Annotation:Paddy Ryan's Favorite Irish Jig
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PADDY RYAN'S FAVORITE IRISH JIG. AKA and see "Champion (2)," "Coleman's Cross (4)," "Kimmel's Jig (2)," "Smash (The)." Irish, American; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The provenance for "Paddy Ryan's Favorite Irish Jig" (along with alternate titles) is probably Irish, although this has yet to be ascertained. The jig was first recorded in 1916 in New York for Columbia Records by Brooklyn accordion player John J. Kimmel as the last tune in a medley of Irish jigs, where it appears as "The Smash"[1]. Kimmel was of German descent, but was a prolific recording artist in the 78 RPM era, primarily of Irish music. County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded his version, "Coleman's Cross (4)" in 1934, and, as "Champion (2)" the jig is known in England. A variant called "Big Chief" was printed by E.F. Adam in
In 1928 Ohio fiddler John Baltzell, a student of blackface minstrel songwriter Dan Emmett, recorded it for Edison along with a second fiddler, Samuel Shults, the pair described as "Two Old Time Fiddlers" on the record label. They
- ↑ "Medley of Irish Jigs", consisting of "Haste to the Wedding," "Larry O'Gaff" and "The Smash."