Annotation:Six Mile Bridge (2)
X:1 T:Six Mile Bridge [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 2, p. 132. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G gdB B2A|GDG G2A|BGG BGG|FAA FAA| gdB B2A|GDG G2A|BcB AGA|BGG G2:| |:def gfg|eaa eaa|bge e2d|egg egg| gdB B2A|GDG G2A|BcB AGA|BGG G2:|]
SIX MILE BRIDGE [2]. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Six Mile Bridge (2)" is contained in vol. 2 of the large music manuscript collection of Country Cork cleric and uilleann piper James_Goodman_(musicologist). Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find "Six Mile Bridge (2)" to be a member of a tune family cognate primarily in the first strain, with more variation in the second strains (a common occurrence). Other tunes they have identified as related include "Boys of the Town (2) (The)," "Boys of the West (1)," "Humors of Glynn (3)," "Jig (77)," and "Trip to the Ferry."
