Rakes of Kilkenny (The)
X:1 T:Rakes of Kilkenny M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:The tune is a slip jig and should have been set in 9/8 time. B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 104, p. 40) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DDD DBG|FAF DDD|DBG Acd|DDD DBG| FAF GEG|=cA/B/c/A/ GEc::dcd DdB|AGF dcd| dfa gfe|fdf edc|dcB AGF|=cA/B/c/A/ GFE:|]
X:1
T:Rakes of Kilkenny
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:The tune was set in 6/8 time by Hime, but it is a
N:slip jig and should be in 9/8 time.
B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before
B:Printed with Basses (Dublin, 1804, No. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f8.image
K:D
DDD DBG|FAF DDD|DBG Acd|DDD DBG|FAF GEG|=c(A/B/c/A/) GEC:|
|:dcd DdB|AGF dcd|dfa gfe|gdg edc|dcB AGF|=c(A/B/c/A) GEC:|]
X:1
T:Rakes of Kilkenny
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
AAA dfd cec | AAA dfd fga |
AAA dfd cec | BGG gfe dBG :|
|: aga (f/g/)af g2e | aga (f/g/)af ecA |
aga (f/g/)af g2d | BGG gfe dBG :|]
X:2
T:Rakes of Kilkenny (Irish)
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
Q:"Allegretto"
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 29)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
DDD DBG FAF|DDD DBG Acd|
DDD DBG FAF|GEG =cA/B/c/A/ GEC:|
|:dcd DdB AGF|dcd dfa gfe|
fdf edc dcB|AGF =cA/B/c/A/ BGE:|]
X:1
T:Jackson’s Rakes of Kilkenny
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 6)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834
N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.”
N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland.
N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’
N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DDD DBG FAG|DDD DBG Bcd|DDD DBG FAF|GEG =cBA GEC:|
d^cd DBG AGF|dcd dfa gfe|fdf ece dcB|AGF (A/B/=c)A GEC|
dcd DBG AGF|dcd dfa gfe|fdf ece dcB|AGF (A/B/=c)A GEC||
X:3
T:Rakes of Kilkenny
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 16, p. 5)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DDD DBG FAF|DDD DBG Acd|
DDD DBG FAF|GEG =cA/B/c/A/ GE^C:|
|:dcd DdB AGF|dcd dfa gfe|
fdf edc dcB|AGF =cA/B/c/A/ GE^C:|]
X:4
T:Rakes of Kilkenny
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DDD DBG FAF | DDD DBG Acd |
DDD DBG FAF | GEG =cGc BG^C :|
|: dcd DdB AGF | dcd dfa gfe |
fdf edc dcB | AGF =cAc GFE :|]