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X:1 T:Stagger the Buck M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 159, no. 854 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G D|GBG AGE|Tc2c TB2d|GBG AGE|EAA AGE| GBG AGE|(B/c/d)(e/f/ {a}g)fe|dBG AGE|(DG)G G2:| |:G|Gge dBG|Tc2c TB2d|Gge dBG|EAA AGE| Gge dBG|(B/c/d)(e/f/ {a}g)fe|dBG AGE|(DG)G G2:|

STAGGER THE BUCK (Tiob an Fiad). AKA and see "Be Easy You Rogue," “Big Bow Wow,” "Priest Avourneen," "Priest with the Collar (The)," "Tá an coileach ag fógairt an lae (2)," "When the Cock Crows it is Day (3)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Stagger the Buck" is a member of a large tune family whose most famous members are piper Séamus Ennis's "When the Cock Crows it is Day (3)" and "Stop You Rogue." See also the related single jig “Be Easy You Rogue.”

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the playing partners of Chicago police Sergeant James Early and John McFadden, a piper and fiddler from adjoining counties in the province of Connaght [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 173, p. 41. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 854, p. 159. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 115, p. 34.

See also listing at :
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]

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