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PETTICOAT, THE. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A jig of unknown provenance.

The 18th century petticoat was meant to be seen.



Source for notated version: copied from Aird’s Selections of Scottish, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782-97) [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 473, p. 183. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 106.

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