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X:1 T:Gigue Tenfant S:Jean Carignan (Montreal) O:Irish N:A version of "Old Man Dillon" M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 99. K:Am |:EAA A/B/cd|edB cBA|B....

GIGUE TENFANT. AKA and see "Old Man Dillon." French-Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Gigue Tenfant" is Montréal fiddler Jean Carignan's title for the Irish jig "Old Man Dillon." 'Tenfant' is the name of the father of Carignan's mentor, Joseph Allard, from whom Allard had part of his repertory.

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Demers (1000 airs du Québec et de l'Amérique francophone), 2020; p. 99.

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