Jig, A, traditional Irish
Also known as: An Irishman’s Heart To The Ladies; Sweet Biddy Daly
Recordings
- Video – Alex Sturbaum: Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies / Hills of Glenorchy / When the Cock Crows It Is Day (feat. Vienna Scheyer) – fiddle (Vienna Scheyer) with guitar backing (Alex Sturbaum)
- Video – Comhaltas: Health to the Ladies – from the album Foinn Seisiún 2: Traditional Irish Session Tunes
- Video – Liz Faiella: Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies – fiddle with backing and second-fiddle harmony.
Sheet Music
As always for traditional tunes, the musical notation and chords do not indicate the “right” way to play the tune, but are a useful reference.
Sheet music and play-along tracks will be added here.
Sets
Examples of sets that include this tune.
- The Rose in the Heather (D) / The Orphan (E Dorian) / Health to the Ladies (A)
- Health to the Ladies / The Rollicking Boys of Tandragee
References and Resources
For those who want to dig deeper, here are some other resources.
- More Recordings
- Video – Ashley Ashworth: Hardiman’s Fancy / Saddle the Pony / Health to the Ladies – button accordion with guitar backing. From the album Beyond the Green. (Health to the Ladies starts at time 1:55 in this recording.)
- Video – The Whistler: Health to the Ladies (Jig) – solo tin whistle
- Books
- Book – Foinn Seisiún, Volume 2 — Published by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
- Book & audio – Grey Larsen: 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments
- Lessons
- Lesson – Liz Faiella: How to Play Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies – video fiddle lesson. Taught phrase-by-phrase.
- Lesson – Shannon Heaton: Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies [Jig] – Tune of the Month with Shannon Heaton – video lesson on flute. Played on fiddle (Katie McNally) and flute (Shannon Heaton), then broken down phrase-by-phrase.
- Additional Resources
- Web page – The Session: Health To The Ladies (Jig) – crowdsourced transcriptions, comments, and more