Annotation:John Blessing's Delight

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 JOHN BLESSING'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Best in the Bag (The)," "King (The)," "King's Jig (The)," "Miss Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Monroe (1)," "Mrs. Spens Monroe," "Munster Jig (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Blessing was a latter-20th century flute player from near Mohill, County Leitrim. The tune however, was first published under the title "Mrs. Spens Munro's Jig" by Glasgow publisher James Aird, in his Selections of Scotch, Irish, English and Foreign Airs, vol. IV (1782).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Treoir, 1991  Recorded sources: GTD Heritage Trad. HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle."  See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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