Annotation:Hole in the Coat (The)

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HOLE IN THE COAT, THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was titled by Bill Black soon after his source played the unnamed jig, then happened to tell a story about an IRA member, one Malachy Brennan, who escaped a British ambush unscathed, but lost a good overcoat in the process.

Source for notated version: Boston musician Larry Reynolds [Black].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 305, p. 163.

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