Sir Watkins' Jig
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Sir Watkins' Jig", also known as "Sir Watkins' Jigg" is a Welsh jig in 6/8 time in G.<br> In some versions the first four bars of the A part and the second four bars of the A part<br> are reversed.<br> It was printed in Blodau'r Grug Collection Vol. 2 and Charles Bolton’s Retreads 1.<br> In Evelyn Lord's The Stuart Secret Army: The Hidden History of the English Jacobites<br> he states:<br> In England folk songs and traditional tunes were borrowed to provide accompaniment for Jacobite<br> songs and ballads and at least one dance tune became synonymous with the Jacobites.<br> John Byrom's journal records that at a ball in Manchester in 1750 "Sir Watkins Jig" was<br> announced. A government officer in the crowd cried out that this was an anti-government and<br> treasonable action as it was written for Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, a well-known Jacobite.<br> This led to a heated argument between Byrom and the officer which developed into a brawl.<br> It was recorded by Ensemble Galilei on Music in the Great Hall (1992).<br>
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