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'''KITTY O'NEILL [3]'''. AKA and see "[[Old Time Straight Jig]]," "[[Away Back]]," "[[Snapping Jig]]." AKA - "Kitty O'Neil." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle) . AABB. The first part of the tune appears in the West Texas "[[Jack of Diamonds]]. | '''KITTY O'NEILL [3]'''. AKA and see "[[Old Time Straight Jig]]," "[[Away Back]]," "[[Snapping Jig]]." AKA - "Kitty O'Neil." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle) . AABB. The first part of the tune appears in the West Texas "[[Jack of Diamonds]]," although also shared with Don Messer's "[[Away Back]]," and "[[Old Time Straight Jig]]. There are some minor similarities with the Lewis Brothers old-time tune "[[Bull at the Wagon]]." As "Kitty O'Neil," the tune first appeared in print in ''Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels'' c. 1867 in a group of tunes from the Boston stage fiddler Jimmy Norton, known as "The Boss Jig Player." The tune may have been named for the Dublin-born singer/actress Kitty O'Neil, who was active on the New York and Boston stage in that period. Much of this tune was later incorporated into the seven-part "[[Kitty O'Neil's Champion]]" in ''Ryan's Mammmoth Collection''. The Kitty honored in the name of that tune, however, was another performer, a Buffalo native famed for her "sand jig" dancing (see [http://blarneystar.com/Kitty_070714.pdf]). | ||
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KITTY O'NEILL [3]. AKA and see "Old Time Straight Jig," "Away Back," "Snapping Jig." AKA - "Kitty O'Neil." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle) . AABB. The first part of the tune appears in the West Texas "Jack of Diamonds," although also shared with Don Messer's "Away Back," and "Old Time Straight Jig. There are some minor similarities with the Lewis Brothers old-time tune "Bull at the Wagon." As "Kitty O'Neil," the tune first appeared in print in Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels c. 1867 in a group of tunes from the Boston stage fiddler Jimmy Norton, known as "The Boss Jig Player." The tune may have been named for the Dublin-born singer/actress Kitty O'Neil, who was active on the New York and Boston stage in that period. Much of this tune was later incorporated into the seven-part "Kitty O'Neil's Champion" in Ryan's Mammmoth Collection. The Kitty honored in the name of that tune, however, was another performer, a Buffalo native famed for her "sand jig" dancing (see [1]).