Annotation:Irish Gimblet
X:24 T:Irish Gimblet. Roose.0059 M:9/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 B:John Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project. Steve Mansfield, 2019 K:G c |: (B/c/d)!wedge!B G2B G2c | (B/c/d)!wedge!B A2B cBA | (B/c/d)!wedge!B G2B G2f | g2A A2B cBA :| |: g2g gfe d2d | g2g g2a b3 | bag agf gfe | (f/g/a)!wedge!A A2B cBA :|
IRISH GIMBLET. English, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Irish Gimblet" appears in two English musicians' manuscript collections of the mid-latter 19th century: John Roose (Manchester, England), and an anonymous ms. (wherein it is barred erroneously in 6/8 time). The title is curious, and the spelling may be a variant. A gimlet is a hand tool for boring holes, but this hardly explains the tune title. The name Irish Gimblet is associated with sailing ships of the second half of the 18th century. There were British ships with the name (one was shipwrecked in 1772). There were at least two American privateers operating during the American War of Independence with the name Irish Gimblet (or Irish Giblet); one a New Hampshire schooner and the other a Maryland sloop.
