Whack at the Whigs (A)

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 Theme code Index    411 414
 Also known as    Buille ar na uigaib, Curl the Wig, Leather the Wig, Wig (1) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 424, p. 84
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1907
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Jig N:c.f. Munster Gimlet, Whack at the Whigs, Will you come down to Limerick? M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 63, p. 25) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=24&z=-285.9813%2C-22.5451%2C3333.0449%2C1290.4289 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:G cAF G2d G2d|cAF G2d cAF|cAF G2d G2d|FGA f2d cAF:| |:G2g gaf g2d|dcd g2a bge|c2f ef/g/e f2d|cBA f2d cBA:| |:B2G A2F G2c|B2G A2B cAF|B2G AGF G2A|FGA f2d cBA:| |:GB/B/A/B/ GB/B/A/B/ G2D|GB/B/A/B/ GB/B/A/B/ cBA|GB/B/A/B/ GB/B/A/B/ G2A|FGA f2d cAF:|]


X:1 T:Whack at the Whigs, A M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 424 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d | cAG G2d G2d | cAG G2d cAG | cAG G2d G2d | cde =f2d cAG :| |: d2g faf g2g | d2g g2a bag | =f2f fge f2f | cAc =f2d cAG :|]