Annotation:After Dinner
X:1 T:After Dinner 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. 73, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|GDG BGB|dBd gfe|d2B c2A|B2G A2D| GDG BGB|dBd gfe|dBG DEF|G2B G2:| |:B|Bef gfe|fe^d e2b|a2f {a}gfe|f2^d B2B| Bef gfe|f2A cBA|Beg bfg|e2z E2:|]
AFTER DINNER. American, Jig (6/8 time). G 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.
