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TOBIN'S FAVORITE (Roga Sant-Aubin). AKA - "Tobin's Jig (2)," "Tobin's Fancy." AKA and see "Follow Me around the Garden." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to one Adam Tobin, a native of Kilkenny, by way of Chicago fiddler James Kennedy, who gave the tune to O’Neill. The tune is often called “Tobin’s Favorite” these days. Jackie Small, editor of Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. V (1999), says the titles “Pretty Young Girls for Sale” and “Girls for Sale—the Old Way” are associated with the tune.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Michael Coleman (County Sligo, Ire./New York) [Brody]; Fennig’s All Stars (N.Y.) [Spadaro]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926, who had it from Aggie Whyte [Harker].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 277. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 51. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 219, p. 67. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); p. 8. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 31, p. 13 (appears as “Tobin’s Favourite”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 22. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 775, p. 144. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 52, p. 25 (appears as "Tobin's Favorite"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 382. Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 23. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 38. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 25.

Recorded sources : - Front Hall 05, Fennigs All Stars "Saturday Night in the Provinces." GN1, Joe Thoma "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare." Kicking Mule 216, Strathspey "New England Contra Dance Music." Shanachie 33002, Michael Coleman "The Legend of Michael Coleman." Front Hall 05, Fennigs All Stars "Saturday Night in the Provinces." GN1, Joe Thoma "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare." Kicking Mule 216, Strathspey "New England Contra Dance Music." Shanachie 33002, Michael Coleman "The Legend of Michael Coleman."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]

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