"Strop The Razor", also known as "Honeybees", "Leg Of The Duck", "McCarthy’s", "Petticoat Loose", "Strope The Razor" or "Tripping Up To Larne" is an Irish double jig in G major. The parts are played AABB (most versions) or AABBCC (Kennedy).
The tune is circular, especially Kennedy's, and I have added a Fine to the end.
The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898.
It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940), Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867), Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1890), Kennedy's Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours (1997), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and White's Unique Collection (1896).
It was recorded by James & John Kelly on Irish Traditional Fiddle Music.