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LONGFIELD JIG, THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune begins on the subdominent chord. Longfield is a small town in northern Ireland, southwest of Newry.

Source for notated version: Joe Keegan, a flute player from the Co. Laois side of Portartington, father of pianist and fiddler Josephine Keegan [McGuire & Keegan].

Printed sources: McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 14, p. 4.

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