Billy O'Rourke's Jig (1)

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Theme code Index	5353 5316L
Also known as	Johnny McGill, Johnnie McGill, Johnny MacGill, Johnnie MacGill, Come Under My Plaidie, Before I Was Married, Black Rogue (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
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Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Billy O'Rourke's Jig [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 20 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g/e/ | dBB B>AB | dBB B>(gf/e/) | (dB)B B>(cB/A/) | GEE E2 g/e/ | dBB B>AB | (dB)B g(fe) | dBB BAB | (GE)E E2 :: f | g3a3 | bge dcB | g2g aga | bge e>f(g/a/ | b)ag agf | gfe (e/f/g)e | dBB BAB | (GE)E E2 :||

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BILLY O'ROURKE'S JIG [1]. AKA and see "Johnny MacGill," "Johnnie McGill," "Johnnie MacGill" (Pa.), "Come Under My Plaidie," "Before I Was Married," "Black Rogue (1)." Irish, Jig. G Major (Cole, Ryan, White): D Major (Shields/Goodman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was included three times in the music manuscripts of Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman (1828-1896), notes Paul de Grae. Goodman was an Irish speaker and uilleann piper who collected in tradition in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster, and who also gleaned tunes from other musicians' manuscripts and printed sources. See also his "Droichead Loch Gearr" and "Black Rogue (2)."

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 71. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 435, p. 170. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 20, p. 4.

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