Annotation:Jackson's Favourite (3)
X:1 T:Jackson’s Favourite [3] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:B:William Killey Flute Book (mid-19th century, No. 62. Edited by Ian Radcliffe, 2024) N:Killey was from Jurby, Isle of Man. According to Ian Radcliffe, the N:ms. was started in 1825 by a David Caine, and passed to Killey in N:1836. F:https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=killey%20flutebook Z:Ian Radcliffe K:G G/A/|B>cB BAG|Bdd d2g|e2g d2g|e>fe edc| B>cB- BAG|Bdd def|g>fg edc|BAA A2 G/A/| B>cB BAG|Bdd d2g|ede dBg|egf edc| B>cB BAG |Bdd def|gfg edc|BAA A2:| |:d|gbd' d'bg|gbd' d'2g|gbd' d'bgh|gbe' e'2g| gab bab|gbg e2d|e/f/gf edc|BAA A2e| g>ab/c'/ d'bg|gbd' d'2b|g>ab/c'/ d'bd|gbe' e'2e| gab bab|(g/a/)g e2e|ege edB|BAA A2:|]
JACKSON'S FAVOURITE [3]. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Jackson's Favourite [3]" is contained in the mid-19th century music copybook of flute player William Killey of Jurby, Isle of Man. The piece is somewhat curious: the title is assumed to reference Walker "Piper" Jackson, an 18th century Irish uilleann piper to whom a great many tunes are named for, though only several have been reasonably considered his compositions. Each strain in Killey's transcription is repeated within itself (it could be considered AA' and BB'), but then there are also repeats for each strain in the transcription (which may not have been meant). Provenance is undetermined; it may have actual Irish antecedents (not yet discovered), but may also be written in the Irish style.
Killey researcher Ian Radcliffe points to similarities with "When I Followed a Lass", but after the opening measure the melodies of the two tunes differ. The harmonic underpinnings of the tunes are fairly similar, however, in the first strain.
