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Theme code Index	51 7b1H 42 7b6
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Martin Mulvihill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:1st Collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 97, p. 85
Year of publication/Date of MS	1986
Artist	Biography:Sean Maguire
Title of recording	Irish Jigs and Reels
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Viva W103
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BLUE IDOL, THE. Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning *fiddle). AA'BB'. The Blue Idol refers to a very old and famous Quaker meeting house in west Sussex, with connections to William Penn.

Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].

Printed source: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 97, p. 85.

Recorded source: Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1968, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano).

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T: Blue Idol, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
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