Annotation:Fig for a Kiss (2) (A)

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 FIG/FEG FOR A KISS [2], A. AKA and see "Dublin Boys (The)," "Dublin Streets," "Two in a Gig." Scottish, English; Jig (9/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A distanced variant of "Fig for a Kiss (1) (A)." John Glen (1891) states the earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (appears as "A Feg for a Kiss"). Bremner's version is identical to that printed by Preston. Kennedy gives the alternate title "Two in a Gig."  Source for notated version: copied from Preston's Selections of Reels and Country Dances (London, 1768) [O'Neill].  Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 74. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 21, p. 6. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 200.  Recorded sources:

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