Annotation:Gigue Anglaise (La)
X:1 T:Gigue Anglaise, La M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87709525 B: Neil Stewart – Select Collection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, Jiggs & B:Marches, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1788, No. 90, p. 44) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2 AB|GAFD|d2 cd|gf e2|d2 AB|GAFD|d2 cA|B^G A2:| |:defg|af g2 |fe f2|edcA|defg|af g2|fedc|d2d2:| |:f2 fd|g2 ge|f2 fd|e2e2|f2 fd|g2 gb|agfe|d2d2:|]
GIGUE ANGLAISE, LA (The English Jig). The melody was published by Neil Stewart in his A Select Collection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (c. 1788) in his substantial section of French-titled tunes. The third strain incorporates the main theme of the Northumbrian air and dance tune "Weel May the Keel Row (The)", but the first two strains differ.
