Annotation:Mrs. Spens Monroe

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MRS. SPENS MONROE. AKA and see "King (The)," "Best in the Bag (The)," "Happy Mistake (The)," "Jim O'Connor's," "John Blessing's Delight," "King's Jig (2)," "King of Jigs," "Lady Shire’s Favorite," "Miss Monroe’s Jig," "Mrs. Monroe’s (1)," "Munster Jig (1) (The)." Scottish, (Irish?); Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in Glasgow publisher biography:James Aird's Selection, vol. 4 (1796) as "Mrs. Spens Monroe," however, it has had a long history in Ireland and may have an Irish provenance.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scottish, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 17; No. 22, p. 9.

Recorded sources:



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