Annotation:Jackson's Cravat

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 JACKSON'S CRAVAT (Carabat Micseoin). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Gough's Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1802. A cravat, of course, is a type of necktie, but also had meaning for faction fighters.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 40. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 900, p. 167. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 147, p. 39.  Recorded sources:

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