Annotation:Ship Doctor (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
SHIP DOCTOR, THE (An Dochtúir Loinge). Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Peter Kennedy (1999) prints the tune as "The Hip Doctor," which looks at first glance to be a misprint. However, the melody appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ball Room (1816) as "The Hyp Doctor," so it appears that is the correct title.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 40, p. 21. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain & Ireland: Slip Jigs & Waltzes), 1999; No. 30, p. 8.
Recorded sources: