Annotation:Candy Kid
X:1 T:Candy Kid Straight Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Straight Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 113, p. 25) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (3g/f/e/d (3e/d/^c/ d/c/|=c/B/A/G/ F/E/D/C/|(B,/D/)E/G/ (B/d/)e/g/|a/b/a/f/ d/^d/e/f/| (3g/f/e/d (3e/d/^c/ (d/c/)|=c/B/A/G/ F/E/D/C/|B,/D/G/B/ c/e/a/g/|1 f/d/e/f/ gd:|2 f/d/e/f/ gz|| |:b2g2|g/f/e/g/ d/c/B/d/|e/f/g/e/ d/B/c/A/|B/A/G/B/ Ad| b2g2|e/c/A/c/ e/g/f/e/|d/B/G/B/ D/^D/E/F/|GBGz:|]
CANDY KID. American, 'Straight Jig' (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. A 'straight jig' was a duple time tune meant as an accompaniment to a solo dance. 'Straight jig' differentiates it from the 6/8 time Irish jig.
