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Sheela na Gigg
X:1 T:She la na Gig T:Sheela na Gigg M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig and Country Dance Tune N:The last tune in the dance set Irish Lilt B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite B:Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 185, p. 93) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2G ABc d3|F2G AB=c B3|F2G AB^c d3|F2G AB=c B3:| |:d2d ded cBA|B2B Bcd AFD|d2d ded cBA|B2B BcB AFD:| |:G2A BGE BGE|F2G AFD AFD|G2A BGE BGE|FGA Bcd AF!fermata!D:|]
X:1
T:Chilling a Gig
T:Sheela na Gigg
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson – The Hibernian Muse
B:(London, 1787, No. 53, p. 32)
N:”A Collection of the most Favorite Compositions
N:of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FGA ABc d3|FGA AB=c B3|FGA ABc d3|
FGA AB=c B3||d2d d2{e}d cBA|B2B B2B AGF|
d2d d2{e}d cBA|B2B B2B AGF||:G3 BGE BGE|
G3 BGB AFD|G3 BGE BGE|G3 BGB AFD:|
X:1
T:Sheela na Gigg
N:”Irish”
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:A garbled version of a 9/8 time slip jig, and one of several such
N:tunes Aird incorrectly barred.
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 96, p. 37)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FGA ABc|d3 FGA|ABc B3::d2d ded|
cBA B2B|dcB AGF|d2d dfd|edc Bcd|dcB AFD:|]
X:1
T:Sheelah na Gig
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:John Macpherson Mulhollan – Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 36)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FGA ABc d3|FGA GB=c B2::d2d ded cBA|
c2c cde AFD|ddd ded cBA|B2B Bcd AFD:|
|:[B,3E3G3] BGE BGE|G3 BGE AFD|G3 BGE BGE|FGA Bcd AFD:|]
X:1
T:Sheela na Gigg
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air or Slip Jig
B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before
B:Printed with Basses (Dublin, 1804, No. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f9.image
K:D
FGA ABc d3|FGA ABc B3:|d2d ded cBA|
B2B dcB AFD|d2d dfd edc|Bcd dcB AFD||
B2B BGE BGE|B2B BGE AFD|B2B BGE BGE|FGA Bcd AFD||
