Sheet Music: Crabs in the Skillet

TitleCrabs in the Skillet
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG minor
RangeD4–A5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time1:00
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2025-05-25
Last updated2025-05-25
Download popularity index☆☆☆☆☆ 6.7 (very popular)
Categories
Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Sunday 25 May 2025

Tune of the Day: Crabs in the Skillet

Traditional Irish jig

This jig is taken from Patrick Weston Joyce's Ancient Irish Music, published in Dublin in 1873. Joyce writes that he noted the tune in 1854 from James Buckley, “a Limerick piper, who stated his belief that the tune belonged to the county Clare”.

Elias Howe (1867) directs “A little slower than jig time”, indicating that perhaps the tune was originally an air.

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