Annotation:Joe O'Dowd's Jig

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 JOE O'DOWD'S JIG. AKA and see "Brendan Tonra's," "Eleanor Keanes," "Tonra's," "Tonra's Jig." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition has been attributed to Sligo fiddler Joe O'Dowd, but is actually a composition by Brendan Tonra, who spent many years in Boston.  Source for notated version: John Vesey (Phila., Pa.) [DeMarco & Krassen].  Printed sources: DeMarco & Krassen (A Trip to Sligo), 1978; pp. 27, 41, 55.  Recorded sources: Shanachie SH29009, Andy McGann - "It's a Hard Road to Travel."

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