Annotation:Touch it up tight
X:1 T:Touch it up tight M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 85. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=88&z=-450.479%2C2932.2479%2C9431.2657%2C3446.5021 N:Digitized by Irish Traditional Music Archive in association with Trinity College Dublin Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Edor EGE E2c|BAF d2F|EGE E2c|BAG FED| EGE E2c|BAF d2F|ABc d2A|BAG FED:| |:ABd efg|fef d2A|ABd efg|fef dBA| ABd efg|fef d2g|fef d2A|BAG FED:|]
TOUCH IT UP TIGHT. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is contained in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 3, p. 85) of Canon biography:James Goodman (County Cork). The first strain is similar to that of "Foxy Mary (1)," with the melodic contour raised up a step. Goodman researcher Lisa Shields finds the tune cognate with P.W. Joyce's "Connolly's Jig," and files both tunes with the "Huish the Cat" tune family.
