Annotation:Long John's Wedding

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LONG JOHN'S WEDDING ("Posga Sean Fada" or "Posad Seagan Fada"). AKA and see "Perfect Cure (The)." Irish, Double Jig or March. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill (1922) calls the march an 'elaboration' of the jig he prints in Music of Ireland (1903).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 53. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1018, p. 190. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 233, p. 52. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 64 (march version).

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