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 Theme code Index    1154 5322
 Also known as    His Dream, Jackson's Favourite
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 53, p. 20
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1785
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Jackson’s Dream M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig O:Irish Q:”Slow time” B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 14th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1799, p. 20) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/0a/IMSLP655933-PMLP1052069-campbells14thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 D|DED D2d|AGF F2d|AGF FED|EFE E2F| DED D2d|AGF F2d|AGF FED|(D/E/F)D D2:| |:g|f2d edB|ABd d2g|f2d edB|ABd e2g| f2d edB|ABd d2e|(f/g/a)f g2e|fdd d2:| V:2 clef = bass z|D,3D,3|F,3D,3|C,3D,3|A,3A,,3| D,3D,3|F,3D,3|C,3D,3|A,2A,, D,2:| |:z|D,3F,2G,|F,3F,2E,|D,3F,2E,|F,2D,A,2z| D,3F,2G,|F,3F,2E,|D,3 A,,B,,C,|D,F,A, D,2:|


X:1 T:Jackson's Dream M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Mulhollan - Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D|DED D2d|T(AGF) F2d|(AGF) (FED)|EFE TE2F| DED D2d|AGF F2d|AGF FED|D/E/FD D2:| |:g|f2d TedB|ABd d2g|f2d edB|ABd Te2g| f2d edB|(f/g/)af g2e|(f/g/)af g2e|fdd d2:|]


X:1 T:Jackson's Dream M:6/8 L:1/8 S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion Z:Paul Kinder K:D A|DED D2 d|AGF G2 B|AFD FED|EFE E2 F| DED D2 d|AGF G2 B|AFD FEF|DED D2:| |:g|fed edB|ABd e3|fed edB|ABd d3| f2 d edB|ABd g2 e|faf g2 e|fdd d2:||


X:1 T:Jackson's Dream M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 69 ) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 454) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DED D2d|AGF G2B|AFD FEC|EFE E2F| DED D2d|AGF G2B|AFD FEF DED D2:| g|fed edB|ABd e3|fed edB|ABd d3| f2d edc|ABd g2e|faf g2e|fdd d2||


X: 1 T:Jackson's Dream. HSJJ.165 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:120 S:HSJ Jackson,Wyresdale,Lancs.1823 R:Jig O:England A:Lancashire H:1823 Z:Chris Partington. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/ja/Jacksons_Dream_HSJJ_165_1.abc K:D D|DEDD2d|AGFF2d|A-GF F-ED|EFE~E2F DEDD2d|AGF~F2d|AGF FED|D/E/FDD2:| |:g|f2d edB|ABdd2g|f2d edB|ABd~e2g| f2d edB|(f/g/a)f g2e|(f/g/a)fg2e|fddd2:|]


X:1 T:Jackson’s Dream -- Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Henry Hudson manuscript collection (Dublin, 1841, No. 272) N:Hudson was a Dublin dentist and an early collector. He was N:music editor of The Citizen or Dublin Monthly Magazine from N:1841-1843. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-2/#page/7/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d/B/|AFD DFD|AFD DdB|AFD DFD|BEE E2 d/B/| AFD DFD|AFA d2e|fed BdB|AFE E2|| f/g/|afd dfd|afd d2 f/g/|afd dfd|gee e2 f/g/| afd dfd|afd efg|fed B/c/dB|AFE E2|| P:”Guess at the last bars? H.H. + one Bar having been omitted” afd dfd|aafd g2b|afd B/c/dB|AFE E2||


X: 1 T:Jackson's Dream. EHo.475 A:England; East Yorkshire M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 B:Edward Holmes MS, c1846, Beverley, Yorkshire. N:NB1 = quaver in ms C: O: Z:Village Music Project 2018, Jake Wade. Beverley, East Yorks F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/HolmesE/Holmes%20-Wade.abc K:D yD | DED D2d | AGF "tr"F2d | (AGF) (FED) | EFE "tr"E2F | DED D2d | AGF "tr"F2d | AGF FED | D/E/FD "NB1"D2 :| |: g | f2d edB | ABd "tr"d2g | f2d edB | ABd "tr"e2g | f2d edB | (f/g/a)f g2e | (f/g/a)f g2e | fdd d2 :|


X:397 T:Jackson's Dream. Roose.0396 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 B:John Roose, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project, Rob Watkins 2019 K:D D|DED D2d|AGF F2d|AGF FED|EFE E2F| DED D2d|AGF F2d|AGF FED|(D/E/F)!wedge!D D2:| |:g|f2d edB|ABdd2g|f2d edB|ABd !trill!d2g| f2d edB|(f/g/a)!wedge!f g2e|(f/g/a)!wedge!f g2e|fdd d2:|