Annotation:Jack of all Trades (3)
X: 1 T: Jack Of All Trades [3] R: polka M: 2/4 L: 1/8 K: Gmaj dc|BG GG|DG GG|FG AB|(cA) dc|BG GG|DG GG|Ad cA|GG B2| dg gg|de ff|d c/c/ AG|(FG) AA|BB cA|GG Ac|Bd AF|GG dc| BG GG|(DG) GG|FG AB|c2 dc|BG GG|DG GG|Ad cA|GG||
JACK OF ALL TRADES [3]. AKA - "Birmingham Jack of all Trades," "Dublin Jack of all Trades." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. According to fiddler Connie O'Connell (County Cork), Dublin fiddler John Kelly (originally from County Clare) fashioned the polka "Jack of all Trades" from a song air that relates in verse all the skills that Jack possesses, stanza by stanza, often with the name of a city or town as a prefix (thus "Birmingham Jack of all Trades" and "Dublin Jack of all Trades." There are a number of other songs set to the tune as well, including "The Connemara Wedding," "Early in the Morning," "The Golden Days of Queen Bess," "Peggy O'Hara's Wedding," and "The Roving Jack of all Trades." Drew Beisswenger (2012) suggests the tune "could perhaps be viewed as a major-scale version of "Green Cottage Polka (1) (The).""
