X:1
T:Fevarate Gig, A
T:Favorite Jig [6], A
T:Laugh Eir Drome
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:The key signature in the ms. is two sharps
B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 27 p. 11)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript
N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that
N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been
N:introduced in the latter 19th century.
S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it
S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmix
f|:dcA AGE|AEG/E/ DEG|GEE cEE|GAB c2e|
dcA AGE|AEG/E/ DEG|GEE cEE|GDD D3:|
|:d2d ecA|d2d ecA|GEE cEE|GAB c2e|
d2d ecA|d2d ecA|GEE cEE|GDD D3:|
FAVORITE JIG [6], A. AKA - "Laugh Eir Drome." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig was entered twice into the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Sliabh Luachra musician D. Curtin (No. 29, p. 11 [1]). Curiously, both nearly identical versions appear on the same page, separated by one other tune. The second time the tune was entered it was with the title "Laugh Eir Drome."
