Annotation:Curl the Wig

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CURL THE WIG. AKA and see "Jackson's Cassock," "Leather the Wig," "Whack at the Whigs (A)." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (Fiddle). AABB. Kennedy sets the tune in the key of G and begins it on the subdominant chord ('C'), although it could as well be set in 'C' major. See note for "annotation:Whack at the Whigs (A)" for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 13, p. 5.

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