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JOHN FLEMING'S JIG (Port Sheáin Pléamonn). AKA and see "Ballintore Fancy (The)," "Kerry Jig (2) (The)," "Kiss in the Furze (2)." Irish, Single Jig (12/8 time). G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1985) says Fleming was a piper who died about 1940 in Dublin.

Source for notated version: piper Jack Wade, 1967 (Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 66, p. 37. Moylan (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), No. 79 (appears as untitled jig).

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 3005, The Bothy Band - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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