Bill the Weaver's Jig (2)

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 Theme code Index    1H215L 361H2
 Also known as    Rowe's Jig, Thousand Farewells (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    
 Accidental    
 Mode    
 Time signature    6/8
 History    Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Terry Moylan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 211, pp. 121-122
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1994
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BILL THE WEAVER'S JIG [2]. AKA and see "A Thousand Farewells." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Named for concert flute and tin whistle player Bill Murphy (father of fiddlers Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford), called "Bill the Weaver" because his mother and father were both weavers. However, the jig is originally a Seán Ryan composition called "A Thousand Farewells."

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].

Printed source: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 211, pp. 121-122.

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