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Annotation:Trip to Sligo (1)
X:1 T:Trip to Sligo [1], The R:jig Z:id:hn-jig-43 Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:6/8 K:Em E2e BGE|D2d AFD|E2e BAF|GFE e2f| gfe dcB|ABG FED|EFG ABc|1 BGF E2D:|2 BGF E2e|| |:eBe gfe|dAd fed|eBe gfe|faf gfe| faf gfe|dAG FED|EFG ABc|1 BGF E2e:|2 BGF E2D||
TRIP TO SLIGO [1]. AKA and see “Daugherty's Jig,” “Lark in the Morning (3)” (O’Neill), "Road to Sligo (1), "Stealing Apples," “When I Parted.” Irish, Single Jig (6/8 time). E Aeolian/ Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was recorded in New York in 1927 (under the title “Daugherty’s”) by famed Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) as the first tune in a medley with “Tell Her I Am.” The tune is derived from the Scottish “Tom come tickle me,” from David Young’s MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740). See the related “Winter Garden Quadrille.” See also a version called “When I Parted” from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, musician Ellis Knowles, recorded in his c. 1847 music manuscript.
