Annotation:Our Johnny has Left Us
X:1 T:Our Johnny has Left Us M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 69, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A/G/)|FAd {e}dcd|e2c A2 (f/g/)|aba gfe|fed e2 (A/G/)| FAd {e}dcd|e^ef gab|afd ABc|1 dAF D2:|2 dAF D2z|| |:A,2^A, B,2C|D2E F2A|B2d A2F|EFE DCB,| A,2^A, B,2C|D2E F2A|def edB|1 AEF D2z:|2 AEF D2||
OUR JOHNNY HAS LEFT US. American, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is characterized as an "Irish Jig" (i.e. 6/8 time) in the J.W. Pepper collection, but this is only to differentiate the genre from the "straight jig", a duple time, reel-like piece popular in the late 19th century. There is nothing of Irishness in the character of the melody, nor is the tune meant to be masquerading as a jig from Ireland; the term "Irish Jig" only serves to clarify the meter.
