Annotation:Hullichan Jig
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HULLICHAN JIG. AKA - "Huligan Jig," English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Marchioness (The)," "Guard House (The)," "Chelmsford Races," "Soldier's Dance," are cognate in the second strain only.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 38. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; p. 28 (7th tune, untitled). Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 8. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 108 (appears as "Huligan Jig").
Recorded sources: Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller - "Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999).