The Foxhunter's Jig
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Foxhunter's Jig", in Gaelic "Port Fiaguide an Sionaig" or "Nead na lachan sa mbúta" is<br> also known as "The Jolly Foxhunter's" is an Irish slip jig (9/8 time) from County Donegal,<br> Ireland in G Major (Barnes, Kennedy, Roche) or D Major (Howe, Huntington, O'Neill, Tubridy).<br> The structure is AABB (most versions) or AABBCCDD (Martin & Hughes, O'Neill/1001, Tubridy).<br> It appears under the title "Dublin Gigg a Jigg" in the Ellis Knowles manuscript, a<br> Lancashire (England) musician's chapbook from the year 1847.<br> It was printed in Barnes' English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2 (2005), Cotter's Traditional<br> Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (1989), Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book (1996), Cranitch's Irish<br> Session Tunes: The Red Book (2000), Hardebeck's A Collection of Jigs and Reels, vol. 2<br> (1921), P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 2 (1858), Howe's Musician's Omnibus,<br> No. 2 (c. 1864), Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867), Hughes' Gems from the Emerald Isle<br> (c. 1860's), Huntington's William Litten's Fiddle Tunes, 1800–1802 (1977), Jordan's<br> Whistle and Sing! (1975), Kennedy's Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs & Waltzes (1999),<br> Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858), Martin & Hughes' <br> Ho-ro-gheallaidh (1990), Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition<br> (2006), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Robbins' Collection of 200<br> Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances (1933), Roche's Collection of Traditional Irish Music,<br> vol. 2 (1927), Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and Tubridy's Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1<br> (1999). <br> It was recorded by Howard Bursen on Cider in the Kitchen (1980) who learned it from the<br> High Level Ranters and Louis Killen. <br>
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