Annotation:Shut the Door

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X: 1 T:Shut the door. JGi.097 O:Tealby,Lincolnshire M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=130 S:Joshua Gibbons MS,1823,Tealby,Lincs. R:jig Z:VMP/R.Greig, 2009 K:G B2GF2G|D2GE2G|F2Ad2c|BAG FED| B2GE2G|D2AE2G|FGA Bcd|edc B3:| |:g2dB2d|e2cA2c|Bdc BAG|FAG FED| g2dB2d|e2cA2c|Bdc BAG|DEF G2:|



SHUT THE DOOR. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].

Printed sources : - Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; p. 23.

Recorded sources: -



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