X:1
T:Bob and Jones
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
N:d.f. The Butterfly [3]
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 4, No. 17, p. 4)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
B2E G2E G2A|B2E G2E F2A|B2E G2E F3|DED A2D F2A:||
G2B d2c B3|G2B d2c B2d|G2B d2c B3|c2B A2G F2A|
G2B d2c B3|G2B d2c B2d|g2d e2c B3|c2B A2 G F2A||
BOB AND JONES. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Bob and Jones" is the title of a slip jig in the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician [[biography:Stephen Grier|]]. The tune is reminiscent of "Butterfly (3) (The)," and, while perhaps not cognate, certainly covers the same melodic and harmonic material. Grier's title is also reminiscent of the air and slip jig "Bob and Joan," of which it is probably a musical version (c.f. Colclough's version in Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes, c. 1830).
