Contentment Is Wealth jig

There are 36 recordings of a tune by this name.

Contentment Is Wealth has been added to 44 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: Contentment Is Wealth
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
F|GFG Eed|BAB EFG|FEF DdB|AFD Def|
gfe edB|BAB dcd|BdB DFA|GED E2:|
f|gbe gbe|geg bag|fdd Add|fdf afd|
gfe edB|BAB dcd|BdB DFA|GED E2:|
X: 2
T: Contentment Is Wealth
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
S: Paul Cranford
F| GFG Eed | BAB E2 G | FEF DdB | AFD Def |
gfe edB | BAF d2 B | AFD DFA | GEE E2 :|
f | gbe gbe | gbb bag | fad fad | faa afd |
gfe edB | BAF d2 B | AFD DFA | GEE E2 :|
# Added by Tate .
X: 3
T: Contentment Is Wealth
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
S: Andrea Beaton
F| GFG Eed | BAB E2 G | FEF DdB | AFD Def |
gfe edB | BAB dcd | B/c/dB AGF | GEE E2 :|
f | gbe gbe | gfg bag | fdd Add | fdf afd |
gfe edB | BAB dcd | B/c/dB AGF | GEE E2 :|
# Added by Tate .

Six comments

Contentment Is Wealth (jig)

There are 2 distinct (or distantly related?) tunes known by this name, but I believe this is the more common one. I picked it up from the playing of Leeds Ceili Band recorded more than 10 years ago. Brian Rooney recorded a very similar version on the box, citing Paddy Killoran as the source.

The other one’s more common in sessions I go to.

Keyboard

If a Cape Bretoner tells you to play the Golden Keyboard, they mean this one.

No. The other "Contentment is Wealth" is the one played as "the Golden Keyboard" in Cape Breton.