Annotation:Take it Easy
X:1 T:Take it easy M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 205, no. 1089 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G D|G3 ABd|edB A2B|G3 ABd|ede TE2D| G3 ABd|edB A2G|def gdB|AcB G2:| |:f|gfe agf|gfe def|gfe agf|gab e2f| gfe agf|gfe def|gab dBG|AcB G2:| |:d|e3 dBG|BAG ABd|e3 dBG|A2B E2d| e3 dBG|BAG ABd|efg dBG|AcB G2:|]
TAKE IT EASY (Tog go reid e). AKA and see “Hey Jenny Come Down to Jock.” Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' & 'C' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. O'Neill's "Take it Easy" is a derivative of the Scottish melody "Hey Jenny Come Down to Jock," published in William McGibbon's Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1764) and, in 1802, by the Gows. Piper O'Farrell published the Scottish tune in London a few years later with a first strain very similar to that of "Take it Easy", but with a less similar second part. O'Neill's third strain is not related to the Scottish tunes.
