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X:1 T:Tear it to Rags M:12/8 L:1/8 R:Single Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection, Book 4 (c. 1883, No. 28, p. 6) F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/ Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dBG G2B A2G G2B|dBG G2B A3 B2c|dBG G2B A2G G2B| |1cec BdB A3 B2c:|2 cec BdB A2B c2d||e3 d2f efe d2f| efe d2B A2B c2d|e3 d2f efe d2B|cec BdB A2B c2d|e3 d2f efe d2f| efe d2B A2B c2d|efg a2f g2e d2B|cec BdB A2f gfe||



TEAR IT TO RAGS (Stróic ina Ghiobail É). Irish, Single Jig (12/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn identifies Grier's tune as a single jig version of "Limestone Rock," "You Never Saw Her Equal" and "Girl in Danger (2)."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler and uilleann piper biography:Stephen Grier (Farnaght, Co. Leitrim), who wrote his manuscripts in the 1880's [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 67, p. 33.






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