Annotation:Top the Candle
X:1 T:Top the Candle M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 428 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DED AzF F2D|c2E EzF G2E|DED AzD F2D|A,2D DzF ED2:| ||f2 g/f/ ezd c2A|Bze ezd c2A|B2 c/B/ AzG F D2|A,2D DzF ED2| f2 g/f/ ezd c2A|Bze ezd c2A|B3 A2G FE2|D/F/z E/G/z F2E||
TOP THE CANDLE (Deasaid/Deisig an Coinneal). AKA and see “Dusty Miller (9).” Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004. Learned from the playing of the late fiddlers Pat and Frank Reilly of Drumbreilly, Leitrim).
