Annotation:Kerfunten
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KERFUNTEN. AKA - "Kerfunken Jig (The)." AKA and see "Hamilton's Jig (2)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was composed by Hammy Hamilton. Kerfunten/Kerfunken is a town in Brittany, France.
Source for notated version: Deirdre Havlin, flute player for the Northern Irish group Deanta, who had it from flute player and craftsman Hammy Hamilton [Black].
Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 228, p. 122. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; No. 32.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1147, Deanta - "Ready for the Storm." Green Linnett GLCD 1181, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - "The Lonesome Touch" (1997. Appears as "The Kerfunken Jig").
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