King Of The Pipers
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"King of the Pipers" (Gaelic: "Rig na Piobairide" or "Rí na bPíobairí"), also<br> known as “The Farting Badger”, “The Kilraine Jig” and “McSweeney’s Jig” is an<br> Irish double jig in D Major/Mixolydian.<br> O’Neill thought it “quite probable” that the melody had originally been a clan march.<br> “King of the Pipers” is a common tune in County Donegal, where two different<br> versions are played. “The Farting Badger” title was specific to the Teelin<br> region of County Donegal (which was known for good fiddlers in the 1920-30s).<br> “McSweeney's Jig” is named for the famous Donegal uilleann piper and fiddler<br> Tarlach McSweeney.<br> Some fiddlers play it with drone harmony imitating the pipes.<br> It was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and a<br> number of more recent collections of fiddle tunes.<br> It was recorded by Seán Keane, Mick Moloney, Tommy Peoples and others.<br> I learned it from Mick Moloney's album with Eugene O'Donnell.<br>
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