Annotation:Journeyman's Jig
X:1 T:Journeyman's Jig (La Gigue des Journaliers) T:Simon's Jig in D C:June Eikhard S:Simon St.Pierre D:Simon St.Pierre, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h03V9VeqLiQ @8:04 D:Don Messer and His Islanders, Hello, Neighbour, Apex AL 7-1646, 1968, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-viRx2jF5w D:Graham Townsend, Graham Townsend and his Country Fiddle, Banff SBS 5296, 1968, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-SByfTunM D:June Eikhard, Canada’s First Lady Of The Fiddle, Banff SBS 5311 (track 7) N: Simon reverses the parts M:6/8 Q:1/2=110 L:1/8 K:Dmaj |: D3 D3 | DFA d2A | Bcd AFD | EDC {B,2C2}B,2A, |\ D3 D3 | DFA d2A | Bcd AFD | EDC D2 A,:| |: DFA DGB | AFA def | ece agf | edc {B2c2}B2A | \ DFA DGB | AFA def | ece agf | edc d3:|
Simon St. Pierre (1930-2016), originally from Quebec, lived most of his adult life in Smyrna Mills, Maine USA. He was very influential in the revival of traditional dance music in the 1970s in Maine. As M. St. Pierre didn't remember its name the tune was known among Maine musicians as Simon's Jig in D. It was actually composed by June Eikhard, who was known as Canada’s First Lady Of The Fiddle. Eikhard was a New Brunswick fiddler whose compositions were recorded by both Don Messer and Graham Townsend.
