Annotation:Shillin' a Jig

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X:1 T:Shilling a Gig M:9/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D FGA ABc d3|FGA AB=c B3::d2d d2d cBA|B2B B2B AFD:| |:E3 BGE BGE|E3 BGE AFD|E3 BGE BGE|FGA dcd AFD:||

SHILLIN' A JIG. AKA – “Shilling a Gig.” English, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody was published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It also appears in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, begun in 1770, and of flute player John Hoff (Lancaster, Pa.), dating to 1797. In the John Fife manuscript of 1780 it is labelled “a Retreat”, indicating martial use as an evening close-of-duty signal.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 482. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 190.

Recorded sources: -

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