Annotation:Captain Higgins

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X:1 T:Captain Higgins M:C L:1/8 B: John Lee – “A Favourite Collection of the so much admired old B:Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan” B:(Dublin, 1780, pp. 5-6) F:https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Favourite_Collection_of_old_Irish_Tune/QEMSNkpd_80C?hl=en&gbpv=1 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin V:1 A2e2{e}Td2e2|Tc2dcTB2 AG|ABcd e2a2|g2 {f}e2 [G4e4]|f2 fg e2c'2| b2a2 gab2|aged cd e2|{d}Tc2 BA A4||e2e2 fedc|B2 AB cBA^G A2 z2z2TB2|c2c2 cBcd|e2a2 ea gb|eac'2 bc' d'2|b2 ag e2 ce| gece aedc|TB2 AG e2 ed |Tcdec g2 gd|BcdB cAAd|B^GBe Tc3 B/A/|A8|| P:Jigg [M:6/8]c3A2e|c2B dBG|cea cea|Bdg Bdg| e3 c2e|f2e dcB|cBA dB^G|A3 A3|| ece ece|gcg gcg|ada ada|{b}c'3b3| e'c'/d'/e' d'bd|e'c'/d'/e' d'bd'|c'ba ^geg|a3a3|| V:2 clef = bass A4 [E4^G,4]|A,2F,2G,4|C2B,2A,4|B,2C,2[C,4C4]|D2B,2C4| G,4G,,4|A,,4A,4|D,2E,,2A,,4||A,2A,,2D,4|G,2G,,2D,2E,2| A,,2.E,2.A,2z2|.G,2.B,2 C4|C,4 A,,2E,2|A,4G,4|G,,4 C,2E,2| C,4A,,4|G,,4C,2B,,2|A,,4B,,2G,,2|G,4F,4|E,2^G,,2 E,2E,,2|A,,8|| [M:6/8][A,,6A,6]|A,3G,3|A,3A,,3|G,3G,,3| C3C,3|D,2C, G,3|A,3E2E,|A,E,C, A,,3|| C,3C3|E,3C,3|F,3F,,3|A,B,C ^G,F,E,| C,3B,3|A,3B,3|A,2D,E,2E,|A,,3A,,3||

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CAPTAIN HIGGINS. Irish, Air or Planxty (cut time - A & B parts, 6/8 time C & D parts). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Thompson): ABCD (O'Sullivan). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Hardiman states that Captain Higgins was from County Mayo, and "a brave old soldier, well known in his day." O'Sullivan finds a William Higgins who rose to the rank of Captain in the Royal Irish Dragoons (d. 1759), who may be the person honored by the air.

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