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'''JACK'S HEALTH'''. AKA and see "[[Bolt the Door]]." Irish, English; Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The melody appears in O'Neill's 1903 '''Music of Ireland''' as "[[Bolt the Door]]." The pairing with the Playford dance "Jack's Health" is relatively modern, and is often the preferred tune to the Playford original. As is often the case, through association the name of the dance has become attached to the tune. | '''JACK'S HEALTH [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Bolt the Door]]." Irish, English; Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The melody appears in O'Neill's 1903 '''Music of Ireland''' as the jig "[[Bolt the Door]]." The pairing of the melody with the Playford dance "Jack's Health" is relatively modern, and is often the preferred tune to the Playford original (particularly in America). As is often the case, through association the name of the dance has become attached to the tune. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. | ''Printed sources'': Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Christian ('''A Playford Assembly'''), 2015; p. 52. | ||
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JACK'S HEALTH [1]. AKA and see "Bolt the Door." Irish, English; Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The melody appears in O'Neill's 1903 Music of Ireland as the jig "Bolt the Door." The pairing of the melody with the Playford dance "Jack's Health" is relatively modern, and is often the preferred tune to the Playford original (particularly in America). As is often the case, through association the name of the dance has become attached to the tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Christian (A Playford Assembly), 2015; p. 52.
Recorded sources: