Annotation:Kennedy's Bridal Jig

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KENNEDY'S BRIDAL JIG. AKA and see "Bridal Jig (1) (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.

Source for notated version: contributed by Chicago Police Officer James Kennedy [O'Neill]. In a 1906 letter to Alfred Percival Graves in 1906 (printed in "A Few Gossipy Notes" in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, London, O'Neill wrote: "James and Ellen Kennedy, Ballinamore, Leitrim, fine violinists: father a noted player, said to be the best in the country--James is remarkable for his smooth, round tones, and the entire absence of scratching of bow." '

James Kennedy is standing in the back row, extreme right.



Printed sources: O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 131.

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