Bill the Weaver's Jig (2)

X: 1 T:A Thousand Farewells T:Bill the Weaver's (Jig) [2] C:Sean Ryan S:Harry Bradley, Jesse Smith, and John Blake "The Tap Room Trio" Z:Hiroyuki Yamada R:jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 T: 10,000 Farewells Z: Contributed 20050225131544 by Hiroyuki Yamada slainte_mha@infoseek.jp K: Dmaj e|dAF ~E3|DB,A, A,B,D|FEF BAF|dAF EFA| dAF ~E3|DB,A, A,B,D|~F3 BAF|EDC D2:| e|dcd fef|afd edA|BAF DFA|BAF EFA| dcd ~f3|afd edA|BdB AFA|Bdc d2:|

 BILL THE WEAVER'S JIG [2]. AKA and see "A Thousand Farewells." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Named for concert flute and tin whistle player Bill Murphy (father of fiddlers Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford), called "Bill the Weaver" because his mother and father were both weavers. However, the jig is originally a Seán Ryan composition called "A Thousand Farewells." Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Printed source: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 211, pp. 121-122. __NORICHEDITOR__