Annotation:Irish Shantruse
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IRISH SHANTRUSE. Irish (?), Slip Jig (9/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title perhaps means that it is an Irish tune for a dance similar to Seann Triubhas, or Sean Trews, a Scottish dance performed in plaid trousers and not in kilts.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Petrie (A Fourth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances), c. 1805.
Recorded sources: