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'''SHEELA NA GIGG.''' Irish, | '''SHEELA NA GIGG.''' Irish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC (Hime). Sheela na Gig is the name of a Celtic fertility goddess. The melody was used in Kane O’Hara’s ballad opera '''Midas''' (1764), and it was part of a set of five tunes used for a dance called “Irish Lilt” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (also including “[[Irish Lilt (8)]],” “Priest in His Boots,” “[[Trip to the Dargle (A)]]” and “[[Lango Lee (1)]]”). | ||
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X:1 T:She la na Gig T:Sheela na Gigg M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig and Country Dance Tune N:The last tune in the dance set Irish Lilt B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite B:Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 185, p. 93) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2G ABc d3|F2G AB=c B3|F2G AB^c d3|F2G AB=c B3:| |:d2d ded cBA|B2B Bcd AFD|d2d ded cBA|B2B BcB AFD:| |:G2A BGE BGE|F2G AFD AFD|G2A BGE BGE|FGA Bcd AF!fermata!D:|]
SHEELA NA GIGG. Irish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC (Hime). Sheela na Gig is the name of a Celtic fertility goddess. The melody was used in Kane O’Hara’s ballad opera Midas (1764), and it was part of a set of five tunes used for a dance called “Irish Lilt” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (also including “Irish Lilt (8),” “Priest in His Boots,” “Trip to the Dargle (A)” and “Lango Lee (1)”).