Lug of the Spade (The)

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 Theme code Index    1122 71H26
 Also known as    Paddy the Piper (6)
 Composer/Core Source    Walker 'Piper' Jackson
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    IRELAND(Leinster)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Bartlett Cooke
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Cooke's Selection of the Present Favourite Country Dances for the Year 1796
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 5
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1796
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Lug of the Spade, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Bartlett Cooke - Cooke's Selection of the Present B:Favorite Country Dances for the Year 1796 (No. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D>ED D2F|EFE E2d|c/d/ec dAF|E>FE B>GE| D>ED D2F|E>FE E2d|c/d/ec dAF|D>ED D2:| |:d>ed {d}c2B|A>FA B2c|d>ed dcB|e>fe efg| d>ed {d}c2B|AFA B2d|c/d/ec dAF|D>ED D2:|]


X:1 T:Lug of the Spade, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig C:"by Jackson" 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 F|D>ED D2F|E>FE TE2d|(c/d/e)c dAF|EFE BGE| D>ED D2F |E>FE E2d|(c/d/e)c dAF|DED D2:| |:A|d>ed {d}Tc2B|AFA TB2c|d>ed dcB|efe efg| d>ed {d}Tc2B|AFA TB2d|(c/d/e)c dAF|DED D2:|