X: 1
T:The Traditional Jig
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed took one of his favorite reels (McKenna's)
N:and changed it into his extraordinary little jig.
N:Any musician who has tried this feat knows how
N:frustrating it can be. I'm reminded of a story
N:once of one who tried to change a tune and failed.
N:All too quick to take credit for his own
N:latest "improvement" of an old tune, our would-be
N:composer waited anxiously for the praise he
N:so confidently expected. A crafty old judge of
N:tunes himself was only too happy to deliver the
N:final judgment:
N:Son, if you left out what you put in
N:and put back in what you left out,
N:it'd be a good tune.
K:G
B/2c/2 | dBG GFG | Bcd =fdB | cA=F FEF | CFA cBc |
dBG GFG | Bcd ^fga |gfd cAF | GAG G2 :|
|: B/2c/2 | dgg gfg | bag agf | cde fef | agf agf |
dgg gfg |Bcd ^fga | gfd cAF | GAG G2 :||
TRADITIONAL JIG, THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A reworking of “McKenna’s Jig” by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), n.d.; No. 93, p. 104.
