Annotation:Lonesome Jig (1) (The)

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LONESOME JIG [1], THE. AKA and see "Rolling Wave (1) (The)/Rolling Waves (1)." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The first part is almost identical to Joyce's jig "Humors of Glenflesk (The)," a town not far from source O'Leary's home. See also the cognate "Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)." Compare also with the "Maguire's Kick" family of jigs.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bill the Weaver (Bill Murphy, father of fiddler Denis Murphy) via accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan].

Printed sources : - Ceol, vol. 5, No. 1. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 122, p. 71.

Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O'Leary - "An Calmfhear/The Trooper" (1989. Appears as "Bill the Weaver").

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