Annotation:Galway Kids
X:1 T:Galway Kids Irish Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 64, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G2 (^F/G/ e)dc|Bcd c3|G2 (^F/G/ e)dc|dgg g2a| gfe def|ged cBA|GEG Adc|1 BAB c2z:|2 BAB c2|| |:e/f/|g2e c2 e/f/|g2e c2 e/f/|ged cBc|dBG G2 e/f/| gag fgf|efe def|gec def|1 ecc c2:|2 ecc c2z||
GALWAY KIDS. American, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is characterized as an "Irish Jig" (i.e. 6/8 time) in the J.W. Pepper collection, but this is only to differentiate the genre from the "straight jig", a duple time, reel-like piece popular in the late 19th century. There is nothing of Irishness in the character of the melody, nor is the tune meant to be masquerading as a jig from Ireland; the term "Irish Jig" only serves to clarify the meter.
