Jackson's Frolic
X:1 T:Jackson’s Frolic M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 496, p. 191) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D BA2D {G}FED|(F/G/A).D {G}FED|GBG FAF|EFE E2B| A2D {G}FED|(F/G/A).D {G}FED|B2G A2F|DED D3:| |:e|f2d edB|d2B BAF|EFE EFA|e3 efg| fed edB|d2B BAF|AFA d2D|DED D2:|]
X:1
T:Jackson’s Frolic, a Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 5)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834
N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.”
N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland.
N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’
N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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X:1
T:Jackson’s Frolic
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 173)
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=176&z=-1663.6323%2C1863.6835%2C12838.7436%2C4466.6667Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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X:1
T:Jackson’s Frolick
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 52, pp. 21-22)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=20&z=115.2371%2C1405.1243%2C2777.5375%2C1075.3574
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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