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JOHNNY THE JUMPER (Seaganin an Leimeadoir). AKA and see "Welcome Home Gráinne (2)." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill was a fiddler originally from County Down. He was musically literate and served as Francis O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early volumes.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 74. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1107, p. 208. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 297, p. 64.

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