Annotation:Jack's Farewell (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
JACK'S FAREWELL, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Sharp): AABB (Barnes). A 'Jack' was an English seaman, as in 'Jack Tar'. The melody dates to 1701.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 74.
Recorded sources: