Annotation:Irish Billy
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IRISH BILLY. Scotch, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is perhaps a reference to King William of Orange. The tune was entered into the c. 1794 music manuscript copybook of New York flute player Micah Hawkins.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 58, p. 21.
Recorded sources: