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X:660 T: The Four Jacks S: Lee Cremo R: Other M: 2/4 L: 1/8 Z:For more tunes, discussion of the tunes, and other Z:traditional music and dance resources, go to Z:<http://tunes.nhcountrydance.com>. K: D a>g |: fd cd | BA FA | f/2f/2f/2f/2 f^e | f3 a/g/ | fd cd | BA FA | g/g/g/g/ gf | g3 g/a/ | gf ed | cB A>g | fd cd | BA Ff | e2 e^g/f/ | e2 e^g/f/ | e>e f^g |1 a2 a>a :|2 a2 |] [| AB | c2 Bc | f2 eA | d2 cd | e2 d2 | (c3 ^B) | (c3 ^B) | B2 (B^A) | B2 AB | c2 Bc | f2 eA | d2 cd | e2 dB | A2 g2 | f2 e2 | d2 d2 | d2 |]\ K: G | [| ef | g2 BA | G>A Bc | d4 | d2 ef | g2 ef | g2 fe | d4 | d2 ed | c2 Bc | A2 dc | B2 AB | G2 (cB) | A>A ^cd | e2 fg | ff/f/ f/f/f/f/ | fd ef | g2 BA | G>A Bc | d4 | d2 ef | g2 ef | g2 a2 | b2-b2 | b2 ef | g2 fg | a2 ga | b>a ge | d2 ^cd | e2 ee | f>f ff | g>g g/g/g | g2 |]



FOUR JACKS, THE. American, Canadian; March Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major ('A', 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. Composed and published in 1907 by Abe Losch, one of the many pseudonyms employed American composer wikipedia:Harry_J._Lincoln (1878-1937), of Pennsylvania. A version of this tune was in the repertoire of Cape Breton fiddler Lee Cremo.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 184, pp. 126-127.

Recorded sources : - Cremo Productions LCD9501, Lee Cremo - "The Champion Returns" (1995).




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