Annotation:Hang Fire
X:1 T:Hang Fire M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Sand Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A Ac/e/ a/g/f/e/ | d/c/B/A/ G/B/E | BG/B/ a/G/B | z/c/B/A/ G/B/E | Ac/e/ a/g/f/e/ | d/c/B/A/ G/B/E | BG/B/ z/G/B |1 AcAz :|2 AcA|| |: (A/4B/4c/4d/4) | ec/e/ z/c/e | fd/f/ z/d/f | ec/e/ z/c/e | BG/B/ z/G/B | ec/e/ z/c/e | fd/f/ z/d/f | A/c/e/g/ a/g/a/e/ |1 f/d/B/G/ A :|2 f/d/B/G/ Az|]
HANG FIRE. AKA and see "Kiley's Reel." American, 'Sand Jig' (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Hang fire' means 'hold your fire,' or 'wait a minute'. Labelled a "jig" in Ryan/Cole, meaning a type of old-time banjo tune rather than the traditional Irish 6/8 jig; Kerr calls it a clog dance. Fr. John Quinn finds the same tune published in an earlier Elias Howe Co. (Boston) publication under the title "Buckley's Favorite (3)."
