Annotation:Jump at the Sun
Tune properties and standard notation
JUMP AT THE SUN. English, Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed in 1989 by English melodeon player John Kirkpatrick of Shropshire, England. Kirkpatrick communicated to Susan Songer (1997) that he later heard the opening four notes in the dream sequence of Walt Disney's Dumbo, though he denies a conscious connection. The tune was very popular in Australia and New Zealand after an influential recording of it by the band The Bushwackers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 77 (appears as "Look Both Ways", the name of a dance by Rich Jackson set to the tune). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 116.
Recorded sources: Wild Asparagus - "In Season" (1985). Cathy Custy (appears as "The South of France" and listed as 'traditional').