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'''JACKSON'S JIG [1]'''. Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed probably "by a gentleman piper and fiddler called "Piper" Jackson (whose first name was "Walker", although sometimes given, erroneously, as 'Walter'), who lived in Co. Limerick in the mid-18th century. It is also claimed that he wrote the well-known 'Irish Washerwoman', as well as a great many other tunes, mainly jigs." Alan Ng finds the second and third strains similar to "[[Jackson's Bottle of Brandy]]", while the 1st strain is similar to that of "[[Lost and Found]]." | '''JACKSON'S JIG [1]'''. Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed probably "by a gentleman piper and fiddler called "Piper" Jackson (whose first name was "Walker", although sometimes given, erroneously, as 'Walter'), who lived in Co. Limerick in the mid-18th century. It is also claimed that he wrote the well-known 'Irish Washerwoman', as well as a great many other tunes, mainly jigs." Alan Ng finds the second and third strains similar to "[[Jackson's Bottle of Brandy]]", while the 1st strain is similar to that of "[[Lost and Found]]." | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Co. Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples [Boys of the Lough, Bulmer & Sharpley]. | ''Source for notated version'': Co. Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples [Boys of the Lough, Bulmer & Sharpley]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': '''Boys of the Lough''', 1977; p. 19. Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 2'''), 1974; No. 45. | ''Printed sources'': '''Boys of the Lough''', 1977; p. 19. Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 2'''), 1974; No. 45. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts RIse Again" (1990). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough - "Lochaber No More."</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts RIse Again" (1990). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough - "Lochaber No More."</font> | ||
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JACKSON'S JIG [1]. Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed probably "by a gentleman piper and fiddler called "Piper" Jackson (whose first name was "Walker", although sometimes given, erroneously, as 'Walter'), who lived in Co. Limerick in the mid-18th century. It is also claimed that he wrote the well-known 'Irish Washerwoman', as well as a great many other tunes, mainly jigs." Alan Ng finds the second and third strains similar to "Jackson's Bottle of Brandy", while the 1st strain is similar to that of "Lost and Found."
Source for notated version: Co. Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples [Boys of the Lough, Bulmer & Sharpley].
Printed sources: Boys of the Lough, 1977; p. 19. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 2), 1974; No. 45.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts RIse Again" (1990). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough - "Lochaber No More."