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X: 1 T:Jack and Jill O:Ireland R:reel H:An unusual version of "Se\'an sa Cheo" (#313). H:See also CRE II no. 297. H:Also related to "Jenny's Chicken's", #75 M:C| F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england.abc K:Amix e2dg eABd|(3efe dg dGBd|egdg eAAd|Bdgd BGBd:| cA~A2 cABd|cAAd BGBd|cA~A2 EAcA|BGBc dfed| cA~A2 cABd|cA~A2 gGBd|cA~A2 agfa|gfge defg|| agae ceAf|gfgd Bdgb|agae ceAc|(3Bcd gd BAAa| eaae ceAf|gfge defg|afge fded|Bdgb afge|| fedf eA~A2|gedf (3efg fa|fedf eAAd|(3BcB gb afge| fedf eA~A2|gedf (3efg fg|afge fded|Bdgb afgf||

JACK AND JILL (Seán is Sinéad). AKA and see "Seán sa Cheo/Ceo." Irish, Reel. A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Depending on the version, the mode shades from mixolydian to dorian in this setting of the reel "Seán sa Cheo/Ceo." Breathnach (1976) says the reel is from the repertoire of piper John Gorman and is a version os "Seán sa Cheo."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Johnny Henry and flute player Michael J. Ryan (Ballymote, Co. Sligo) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 297, p. 150.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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