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Theme code Index
1236 1236L
Also known as
Best in the Bag (The) , Circle (The) , Green Fields of Miltown , Happy Mistake (The) , Jackson's Bottle of Claret , Jackson's Mistake , John Blessing's Delight , King of Jigs , King (The) , Miss Monroe’s Jig , Mrs. Monroe’s (1) , Mrs. Spens Monroe , Munster Jig (1) (The) , Sam Hyde's Quickstep , Jackson's Bottle of Claret
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABBCC'DD'
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Merry Melodies vol. 4
Tune and/or Page number
No. 210, p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1880's
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:King's Jig [2], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Z:Philippe Varlet
N:Learned in Doolin in 1979, from Roger Burridge and Davy Spillane
K:G
D|~G3 AGA|Bcd efg|~G3 AGA|BGE EDE|
~G3 AGA|Bcd efg|edB AGA|{B}AGF G2:||
|:d|~g3 efg|fd^c def|~g3 aga|bge e2 f|
~g3 aga|bge efg|edB AGA|{B}AGF G2:||
|:E|DGG BGG|AGG BGG|efg edB|AGA BGE|
DGG BGG|AGG BGG|efg edB|1 ABA G2:|2 ABA ~G3||
|:efg fBB|bag fBB|ede ~f3 | gfe ~f3 |
efg fBB|bag fBB|efg fed|1 egf e2 B:|2 egf edB||
