Annotation:Twice Tricked
X:1 T:Twice Trick’d M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 25) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D =c|B/c/dB AFA|DFA AFA|B/c/dB AFA|EFA B2A| B/c/dB AFA|DFA AFA|dcB AGF|EFA B2A:| |:ddd fdB|cAc ecA|ddd fdB|ecA B2A| ddd fdf|f/g/af ede|dcB BAF|DFA B2A:|]
TWICE TRICKED. AKA and see “Bob Thompson’s Favourite,” “Corovat Jig (1) (The),” “Custom House,” “Geese in the Bog (2),” “Green Meadow (2) (The),” “Grouse in the Bog (The),” “Humors of Limerick (2) (The),” “Jackson's Coola,” “Jackson's Walk to Limerick,” “Mountain Lark (5),” “Wiseman's Favourite.” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Samuel Holden’s Collection of Old-Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes (vol. I-II, 1806-07). See note for “annotation:Jackson's Walk to Limerick.”
The title "Twice Tricked" perhaps refers to the Irish legend about a man named “Stingy Jack,” a drunk with such a bad reputation that the devil himself sought him out. According to some variations of the story, Jack twice tricked the devil into buying him food and drink, both times escaping the devil’s plans for him. Tricking the devil again by striking a deal that he would never be taken to Hell, Jack lived to old age. However, at his death, he was turned away from the gates of Heaven for his bad lifestyle. He then attempted to enter Hell, but was also turned away, the devil now keeping his promise to never take him. So Stingy Jack is forced to wander the netherworld for eternity, with only an ember inside of a turnip to light his way. Thus he became the Halloween "Jack O' Lantern."
"Humors of Glynn (1)" is a similar tune, perhaps another branch from a common ancestor. It is structurally and harmonically similar and uses corresponding melodic motifs, yet it is distinct enough as to preclude listing as cognate.
