The Rolling Waves jig

Also known as The Humours Of Trim, The Rolling Wave.

There are 78 recordings of this tune.
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The Rolling Waves appears in 3 other tune collections.

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Twenty-two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF DED|D2d cAG|FEF FED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|FEF cAd|A2F GFE|
D2d cAd|fed cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
2
X: 2
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:~F3 DED|D2d cAG|FAF DED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|FAF GEA|
D2d cAd|fed cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
3
X: 3
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FEF D3|D2 d cAG|FEF D3|AAF GFE|
FEF D3|D2 d cAG|E F2 G3|(4AcAF GFE:|
D2 d cAd|cAd cAG|F2 d cAG|A2 F GFE|
D2 d cAc|ded cAG|(4FGAF GBG|AAF GFE|
D2 d cAd|cAd cAG|F2 d cAG|FAF GFE|
D2 d cde|(4gfed cAG|E F2 G3|A2 F GFE||
4
X: 4
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
dc|BcB GBG|GBg fdc|BcB GBG|dGB cBA|
~B3 GBG|GBg fdc|~B3 ~c3|dDB cBA:|
|:Geg fdg|fdg fdc|Bdg fdc|~B3 cBA|
Geg fda|bag fdc|~B3 ~c3|dGB cBA:|
5
X: 5
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
~F3 DED|D2 d cAG|~F3 DED|A2 F GFE|
~F3 DED|D2 d cAG|F/G/AF GBG|A2 F GFE:|
D2 d cAd|cAd cAG|F2 d cAd|A2 F GFE|
D2 d cAd|fed cAG|F/G/AF GBG|A2 F GFE||
Added .
6
X: 6
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:~F3 DED|D2d cAG|~F3 DED|A2F GFE|
~F3 DED|D2d cAG|~F3 ~G3|A2F GFE:|
|:D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAF|A2F GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|~F3 ~G3|A2F GFE:|
7
X: 7
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A|:FEF DED D2d cAG|FEF FED A2F GFE|
FEF DED D2d cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd cAd cAG|F2d cAd A2F GFE|
[1D2d cAc ded cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE:|
[2D2d cAd fed cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE||
8
X: 8
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FEF D2d cAG|F2D AGF GFE|FEF D2d cAG|~F2A ~G2B AFE|
FEF D2d cAG|F2D AGF GFE|FEF D2d cAG|~F2A ~G2B AFE||
D2d cAd cAG|F2d A2F GFE|D2d cAc ded|~F2A ~G2B AFE|
D2d cAd cAG|F2d A2F GFE|D2d cAd fed|~F2A ~G2B AFE||
9
X: 9
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF DED|D2d cAG|FF/F/F FED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FF/F/F GFG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|FF/F/F GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|FF/F/F GFG|A2F GFE:|
10
X: 10
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:FEF DED|D2d cAG|FEF DED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|A2F GFE|
D2d cAd|fed cAG|FAF GBG|A2F GFE:|
11
X: 11
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF D3|D2d cAG|F3 D3|A2F GFE|
F3 D3|D2d cAG|Fc/A/F Gc/A/G|A2F GFE:|
|:D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|Fc/A/F GFE|
D2d cAd|g/f/ed cAG|Fc/A/F Gc/A/G|A2F GFE|
D2d cAd|cAG EFG|F2d cAG|AF/G/A GFE|
D2d cAd|fed cAG|Fc/A/F Gc/A/G|AF/G/A GFE||
12
X: 12
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BAB G3|G2g fdc|BF/G/B G3|d2B cBA|
BF/G/B G3|G2g fdc|BF/G/B cBc|d2B cBA:|
|:G2g fdg|fdg fdc|B2g fdc|BF/G/B cBA|
G2g fdg|bag fdc|BF/G/B cBc|d2B cBA|
G2g fdg|fdc ABc|B2g fdc|dB/c/d cBA|
G2g fdg|bag fdc|BF/G/B cBc|dB/c/d cBA||
13
X: 13
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FGF DED|D2d cAG|FGF DED|A2F GFE|
FGF DED|D2d cAG|FGF GFG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|A2F GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|FGF GFG|A2F GFE:|
14
X: 14
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF D3|D2d cAG|E ~F2 DED|~A2F GFE|
FEF D3|D2d cAG|FAD GBd|~A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|~F2 d cAG|~A2F GFE|
D2 A cde|(3gfe d cAG|FAD GBd|~A2F GFE:|
15
X: 15
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FEF DED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FEF GFG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|~F3 GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|FEF GFG|A2F GFE:|
16
X: 16
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF D3|D2d cAG|FEF D3|A2F GFE|
FEF D3|D2d cAG|F3 GFG|A2F GFE:|
|:D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAG|F3 GFE|
D2d cAd|g/f/ed cAG|F3 GFG|A2F GFE|
D2d cAd|cAG EFG|F2d cAG|AF/G/A GFE|
D2d cAd|g/f/ed cAG|FEF GFG|AF/G/A GFE||
17
X: 17
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
"D"FEF DED|D2d "A"cAG|"D"FEF DED|"A"A2F GFE|
"D"FEF DED|D2d "A"cAG|"D"FEF "G"GFG|"G"A2F "A"GFE:|
"D"D2d "A"cAd|cAd cAG|"D"F2d cAG|~F3 "A"GFE|
"D"D2d "A"cde|fed "A(G)"cAG|"D/F#m"FEF "G"GFG|"D/A"A2F "A7"GFE:|
18
X: 18
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FEF ~D3|{A} D2d .cAG|FEF ~D3|A2F GFE|
FEF ~D3|{A} D2d .cAG|~F3 ~G3|(3.A.c.A F GFE|
FEF ~D3|{A} D2d .cAG|E~F2 ~D3|(3.A.c.A F GFE|
FEF ~D3|{A} D2d .cAG|(3FGA F GBG|A{B}A F GFE||
{A}D2d cAd|cAd cAG|~F2 d .cAG|~A2F GFE|
{A}D2d cAd|ded cAG|(3FGA F GBG|~A2F GFE|
{A}D2d cAd|ded cAG|~F2 d .cAG|~A2F GFE|
{A}D2d cde|(3.g.f.e .d cAG|E~F2~G3|~A2F GFE||
19
X: 19
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:FEF DED|D2d cAG|FEF DED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FAF GBG|~A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d dAF|~BAF GFE|
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|FAF GBG|~A2F GFE||
D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d dAF|~BAF GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|FAF GBG|~A2F GFE||
20
X: 20
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:~FEF DED|D2d cAG|~FEF DED|A2F GFE|
~FEF DED|D2d cAG|~FEF ~GFG|1 A2F GFE:|2 ~AGA GFE||
|:D2d cAd|cAd cAG|F2d cAF|A2F GFE|
D2d cAd|fed cAG|~FEF ~GFG|A2F GFE:|
21
X: 21
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:"D"FEF DED|"D"D2d "A"cAG|"D"FEF DED|"A"A2F "G"GFE|
"D"FEF DED|"D"D2d "A"cAG|"D"FAF "G"GBG|"D"A2F "A"GFE:|
|:"D"D2d "A"cAd|"A"cAd cAG|"D"F2d "A"cAG|"D"A2F "G"GFE|
"D"D2d "A"cAd|"D"fed "A"cAG|"D"FAF "G"GBG|"D"A2F "A"GFE:|
22
X: 22
T: The Rolling Waves
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:"D"F2 E EDE|F2 D DED|"Bm"F2 E EFA|"A7"d2e fdA|
"D"F2 E EDE|F2 D DED|"G"AFE EFA|"Bm"B3 "A7"d3:|
|:"Em"ABd e2 f|d2 cB2 A|"F#m"ABd e2 f|d2 A B3|
"G"ABd ede|fdB BAF|"A7"AFE EFA|B3 d3:|

Fifty-eight comments

Usually the titles of Irish tunes don’t have any connection to the actual content, but this one really does have the feel of rolling waves.

beautiful tune. I just learned it last night from a mandolin player - sounds just perfect at an easy-going pace.

I learned this one off a Chieftain’s album, or possibly it was a soundtrack for the documentary they scored for the Irish Horse. It didn’t come with a name attached to it then, but this tune is listed as the Humours of Trim in O’Neill’s.

The Rolling Waves, on the other hand, at least the jig as popularlized by Kevin Burke and others, goes as follies (in D maj) : |F2 E EDE|F2 D DED|F2 E EFA|d2 e fdA| etc., which also does a fair job of conveying the feel of waves.

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duh…someday I’ll learn to read the details first….

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Rolling Waves - additional discography

With reference to the Chieftains playing this tune, I have it listed as ‘The Grey Fox’.

The group Tarras have teamed the Rolling Waves with The Leitrim Fancy on their album “Walking Down Mainstreet”. They called the track ‘Calico’.

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C natural

On Kevin Crawford’s “In Good Company”, I think he plays this tune in D mixolydian i.e. with natural Cs.

Sounds pretty good.

Mícheál O’Suilleabhainn

has it on piano/harpsicchord on an album he recorded with string quatuor etc…
(sprightly version that too)

Re: Rolling Waves - additional discography

I found this tune squished in between a few other things on a Chieftains track titled ‘Sea Image’.

It helped me a lot on practicing my first ornamentations for UP. crans on D, cuts at high D…

The Rolling Waves

As played by Willy Clancy:

X:220
T:Rolling Wave, The
B:Dance Music of Willie Clancy (Dublin 1976)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
N:rough transcription only
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:D
FEF D3 | D2 d cAG | FEF D3 | AAF GFE |
FEF D3 | D2 d cAG | E F2 G3 | (4AcAF GFE :|
D2 d cAd | cAd cAG | F2 d cAG | A2 F GFE |
D2 d cAc | ded cAG | (4FGAF GBG | AAF GFE |
D2 d cAd | cAd cAG | F2 d cAG | FAF GFE |
D2 d cde | (4gfed cAG | E F2 G3 | A2 F GFE |]

From Eamon Coyne:

X: 1
T: Gan Ainm?
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
dc | BcB GBG | GBg fdc | BcB GBG | dGB cBA |
~B3 GBG | GBg fdc | ~B3 ~c3 | dDB cBA :|
|: Geg fdg | fdg fdc | Bdg fdc | ~B3 cBA |
Geg fda | bag fdc | ~B3 ~c3 | dGB cBA :|

see: https://thesession.org/discussions/18300

Request: Crawford’s version ABC score

Hello. Can anybody please post the full ABC version of the jig as recorded in the “in good company” CD?

I tried with the line posted by will CPT but I feel it’s not right. Am I wrong? 🙂

Thank you all so much

Anal, I posted a line from a different tune that’s known as the Rolling Waves. The jig from In Good Company is sometimes called the Rolling Waves, but it’s older name is Humours of Trim. And Crawford plays it in Dmix (with c naturals), rather than the D major of Jeremy’s transcription. But the D maj version is the one I hear most widely played at sessions.

Kevin’s version is more like:

X: 1
T: Humours of Trim
T: Rolling Waves
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
~F3 DED|D2 d cAG|~F3 DED|A2 F GFE|
~F3 DED|D2 d cAG|F/G/AF GBG|A2 F GFE:||
D2 d cAd|cAd cAG|F2 d cAd|A2 F GFE|
D2 d cAd|fed cAG|F/G/AF GBG|A2 F GFE||

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Now how did that happen? I put the key as Dmix (as I mentioned in my comments before the abcs. Sigh.

The point is, Crawford plays this with all c naturals. Meh.

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thank you so much for posting that!

More about crawford’s

hello,
I listened carefully and I don’t feel like it begins with a roll on F#. It seems FEF to me. Any opinions?

Thanks so much for sharing!

| F^EF ~D3 | ~ A-part, bars 1, 3 or 5

Where I like to someties take it, not necessarily ~F… The ~D3 option is given as an opportunity for various posibilities, including a cran…

Transcription Doesn’t Look Quite Right

I’ve been playing this tune recently and the ABC (and generated sheet music) listed for The Rolling Waves doesn’t look right. The dotted-crotchets (dotted 1/4 notes) are usually played with rolls, not as 3 quavers (1/8 notes). This is how it looks:

|: ~F3 DED | D2d cAG | ~F3 DED | A2F GFE | ~F3 DED | D2d cAG | ~F3 ~G3 | A2F GFE : |
|: D2d cAd | cAd cAG | F2d cAF | A2F GFE | D2d cde | fed cAG | ~F3 ~G3 | A2F GFE :|

The other Rolling Waves

I love this tune the Rolling Waves. If anyone seen “The Boys Of The County Clare”. the openning scene is a father playing alongside his three barefoot boys. It’s beautiful. Now, I’ve been made aware of another tune by the same name that sounds similar as well. Sometimes their played together. Anyone suggest an artist who recorded it?

~

“Rolls” are an option and not every musician plays them, or style requires them. there are always other options as, including not playing them at all…

“The Father”

Jim - the “father” in the opening scenes of “TB&GFTCC” is none other than our own contributer here - “Ptarmigan”. I’ll have a think about recordings of the 2 jigs and get back to you.

Ptarmigan started a thread on site here where he had YouTube links to this… I’ll see if I can find them again…

Fortunate Accident…

I like the accidentally D Major version of Crawford’s take as posted back in ’08 by Miss Lonelyhearts. The intended D Mix is nice, too, of course!

I happened to find this gan ainm in Petrie’s manuscripts, tune #155, before I heard a version of it (John & Julia Clifford’s).
Petrie transcribes it in 12/8, without any repeats notated. Looks like it’d probably be a three-part version:

X: 1
T: Petrie’s #155 (Rolling Waves/Humours of Trim)
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
A|(FE).F (DE).D D2d (cA)G|(FE).F (FE).D A2F (GF).E|
(FE).F (DE).D D2d (cA).G|(FA).F (GB).G A2.F (GF).E |
D2d (cA).d (cA).d (cA).G|F2d (cA).d A2F (GF).E|
D2d (cA).c (de).d (cA).G|(FA).F (GB).G A2F (GF).E|
D2d cAd (cA)d (cA).G|F2d (cA).d A2F (GF).E|
D2d cAd (fe).d (cA).G|FAF GBG A2F GFE|

More playably, it could look like this:

X: 1
T: Petrie’s #155
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
X: 1
T: Petrie’s #155 (Rolling Waves/Humours of Trim)
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
A|:FEF DED D2d cAG|FEF FED A2F GFE|
FEF DED D2d cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE :|:
D2d cAd cAd cAG|F2d cAd A2F GFE|[1
D2d cAc ded cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE:|[2
D2d cAd fed cAG|FAF GBG A2F GFE||

NOTE: Sorry about the doubled up headers on my post above,

Rolling Waves in a Set

Trying to put a few tunes together in a set with The Rolling Waves. All suggestions appreciated.

Strange, I was also wondering what tune goes well with this tune this morning. The best tune I thought of was Contentment is Wealth: https://thesession.org/tunes/6842 Try playing Rolling Waves after that.

Thanks for that suggestion Slainte. I tried out Contentment is Wealth and it works, but right now I’m leaning heavily towards following Rolling Waves with Out On the Ocean. There’s a posting on Youtube with these two tunes together and it has had me humming all afternoon.

Kevin Burke and Michael Domhnail

I also found the same version as Jeremy Kittel’s on a Kevin Burke album Portland called The Rolling Waves….totally different tune.

Slip jig setting of this tune

The Chieftains do a set that they call Sea Image. It includes the standard jig setting of this tune and also a slip jig setting, like so:


X:1
T: Rolling Waves [Slip Jig], The
T: Sea Image [Slip Jig]
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: Slip jig
K: D
FEF D2d cAG | F2D AGF GFE | FEF D2d cAG | ~F2A ~G2B AFE |
FEF D2d cAG | F2D AGF GFE | FEF D2d cAG | ~F2A ~G2B AFE ||
D2d cAd cAG | F2d A2F GFE | D2d cAc ded | ~F2A ~G2B AFE |
D2d cAd cAG | F2d A2F GFE | D2d cAd fed | ~F2A ~G2B AFE ||

Also, if anyone knows the name of the air they play in between, please let me know.

As a slip jig you should consider submitting it to the database on its own…

I found the original version to be strange. This is how people play it around here, the ornaments are for plectrum instruments.

X:1
T: Rolling Waves, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K:Dmaj
|:FEF DED| D2d cAG|FF/2F/2F FED|A2F GFE|
FEF DED|D2d cAG|FF/2F/2F GFG|A2F GFE:|
D2d cAd| cAd cAG|F2d cAG |FF/2F/2F GFE|
D2d cde|fed cAG|FF/2F/2F GFG|A2F GFE:|

D-mix version (setting 10)

Oops! Sorry I just noticed after publishing setting #10 that Jeremy already commented on Kevin Crawford’s version probably being D-mixolydian, and _almost_ all the same notes as Jeremy’s setting #1 !!
So, for the version I put up today I simply changed the “key” from Dmaj to Dmix, and made minor changes to notes played in bar 3 of both A and B parts. In short, all C’s are natural.

I have heard this tune played before the other Rolling Waves and then chased by Behind the Haystack

Re: The Humours Of Trim

I must admit, I’m completely baffled by the way Willie Clancy played this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLqLNbkTmo4


It’s not helped by the fact that the recording seems to “fade him up”, so it’s hard to pinpoint exactly at what point he is actually starting the tune, as opposed to commencing the drone and (possibly) playing a few ‘warm-up notes’.

If I were transcribing his playing, following his emphasis, I would start the tune on the first C sharp. He places an emphasis so it’s almost like one bar of 3 followed by a bar of 5…

When he gets to the B part he continues the emphasis on the C sharps, and that’s perfectly conventional - you can count along in straightforward 4s and it feels like any other standard B-part. Until the last bar of it that is, which seems to be extended with an extra note or two…?! Does he have irregular bar lengths at the end of the B section?

Looking at the many transcriptions above, I’m inclined to think I’m completely misinterpreting it all. But I generally trust my ears on these things, and I’ve spent enough time listening to Willie Clancy’s playing to be pretty used to his turns of phrase. Anyone else hear what I’m talking about and can point me on the right track?

Re: The Humours Of Trim

Nigel Gatherer’s transcription is the closest to Clancy’s found here:
https://thesession.org/tunes/88#setting12619

As the recording fades in Willie starts up the pipes and tumbles into the tune - you can simply ignore the first few notes of the recording and start counting with the FEF D3 | D2 - recognizing that the D3s are cranned and the D2s are not.

Re: The Rolling Waves

The one that Kittel and Kevin Burke do is on this site as “The Lonesome Jig”. Also heard it called the rolling wave…

Re: The Rolling Waves

…which they play in a set, who can tell me what is the name of the tune starting at minute 4?? Much appreciated.

Re: The Rolling Waves

Thanks a lot jeff lindqvist, I listened to a few settings of “the music in the glen” from this website but they do not seem to match with the gloaming’s version, at least to my ear they don’t. Thanks again anyway.
Nicola

Re: The Rolling Waves

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Re: The Rolling Waves

Just remember there are 2 distinct tunes called The Rolling Waves on this site. . and some listed above have the first line similar to the “other ” Rolling Waves also known as Bill The Weavers which is the subject of Kevin Burkes tutorial on youtube. There is a Radio programme on Irish Radio called The Rolling Wave and its signature tune is The Rolling Wave --no S and it is played mainly as x 9/10/15/17 above. I have not examined each to note any minor differences between these versions.

Re: Slip jig setting of this tune

The Chieftains 8, 1978 : according to the notes joined at the copy that I have :
- ’This LP is the last appearance of Michael Tubridy and Seán Potts with the group.
“Sea Image” is the track 5 of the album, a 6 mn set composed by Paddy Moloney, experimental piece in homage to the stirring power of the sea". -

In this track, the slip jig version (as written above) is preceded by a slow introduction (with part of the tune used as arrangement), followed by a slow air (sorry stanton135, I don’t know more than it’s familiar to me …) and then the jig version listed up here.

Therefore, this slip jig version is an arrangement of the jig version composed by Paddy Moloney.