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LEGACY [2], THE. AKA and see "Larry Redican's Jig (1)," "Tailor’s Wedding (The)," "Skiver the Quilt (1)." Irish, Jig. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Legacy" is the title used by Clare musicians Willie Clancy (1918–1973) and Bobby Casey (1926–2000) on their respective recordings. The "Larry Redican's", after the influential New York fiddler of the mid-20th century, comes form Jack & Fr. Charlie Coen's "Branch Line" album. Early printings are in R.M. Levey's mid-19th century collection as "Skiver the Quilt" and in William Gunn's Scottish bagpipe collection and Francis O'Neill's collections as "Tailor's Wedding (The)" (Gunn was a Glasgow piper and pipe-maker who published a collection of tunes "adapted for the Highland bagpipe" in 1848). The jig is occasionally played in the key of 'F' in sessions.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 3), 1976; No. 63. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 30, p. 13. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 32. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 2), 1976; No. 2, p. 4.

Recorded sources: -Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – "Casey in the Cowhouse" (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Topic Records 12T175, Willie Clancy – "The Minstrel from Clare" (1967).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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