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X:1
T:Andy Dejarlis Jig
T:Tom Trainor's
S:Rosa's Session, 30/12/00
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:E
z|EGB EGB|EGB c2 B|EGB EGB|=DFA B2 A|
EGB EGB|EGB c2 a|gfe Bcd|e3 e2:|
|:a|g2 g efg|aga c2 e|f3 fge|dcB c2 B|
gbg efg|aga c2 e|fgf Bcd|e3 e2:|]
ANDY DEJARLIS (JIG). Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Manitoba. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular tune for those rare times that an E Major set is called for. Attributed to Manitoba fiddler Andy Dejarlis, the tune has gained international currency through the playing of Cape Breton musicians. Irish musician Karen Tweed calls the tune "Tom Trainor's" after the individual she learned it from.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Northside fiddler Mike McDougall (1928-1982, Ingonish, Cape Breton) via fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton); the tune was untitled until fiddler Johnny Wilmot remembered that the tune had been played by Manitoba fiddler and composer Andy De Jarlis (see "Whiskey Before Breakfast").
Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection vol. 1), 1995; No. 244, p. 70.
Recorded sources: -Boot Records, Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Green Linnet GLD 1137, Altan - "Island Angel" (1993. Learned by Ciaran Tourish from Jerry Holland, Cape Breaton/Massachusetts fiddler). Kells Music 9501, Dervish - "Playing with Fire" (appears as "Cape Breton Jig").
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