Gallagher’s

John Doherty recorded this on "Bundle and Go" and called it Hudie Gallagher’s March.

Different tune

The tune posted here should not be confused with the totally different jig in D titled ‘Darby Gallagher’ appearing on page 110 of Josephine Keegan’s 2004 tune collection "A Drop in the Ocean".

Darby Gallagher’s, X:2

From John’s playing. Randal Bays and Joel Bernstein called this after John. The original title was the Highlander’s Jig: http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Highlander%27s_Jig It was also entered here as the Widow’s Rant: https://thesession.org/tunes/13898

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