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LEATHER THE WIG (Plancam Peirbig). AKA and see "Bunter's Delight (The)," "Curl the Wig," "Will You Come Plank Come Plank," "Will You Come Down To Limerick?," "Whack at the Whigs (A)." Irish, English; Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The may be derived from an anti-whig song published by John Young in the Second Volume of the Dancing Master in 1713, entitled "Bunter's Delight (The)." The 'Leather the Wig' title means to thresh a wig; the hairpiece symbolizing the political Whig party.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 51. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883.

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-'''LEATHER THE WIG''' (Plancam Peirbig). AKA and see "[[Bunter's Delight (The)]]," "[[Curl the Wig]]," "[[Will You Come Plank Come Plank]]," "[[Will You Come Down To Limerick?]]," "[[Whack at the Whigs (A)]]." Irish, English; Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An anti-whig song published by Playford in 1713. The title means to thresh the 'wig', as symbolizing the Whig.
+'''LEATHER THE WIG''' (Plancam Peirbig). AKA and see "[[Bunter's Delight (The)]]," "[[Curl the Wig]]," "[[Will You Come Plank Come Plank]]," "[[Will You Come Down To Limerick?]]," "[[Whack at the Whigs (A)]]." Irish, English; Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The may be derived from an anti-whig song published by John Young in the Second Volume of the '''Dancing Master''' in 1713, entitled "[[Bunter's Delight (The)]]." The 'Leather the Wig' title means to thresh a wig; the hairpiece symbolizing the political Whig party.
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