Rakes of Kildare

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Theme code Index	5L125 7bL547L
Also known as	Ailteoiri na Cille, Arthur McBride, Barn Door (The), Barndoor Jig (The), Cranbally Farmer (The), Fair of Drumlish (The), Galbally Farmer (The), Get Up Early, Grist Jig, Old Barn Door Jig (The), Old Barndoor (The), Let us leave that as it is, Fágamaíd Súd Mar Atá Sé, Racairaide (Na), Racairi Ua Cill-Dara, We will soon have a Devil of a Morning
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	R.M. Levey
Book/Manuscript title	Book:First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1, p. 1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1858
Artist	John J. Kimmel
Title of recording	Rakes of Kildare/Devlin's Favourite
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Columbia 230737 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1920
Media
Score (1)

Rakes of Kildare: Annotations

X:1 T:Rakes of Kildare, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderately Quick & Well Marked" B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 1, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|"A"EAA "Bm"{B}AGA|Bcd "D7"e2^f|"G"g^fg (e/f/g)e|dBA "Em"G2E| "Am"EAA {B}AGA|Bcd "D7"e2^f|"G"g^fe "Em7"dBG|"Am"A3 "Em7"A2:| |:a|"Am"aea aea|aea "D7"(b2a)|"G"{a}g^fg (e/f/g)e|dBA "Em"G2a| "A"aea "G/B"aea|"Am/C"aea "D7"(b2a)|"G"g^fe "Em7"dBG|"Am"A3 "Em7"A2a| "Am"{b}aea {b}aea|{b}aea "D7"(b2a)|"G"{a}g^fg (e/f/g)e|"Em7"dBg G2E| "Am"EAA "G/B"{B}AGA|"Am/C"Bcd "D7"(e2^f)|"G"g^fe "Em7"dBG|"Am"A3 A2:|]

X:1 T:Rakes of Kildare, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderately quick and well marked" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1859, No. 107, p. 49) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|EAA {B}AGA|Bcd e2^f|g^fg (e/f/g)e|dBA G2E| EAA {B}AGA|Bcd e2^f|g^fed BG|A3 A2:| |:a|{b}aea {b}aea|{b}aea (b2a)|{a}g^fg (e/f/g)e|dBg G2E| EAA {B}AGA|Bcd (e2f)|g^fed BG|A3 A2:|]

X:1 T:It was in the year 1804 M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 2, p. 120. Mid-19th century, County Cork N:Goodman appears to have crossed out the title on the N:ms. page, and perhaps recognized it as a mistake. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G A|A2G/G/ G2F/G/|AGA f2z|fef dfd|cAF G2A| A/A/ GG GFG|AGA f2 e/f/|g2d dcA|G3 G3|| g|gdg gdg|fef d2e|fef dfd|cAF G2A| A/A/ GG GFG|AGA f2 e/f/|g2d dcA|G3 G3||

X:1 T:The Rakes of Kildare M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 157, no. 847 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G D|D2G {A}GFG|ABc d2e|=fef ded|cAG F3| DGG {A}GFG|ABc d2e|=fed cA^F|G3 G2:| |:d|{a}gfg def|gfg a2g|=fef ded|cAG F2d| {a}gfg def|gfg a2g|=fed cA^F|G3 G2:|]

X:1 T:Rakes of Kildare, The R:jig Z:id:hn-jig-145 M:6/8 K:Ador EAA AGA|Bcd e2f|gfg ege|dBG G2F| EAA AGA|Bcd e2f|gfe dBG|1 ABA A2G:|2 ABA A2a|| aea aea|aea b2a|gfg ege|dBG G2a| aea aea|aea b2a|gfe dBG|ABA A2a| aea aea|aea b2a|gfg ege|dBG G2F| EAA AGA|Bcd e2f|gfe dBG|ABA A2G|| P:Variations |:EAA AGA|Bcd e2f|~g3 age|dBA BAG| EAA AGA|Bcd e2f|gfe dBG|1 ABA A2G:|2 ABA A2e|| ~a3 efg|~a3 b2a|~g3 e/f/ge|dBG G2e| ~a3 efg|~a3 b2a|gfe dBG|ABA A2e| ae^c A^ce|~a3 b2a|~g3 ege|dBA BAG| EAA AGA|Bcd eaf|gfe dBG|ABA A2G||

Rakes of Kildare: Annotations