Saturday 22 February 2025
Tune of the Day: Geese in the Bog
Traditional Irish jig
This jig first appears in the large mid-19th-century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.
Famed County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded a two part version of the tune in the 78 RPM era (the first half of the 20th century), as did Paddy Killoran. There are many alternate titles and close relatives: Goodman gives a version as “The Humors of Limerick”, Dickman as “The Piper's Frolic”, Hudson as “Jackson's Coola”, and Holden as “Twice Tricked”.