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X:1
T:Jack in the Garret
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d/B/ | AFD DED | GFE FGA | B3 AGF | GFG EdB |
AFD DED | GFE FGA | Bcd ABG | FGF D2 :|
|: A | dcd efg | fed edc | dcd efg | fdB B2A |
dcd efg | fed edc | Bcd ABG | FGE D2 :|
|: f/g/ | afd ded | gfe fga | b3 agf | gfg efg |
afd ded | gfe fga | Bcd efg | fge d2 :|
xJACK IN THE GARRET. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kennedy): AABBCC (O'Farrell). Kennedy prints two of O'Farrell's three parts, omitting O'Farrell's first strain.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - According to Hugh and Lisa Shields[1], James Goodman (1828-1896) entered the tune into his manuscript, having obtained it from the music manuscript collections of Seán Ó Dálaigh (John O'Daly, 1800-1878), the great nineteenth-century scribe; compiler and collector of manuscripts; editor; anthologist; publisher of Gaelic verse and stories and founder of societies for the publication of Gaelic literature, best-known today for his volume Poets and Poetry of Munster (1849). O’Daly was born in the Sliabh gCua area of west Waterford and was, like Goodman, a teacher of Irish.
Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music if Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 74, p. 19. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 89.
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