Anyone, can ye give me directions to this tune and the ABC’s please?
'tanks,
Eric T
Does this seem right?
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/IKE_IM.htm#I’M_READY_NOW
I’M READY NOW (Taim Raid Anois). AKA and see “Is Trua gan Peata an Mhaoir agam [1],” “Mulvey’s Reel,” "Our House at Home,” “Patha Gal Do Vaher,” “Your Mother’s Fair Pet.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AA’B (O’Neill/1850): AA’BB’ (O’Neill/Krassen). See note for “Our House at Home.” O’Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 125. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 19031979; No. 1362, pg. 254. Shanachie 78030, Danú – “Think Before You Think” (2000).
X:1
T:I’m Ready Now
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1362
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ed | cAAB cded | cAGE EDDB | cBAB cdeg |1 fdec dfed :|2 fdec d2 ||
de | f2 fa e2 eg | fded cAAg | f2 fa e2 eg | fdec d2 de | f2 fa e2 eg |
fded cAAg | f3 f eaag | fdec d2 ||
This is the main entry in the Fiddler’s Companion:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/OP_OZ.htm
OUR HOUSE AT HOME (Ar dTigh sa Baile). AKA and see “I’m Ready Now,” “Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir agam [1],” “Mulvey’s Reel,” “Peata Beag is a Mhathair,” “Peata Geal do Mhathar/Matar,” “Your Mother’s Fair Pet.” Irish, Reel. D Major (Greir): A Major (Sutherland). The tune appears in the late 19th century collection of Alex Sutherland of County Leitrim under the title “Mulvey’s Reel.” Another County Leitrim collection from the same era, the Stephen Grier collection, gives the tune under the “Our House at Home” title. Piper William Mulvey inherited the Grier collection after the latter’s death, according to Brian McNamara. Variants of the tune include “Is Trua gan Peata an Mhaoir agam” (Petrie), “Your Mother’s Fair Pet” (Joyce/Petrie), and “I’m Ready Now” (O’Neill). Drumlin Records, Brian McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream” (2000. Learned from the Sutherland collection).
So what I gave you is a variant and might not be what you want. I think the best thing is for you to go to the website I gave above and then look at the variations to see if one of them is what you want.
This is what Brian McNamara says about the version he plays on his A Piper’s Dream CD:
"10. Reels: Satin Slipper / Our House at Home / Jackson’s Hi Ho
Ríleanna: An Slipéar Sróil / Ar dTigh sa Baile / Hi Ho Sheáin
(Trad. Arr. Brian McNamara)
The settings of all three reels played here were learned from the manuscript of Alex Sutherland.
The first reel The Satin Slipper also appears in O’Neill’s 1850 collection. The fifth volume of ‘Ceol Rince na hÉireann’ edited by Jackie Small features two settings of this tune; a setting taken from Brendan Breathnach’s collection ‘An Cnuasacht Iomlán den Cheol Damhsa’, and a second setting notated from a 1949 Radio Éireann recording of the great Sligo fiddle player Paddy Killoran.
The second tune appears as ‘Mulvey’s reel’ in the key of A-major in Sutherland’s collection but is also included in the Grier manuscript under the title Our House at Home in the key of D-major. It was locally named after piper William Mulvey who had inherited Grier’s manuscript after the latter’s death. A variant of this tune is known as ‘Is Trua gan Peata an Mhaoir agam’ as found in Petrie and Joyce’s collection and as ‘Your Mother’s Fair Pet’ and ‘I’m Ready Now’ in O’Neill’s 1001.
Jackson’s Hi Ho is one of many tunes associated with the Gentleman piper Walker Jackson from Limerick (1700s). Thirteen tunes were published by Jackson in his collection ‘Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes’ in 1780, however many more tunes incorporate his name. Jackson’s Hi Ho was a very popular tune with fiddle players in the south Leitrim area and is also included in the Fermanagh manuscript collection of Patrick Gunn.
Brian (Uilleann Pipes pitched in ‘D’), Deirdre (Concertina), Jens (Guitar).