Annotation:Flower Lass (The)
X:1 T:Flower Lass, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 68, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (3e/f/g/|aec Acf|edc B2E|ABc Bcd|^def efg| Aec Acf|edc B2E|Aca fdB|cAA A2:| |:(c/d/)|efe cBA|BcA GFE|Acf edc|Bdc B2 (c/d/)| efe cBA|BcA GFE|Acf ecA|BAB A2:|]
FLOWER LASS, THE. American, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is characterized as an "Irish Jig" (i.e. 6/8 time) in the J.W. Pepper collection, but this is only to differentiate the genre from the "straight jig", a duple time, reel-like piece popular in the late 19th century. There is nothing of Irishness in the character of the melody, nor is the tune meant to be masquerading as a jig from Ireland; the term "Irish Jig" only serves to clarify the meter.
