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JACK'S ALIVE [1] (Tá Neaic beo). AKA - "American Hornpipe." English, Irish; Reel. England; Northumberland, Dorset. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A duple-time setting of the tune that is also set as a jig (see "Jack's Alive (3)"). The version in the Thomas Hardy manuscript collection is very much simplified, as it is in the early 19th century Joseph Kershaw Manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, according to Jamie Knowles. Aberdeen publisher Thomas Craig published the tune in his Empire Collection under the title "American Hornpipe," although it is not known by what authority he assigned that provenance.

Source for notated version: fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (Farnaght, County Leitrim), who wrote down his tunes in the 1880's [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 116, p. 60. Craig (Empire Violin Collection of Hornpipes), c. 1890; p. 2 (as "American Hornpipe"). Hall & Stafford (The Charlton Memorial Tunebook), 1974; p. 8. Knowles (Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No. 41. Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way), 1985; p. 80. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 187. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 11.

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-'''JACK'S ALIVE [1]''' (Tá Neaic Beo). English, Irish; Reel. England; Northumberland, Dorset. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A duple-time setting of the tune often rendered as a jig (see "[[Jack's Alive (3)]]"). Trim's Thomas Hardy MS. version is very much simplified as it is in the 19th century Joseph Kershaw Manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, according to Jamie Knowles.
+'''JACK'S ALIVE [1]''' (Tá Neaic beo). AKA - "American Hornpipe." English, Irish; Reel. England; Northumberland, Dorset. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A duple-time setting of the tune that is also set as a jig (see "[[Jack's Alive (3)]]"). The version in the Thomas Hardy manuscript collection is very much simplified, as it is in the early 19th century Joseph Kershaw Manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, according to Jamie Knowles. Aberdeen publisher Thomas Craig published the tune in his '''Empire Collection''' under the title "American Hornpipe," although it is not known by what authority he assigned that provenance.
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-''Printed sources'': Breathnach ('''CRÉ IV'''), 1996; No. 116, p. 60. Hall & Stafford ('''The Charlton Memorial Tunebook'''), 1974; p. 8. Knowles ('''Joseph Kershaw Manuscript'''), 1993; No. 41. Offord ('''John of the Greeny Cheshire Way'''), 1985; p. 80. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 187. Trim ('''Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 11.
+''Printed sources'': Breathnach ('''CRÉ IV'''), 1996; No. 116, p. 60. Craig ('''Empire Violin Collection of Hornpipes'''), c. 1890; p. 2 (as "American Hornpipe"). Hall & Stafford ('''The Charlton Memorial Tunebook'''), 1974; p. 8. Knowles ('''Joseph Kershaw Manuscript'''), 1993; No. 41. Offord ('''John of the Greeny Cheshire Way'''), 1985; p. 80. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 187. Trim ('''Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 11.
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