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Cis Ni Liathain slide

Also known as Cis Liathain, Cis Ní Liatháin, Ciss Lennon, Ciss Lennon’s, Cissy Lennon’s, The Crate Of Grilse, Paddy McFadden, Paddy McFadden Vick Phawdeen, Paddy McFadden’s.

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

Cis Ni Liathain appears in 4 other tune collections.

Cis Ni Liathain has been added to 4 tune sets.

Cis Ni Liathain has been added to 38 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: Cis Ni Liathain
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:c2 d|e2 A ABA e2 f g2 f|e2 A ABA G2 A Bcd|
e2 A ABA e2 f g2 f|efe d2 B A2 B:|
|:c2 d|e2 a a2 g e2 f g2 f|e2 a a2 g e2 d BB/c/d|
e2 a a2 g e2 f g2 f|efe dcB A3:|
2
X: 2
T: Cis Ni Liathain
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:g|e2 A ABA e3 g2 f|e2 A ABA G3 B2 d|
e2 A ABA e2 f g2 f|efe d2 B B2 A A2:|
|:d|e2 a a2 g e2 f g3|e2 a a2 g e2 d B2 d|
e2 a a2 g e2 f g2 f|efe d2 B B2 A A2:|
3
X: 3
T: Cis Ni Liathain
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:g|e2 A AcA e2 f g2 e|d2 B GAG B2 c d2 g|
e2 A AcA e2 f g2 e|d2 B G2 B A3 A2:|
|:e|a2 e efe a2 b c’2 a|g2 e ded d2 e g2 b|
a2 e efe a2 b c’2 a|g2 e d2 B A3 A2:|
4
X: 4
T: Cis Ni Liathain
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
M:6/8
|:g/f/|e2 A ABA|e2 f g2 f|e2 A ABA|G2 A Bcd|
e2 A ABA|e2 f g2 f|efe e2 d|1 B2 A A2:|2 B2 A A3||
|:e2 a a2 g|e2 f g2 f|e2 a a2 g|e2 d Bcd|
e2 a a2 g|e2 f g2 f|efe e2 d|1 B2 A A3:|2 B2 A A2||

Seven comments

"Paddy McFadden’s Slide"

This follows on from this ~

Discussion: Identify slide
# Posted on May 4th 2008 by Pere
~ /discussions/17659

Here are some more ways with it:

X: 2
T: Paddy McFadden’s
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Ador
|: g |\
e2 A ABA e3 g2 f | e2 A ABA G3 B2 d |
e2 A ABA e2 f g2 f | efe d2 B B2 A A2 :|
|: d |\
e2 a a2 g e2 f g3 | e2 a a2 g e2 d B2 d |
e2 a a2 g e2 f g2 f | efe d2 B B2 A A2 :|

& something with quite a difference in the B-part ~

The Fiddler’s Companion ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/
Paddy McFadden
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PAA_PAP.htm#PADDY_McFADDEN_[3]

X: 3
T: Paddy McFadden Vick Phawdeen
S: James Goodman manuscripts, mid-1800s
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: single jig / slide
K: ADor
|: g |\
e2 A AcA e2 f g2 e | d2 B GAG B2 c d2 g |
e2 A AcA e2 f g2 e | d2 B G2 B A3 A2 :|
|: e |\
a2 e efe a2 b c’2 a | g2 e ded d2 e g2 b |
a2 e efe a2 b c’2 a | g2 e d2 B A3 A2 :|

"Paddy McFadden’s" ~ "Breandan Breathnach: Ceol Rince na hEireann I"

~ with minor adjustments ~

X: 4
T: Paddy McFadden’s
T: Cis Ní Liatháin
S: "Breandan Breathnach: Ceol Rince na hEireann I"
L: 1/8
M: 6/8
R: single jig / slide
K: Ador
|: g/f/ |\
e2 A ABA | e2 f g2 f | e2 A ABA | G2 A Bcd |
e2 A ABA | e2 f g2 f | efe e2 d | B2 A A2- :|
|: A |\
e2 a a2 g | e2 f g2 f | e2 a a2 g | e2 d Bcd |
e2 a a2 g | e2 f g2 f | efe e2 d | B2 A A2- :|

‘leisurely pace’ ~ I like the sound of that. Do you have a different take on it? The James Goodman’s transcription is quite different, in an interesting way…

I play it pretty much like your second comment in the thread. The Goodman one looks interesting, but I admit to being a bit intimidated by that c’.

Thanks for the chuckle TDM… ~ c’