Jackson's Morning Brush
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Jackson's Morning Brush", in Gaelic, "Sgaile Micseoin" or "Muisguilt Mhicseoin" is also known<br> "Fairy Haunts", "Jackson's Favourite", "Jackson's Morning Brew", "Morning Brush" or "My<br> Mountain Home" is an Irish double jig in D Major. The parts are played AABB (Roche, Songer),<br> ABC (O'Flannagan), AABBC (Cole, Miller & Perron), AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty, Kennedy, Kerr,<br> Mulhollan, O'Farrell): AABBCC'<br> (Kershaw), ABCD (O'Sullivan/Bunting), AABBCDD (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1913), AABBCCDD (Moylan),<br> AABBCCDD' (O'Neill/Krassen).<br> "Jackson's Morning Brush" is the most famous composition by the Irish gentleman musician and<br> composer Walker "Piper" Jackson in the middle of the last half of the 18th century ("1775"<br> according Bunting).<br> The title refers to the tail of a fox (the 'brush') and is sometimes shortened to "Morning<br> Brush".<br> Jackson (d. 1798) was a man of some wealth and land who lived in a residence known<br> as the Turret that commanded a magnificent view of the countryside, although by 1826 it was in<br> ruins having been struck by lightning some years previously. Jackson's name appears as president<br> in notices of a convivial society in Limerick called Cuideachda gan Cúram (company or<br> companionship without care).<br> It was printed in Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782),<br> Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland (1840),<br> Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Joseph Kershaw Manuscript (1993),<br> Giblin's Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music (1928),<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 1 (1858),<br> Holden's A Collection of Old Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes, vol. 1 (1806–7),<br> Kennedy's Fiddler's Tune-Book: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours (1997),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 4 (1880's),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 1 (1977),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition (2006),<br> Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> Murphy's Irish Airs and Jigs (1809),<br> Mulhollan's A Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (1804),<br> O'Farrell's Pocket Companion, vol. 2 (1806),<br> O'Flannagen's Hibernia Collection (1860),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913),<br> O'Sullivan/Bunting's Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland (1983),<br> Peoples's 50 Irish Fiddle Tunes (1986),<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984) (as "Morning Brush"),<br> Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 1 (1814) (as "Morning Brush"),<br> Roche's Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1 (1914),<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and<br> Songer's Portland Collection (1997). <br> It was recorded by John Wilmot, Sean Keane on Gusty's Frolics (1975),<br> Leo Rowsome (1944) and Mick Maloney on Strings Attached.<br>
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