La Ronde Des Milloraines jig

This is a very nice tune from Blowzabella’s album “Bobbityshooty”, I think written by Jean Francois Dutertre. I only realised as I was writing it out that the A part is short by a bar, making it a 30 bar tune! It is also played in D major.

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X: 2
T: La Ronde Des Milloraines
C: Jean-François Dutertre, 1974, épinette des Vosges et vielle
S: GIG CB
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmin
|: A |\
d^cd efg | aba gfe | [M: 9/8] f2 e d^cd A2 A | [M: 6/8]
d^cd efg | aba gfe | [M: 9/8] f2 e d2 ^c d2 :|
A |:\ [M: 6/8]
ddd B2 B | BAG A2 D | EFG ABA | GFE F2 D |
ddd B2 B | BAG A3 | EFG ABA |[1 GFE D3 :|[2 GFE D2 |]

Compositions ‘pour’ épinette des Vosges et vielle…

Music manuscript: Dave Shepherd
Blowzabella / Dragonfly Music, 1987

Page 10: “Ronde de Miloraine”

X: 3
T: Ronde de Miloraine
C: Jean-François Dutertre
B: Encyclopaedia Blowzabellica
N: Unfortunately Out of Print 🙁
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: ronde
K: Dmin
|: A |\
dcd efg | a2 a gfe | [M: 9/8] f2 e dcd A2 A | [M: 6/8]
dcd efg | a2 a gfe | [M: 9/8] f2 e d2 c d2 :|
|: A |\ [M: 6/8]
dcd B2 A | BAG A2 D | EFG ABA | GFG A2 A |
dcd B2 A | BAG A2 D | EFG ABA |[1 GFE D2 :|

In their “Encylopaedia Blowzabellica” the tune, as written,has bar 3 and bar 6 set in 9/8 time. And in this version it adds up to 28 bars! Still a great tune, though.
Gemtrimmer

Trouble is, if you write it like that, it puts the emphasis on the wrong beat in the B part. I spent a while listening to Blowzabella’s recording to decide how best to write it to match how it was played. For the A part, I agree the 9/8 works well, but I don’t think it flows into the B part so well with it.