Annotation:Kerr's Irish Quickstep

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KERR'S IRISH QUICKSTEP. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Recorded by source Fitzgerald as part of a traditional jig medley. A variant of the melody turns up in English publications under the title "Heroes of Salamanca."

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 208, p. 80. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 193 (appears as "Quickstep").

Recorded sources:

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