Annotation:Sergeant Early’s Jig

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SERGEANT EARLY'S JIG (Port Maor Maelmoceirge). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to Chicago Police Sergeant James Early, a piper originally from County Leitrim, who had a store of tunes in a manuscript consisting of the first few bars of each. O’Neill said of him: “Kindly, unassuming, patient, tolerant, helpful and hospitable.” Early often played in duet with fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo. See the “Maid at the Spinning Wheel” family of tunes. One of many variants appears in the Carl Hardebeck (1869-1945) collection under the title “Tune the Fiddle.”

Chicago Police Sergt. James Early


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 73. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 725, p. 135. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 25, p. 21.

Recorded sources: -Drumlin Records, Brain McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream.”

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [ ]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [ ]


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