X:1
T:Trip to the Furze
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:Goodman includes the tune in his section “Jackson’s Airs”
N:The tune should be set in 9/8.
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 4)
B:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-1666.8126%2C3523.3959%2C9934.2577%2C3784.7937
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|cea cea|c2A cAc|d2f ecA|cea cea|
c2A BGG|B2c dBG::G2g f/g/af|e/f/ge {g}fed|
f/g/af {a} gec|f2g f/g/af|e/f/ge {g}fed|cec dBG:|
|:aAA eAA|c2A cAc|d2f ed/c/B/A/|aAA eAA|
c2A BGG|B2c dBG::d2g f/g/af|e/f/ge fed|
f/g/af gec|G2g f/g/af|e/f/ge {g}fed|cec dBG:|]
TRIP TO THE FURZE. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is attributed by County Cork Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (1828-1896) to the famous 18thcentury uilleann piper Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. The tonic note could be either 'A' or 'G'.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - James Goodman music manuscript collection vol. 4, mid-19th century; pp. 3-4.
