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BILLY McCORMICK('S JIG) {"Port Liam Mhic Cormaic" or "Uilliam Mac Cormac"}. AKA and see "New Lesson (The)." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill prints an air setting of the tune as "New Lesson (The)."

Source for notated version: fiddler Paddy Cronin (Boston) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 7, p. 5. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 341, p. 71.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet, Patrick Street - "Corner House." Outlet Records OAS 3002, Paddy Cronin - "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977).