Annotation:King's Jig (2)
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KING'S JIG, THE. AKA and see "Best in the Bag (The)," "Circle (The)" (Burchenal), "Green Fields of Miltown," "Happy Mistake (The)," "Jackson's Mistake," "John Blessing's Delight," "King of the Jigs," "King (The)," "Miss Monroe's/Mrs. Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Monroe's (1)," "Mrs. Spens Monroe," "Munster Jig (The)," "Sam Hyde's Quickstep." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Philippe Varlet points out this four part jig is a combination of "Miss Monroe's" and one part of "Going to Donnybrook" from Francis O'Neill's 1903 collection, plus another part.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 210, p. 24. O'Brien (Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor), 1949.
Recorded sources:
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