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 Theme code Index    5333 4322
 Also known as    Donnybrook Boy, Friendly Jack, Kitty of Oulart, Mulberry Bush (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 496, p. 191
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
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X:1 T:Jackson’s Frolic M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 496, p. 191) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D BA2D {G}FED|(F/G/A).D {G}FED|GBG FAF|EFE E2B| A2D {G}FED|(F/G/A).D {G}FED|B2G A2F|DED D3:| |:e|f2d edB|d2B BAF|EFE EFA|e3 efg| fed edB|d2B BAF|AFA d2D|DED D2:|]


X:1 T:Jackson’s Frolic, a Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 5) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|A2D TF2D|FAD {G}TFF2D|GBG FAF |EFE TE2B| A2D TF2D|FAD TF2D|GBG FAF|DED D2:| |:g|Tf2d edB|{c}d2B {B}A2F|EFE EFA|efe efg| |1{g}f2d edB|{c}d2B A2F|ABc dAF|DED D2:| |2 fed edc|dcB AGF|ABc dAF|DED D2||


X:1 T:Jackson’s Frolic M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 173) N:Goodman had the tune from ms. lent to him by a pipe maker named Doogan. F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=176&z=-1663.6323%2C1863.6835%2C12838.7436%2C4466.6667 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|A2D FED|F/G/AD FED|GBG FAF|EFE E2B| A2D FED|F/G/AD FED|B2G A2F|DED D2:| |:d|f2e edB|d2B BAG|EFE EFA|e3 efg| fed edB|d2B BAF|AFA d2D|DED D2:|


X:1 T:Jackson’s Frolick M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 52, pp. 21-22) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=20&z=115.2371%2C1405.1243%2C2777.5375%2C1075.3574 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|A2D FED|A2D FED|GBG FAF|EEE EFG| A2D FED|A2D FED|GBG FAF|DED D2:| |:g|fdf ece|dcB AGF|EFE E2e|efe e2g| fdf ece|dcB AGF|ABc dAF|DED D2g| fdf ece|dcB AGF|EFE E2e|efe e2g| fg/a/f edc|dcB AGF|ABc dAF|DED D2:|