Annotation:Gráinne's Jig

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GRÁINNE'S JIG. AKA and see "Felix Kearney's," "Redican's Jig (1)," "Tommy Peoples' Jig." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'. The tune is claimed as a composition by Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples, who named it in honor of his youngest daughter. Boston button accordionist Joe Derrane, however, recorded a jig extremely similar to the first two parts of Peoples' setting, which he called "Papa's Joy" and claimed to have composed on the piano accordion in the 1950's. Brooklyn-born button accordionist Billy McComiskey recorded a related jig he called "Maura McGlynn" after the wife of his source, east Galway button accordionist Sean McGlynn. The McGlynn tune as played by McComiskey combines (roughly) the first part of the tune as played by Peoples and Derrane with Peoples' third part.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 1, 1976; No. 64. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pp. 48-49 (appears as "Redican's 1"). Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; No. 9.

Recorded sources: Kieran Crehan on Dolores Keane and John Faulkner (Broken-hearted I'll Wander [as "Tommy Peoples'"]) Green Linnet, 1981; Seamus and Manus McGuire (Carousel [as "Felix Kearney's"])) Gael-Linn, 1984; Tommy Peoples (The Quiet Glen), self-published, 1998; Joe Derrane (Return to Inis Mor[as "Papa's Joy"]), Green Linnet, 1996; Billy McComiskey (Outside the Box [as "Maura McGlynn"]), self-published, 2008.

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]