Annotation:Roscommon Jig
X:1 % T:Roscommon Jig, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:D FG | A2D FED | A2B =cAF | G2E EDE | =c2d cAG | D3 FED | A2B =cAF | GEE cEE |1DED D :||2DED D2|| |: A | d2e fed | e2d =cAF | G2E EDE | =c2d cAG | Ade fed | e2d =cAF | GEE =cEE | DED D2 :|]
ROSCOMMON JIG. AKA and see “Bobby Casey's Jig (2),” “Diamond (2),” “Hag's Purse (The),” “Little Black Pig." D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune may well have an Irish provenance, but it appeared first in print in William Bradbury Ryan's Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) as the jig "Diamond (2)." Clare tin whistle player Micho Russell [1] (1915-1994) called the tune "Little Black Pig,"