Annotation:Jamie Allen
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMIE ALLEN. AKA and see "Jimmy Allen," "Reel of Tullochgorum." English, Scottish, American; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. USA, New England. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Northumbrian musician Jamie Allen was a famous small pipes player whose name is associated with this tune. Johnson also prints the contra dance of the same name to this tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Johnson (Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair), vol. 8, 1988; p. 6. Northumbrian Pipers Tunebook, 1936 (2nd Edition, 1970). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 109.
Recorded sources: Acorn Music, Tony Elman - "Shakin' Down the Acorns vol. 2" (1984).