Annotation:Funny Mistake (The)

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FUNNY MISTAKE, THE (An Mearbal Cluiteac). AKA and see "Irish Jig (6)," "Sir Philip McHugh." Irish, Slip Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The slip jig appears as an untitled "Irish Jigg" in flute player John Clinton's Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841). The Irish-born Clinton was a chief musician and instructor at the Royal Academy, London.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 187, p. 96 (as "Irish Jigg"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 83. R.M. Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 77, pp. 30-31 (appears as untitled slip jig). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1146, p. 216.

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