Annotation:Jig (77)
X:1 T:Untitled T:Jig [77] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 3, No. 267) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. K:G f|gdd d2c|BGG GAB|cBc BdB|cAA A2f| gdd d2c|BGG GAB| cBc Adc|BGG G2|| f|gdg ga/b/g|fdf fg/a/f|gfg bag|fdd d2g| ece ef/g/e|dBd dgB|cBc Adc|BGG G2||
JIG [77]. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Thus untitled jig is contained in Book III (no. 267) of the 1883 music manuscript collection of Country Leitrim musician biography:Stephen Grier." Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find "Jig [77]" to be a member of a tune family that is cognate primarily in the first strain, with more variation in the second strains (a common occurrence). Other tunes they have identified as related include "Boys of the Town (2) (The)," "Boys of the West (1)," "Humors of Glynn (3)," "Six Mile Bridge (2)" and "Trip to the Ferry."
