Arthur Darley's
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Arthur Darley’s", also known as "The Bruckless Shore" and "The Swedish Jig" is an Irish air or<br> jig from County Donegal, Ireland.<br> It was composed by classically trained Irish musician Arthur Darley, who had an appreciation for<br> traditional music and who performed and collected it in the early 20th century. Darley, who was<br> employed as a Chruch of Ireland organist based in Bruckless (County Donegal), lived for a time in<br> Dunkineely, County Donegal, and influenced Donegal traditional fiddlers, especially John Doherty<br> and Donny O'Donnell. It is Darley himself who passed the tune to the Doherty family, with whom<br> he was on friendly terms and John Doherty was supposedly quite taken with the melody. Mac Aoidh<br> explains the origin of the alternate title, "Swedish Jig": it seems that fiddler Danny Meehan<br> returned to Donegal on vacation from London and was playing with John Doherty, when the latter<br> fiddler happened to play a tune he learned from "Mr. Darley". Meehan picked up the tune but not<br> the name and on his return to London he began playing it around. Someone voiced the opinion that<br> it sounded Scandinavian and afterwards people began to request that Meehan play "that Swedish<br> jig" and the name spread from there.<br> The second measure is in 9/8 and the rest of the tune is in 6/8. Parts A and C are in D major and<br> part B is in D minor.<br> Philippe Varlet believes that the alternate title "The Swedish Jig" first appeared on the 1978<br> LP "Lord Mayo" by the London band Le Cheile, (featuring Danny Meehan on fiddle), though he says<br> the ultimate source for that name may have been Dublin fiddler John Kelly Sr.<br> It was recorded by Paddy Glackin on Ceol ar an bhFidil le Paddy Glackin, Gerald Trimble on<br> First Flight, Mick Moloney on Strings Attached (appears as "Arthur Daley’s") and Aly Bain &<br> Phil Cunningham on The Pearl (1994) (appears as "The Swedish Jig"). <br>
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