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X:1 T:Spring Well [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 203, no. 1080 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G G2E GAB|A2G ABd|ede gdB|BGF TE2D| G2E GAB|A2G ABd|ede gdB|AGG G2z:| |:BGG dGG|ege dcA|BGG dGG|AGA BGE| BGG dGG|efe def|gfg ecA|BGG G2z:|



SPRING WELL [1], THE (An tobar-fioruisge). Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Paul de Grae[1] finds the tune nearly identical to a jig from collector Wikipedia:George_Petrie_(artist) called "Tear the Callies," with a close variant in Michael Coleman's "Kerrigan's Jig." He also points out that a variation of the first strain of "Spring Well (1)" is employed as the second strain of "Fond of the Ladies."

"The Spring Well" is most recognizable as a variant of the popular session tune “Kesh Jig (1) (The)," and similar to O'Neill's own “Mountaineers' March (The).”


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from CountyDown and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 66. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1080, p. 203.






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  1. Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017 [1].