Annotation:From the New Country

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 FROM THE NEW COUNTRY. AKA and see "Swallowtail Jig (2)" (the Irish title), "Swallow's Nest (1)." English, Irish; Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard identifies this tune as another version of the "protean 'Welcome Home' family."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Harding Collection, 1915. Harding's Original Collection, 1928; No. 175. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 122.  Recorded sources:

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