Annotation:Munster Jig (1) (The)
X:1 T:Munster Jig [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Deloughery - Sliabh Luachra on Parade (1980, No. 19) N:From the playing of Terry Teahan Z:Patrick Cavanagh K:G A|GFG AGA | Bdd gdB | GAB cBA | BGE GED | GFG AGA | Bdd gdB | cBA BGE | AGG G2:| |:d|gfg efg | afa edB | gfg efg | afd def | gfe agf | gfe fdB | cBA BGE | AGG G2:||
MUNSTER (JIG) [1], THE. AKA and see "Best in the Bag (The)," "Green Fields of Miltown," "Happy Mistake (The)," "Jackson's Mistake," "Jim O'Connor's," "John Blessing's Delight," "King Jig (The)," "King of Jigs," "Miss Monroe’s Jig," "Mrs. Monroe’s (1), ," "Mrs. Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Spens Monroe/Monro's Jig." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Moylan): AABB (Deloughery). The melody can be traced to "Mrs. Spens Monroe," printed in Glasgow by James Aird in the late 18th century. The tune (as "Munster Jig") was in the repertoire of influential Sliabh Luachra fiddler Pádraig O'Keeffe (1887-1963), who passed it on to his student, Dennis Murphy (1910-1974). Sliabh Luachra accordion player Johnny O'Leary (1923-2004) paired "Munster Jig (1)" with with "Cailleach an Airgid." Compare also with 19th century County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman's "Humors of Glenath", and, in the first strain, "Caravat Jig (The)."
