Annotation:Mechanic's Hall Jig
X:1 T:Mechanic's Hall Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 36) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Sd^d e2|z/d/c/A/ D2|z_E =E/c/ z/c/|B/G/A/F/ G/A/B/c/| d^d e2|z/d/c/A/ D2|z_E =E/c/ z/c/|B/G/A/F/ Gz:| |:D/G/z/B/ A/G/B/G/|D/G/z/B/ A/G/B/G/|A/d/z/f/ e/d/f/d/|A/dz/f/ e/d/f/d/|D/G/z/B/ A/G/B/G/| D/G/z/B/ A/G/B/G/|1e/g/g/a/ g/e/d/c/|B/G/A/F/ G/F/E/D/:|2 (3d/c/B/ (3B/c/d/ c/B/A/c/|B/G/A/F/ G/A/B/c/!D.C.!||
MECHANIC'S HALL JIG. AKA and see "Bird on the Wing." American, Schottische or Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. This tune is also the 5th and 6th strain of "Kitty O'Neill's Champion Jig." There were many Mechanic's Halls in the United States, famously, for example, a stage venue in New York City.
