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Theme code Index
4323 5L123
Also known as
Bain's Favorite , Blaine's Jig , Cassey's Jig , Cosey Jigg (The) , Casey's Jig (2) , Copey's Jigg , Cossy Jigg (The) , Crags of Burren , Dwyer's Frolic , Greenfields of America (4) (The) , Humors of Newtown (1) , Jimmy O'Brien's Jig , Stone in the Field (The) , Jackson's Wife on the Road , Keg with the Tap in it (The) , Mist on the Mountain (2) (The) , Maid in the Meadow (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland, Ireland, Canada
Genre/Style
Cape Breton/PEI, Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure
AABBCC
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number
p. 23
Year of publication/Date of MS
1788
Artist
Biography:Bill Lamey
Title of recording
From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Rounder 82161-7032-2
Year recorded
2000
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Cossey's Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Mulhollan - Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 47)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
c3B3|T(AGA) BGE|(DEG) (G/A/BG)|TAGA BGE|
cec BdB|TAGA BGE|DEG TAGA|BGG G2:|
|:g3 T(edc)|Bdg dBG|g2e dBG|ecA A2d|
ge/f/g/f/ fd/e/f/d/|ecg dBG|(DEG) T(AGA)|BGG G3:|
|:(GB).d (GB).d|(Gc).e (Gc).e|(GB).d (GB).d|ecA A3|
(GB).d (GB).d|(Gc).e (ef).g|(DEG) T(AGA)|BGG G3:|
