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Cut The File jig

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Cut The File has been added to 1 tune set.

Cut The File has been added to 12 tunebooks.

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Two settings

X: 1
T: Cut The File
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:f|ecA A2B|c3B2A|d2d def|gfe faf|
ecAA2B|c3B2A|G2Bd2g|ecA A2:|
|:f|ecA e2f|g3f2e|a2a aba|g2f efg|
a2a aba|g2f e2g|f2d def|gfe faf:||
X: 2
T: Cut The File
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:f|ecA A2B|c3 B2A|d2d d2f|g2e faf|
ecA A2B|c3 B2A|G2B d2g|ecA A2:|
|:f|ecA e2f|g3 f2e|a2a aba|g2f e2g|
a2a aba|g3 e2g|f2d d2f|1 g2e fa:|2 g2e b2||

Three comments

This is an old Northumbrian jig (from the Lockey Manuscripts, if that means anything to anyone) - and one of my favourite tunes from that part of the world. I got it form Kathryn Tickell’s album "On Kielder Side". On the Northumbrian pipes, which are usually pitched in F, it would be played in G-dorian, but I have transposed it up a tone to make it sit better on "Irish" instruments. It works well in its original key on fiddle/mandolin, though.

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I’ve got that album and this is one of the nicest tunes on it. I think it works nicely at a faster pace also, so that it becomes like a slide.

Cut The File

Apparently this is from the Lockey collection manuscript compiled by William Hall Lister and Robert Lister of East Boldon. The actual handwritten version is as follows (corrections have been made so that the repeat bars link back properly):

|:f|ecA A2B|c3 B2A|d2d d2f|g2e faf|
ecA A2B|c3 B2A|G2B d2g|ecA A2:|
|:f|ecA e2f|g3 f2e|a2a aba|g2f e2g|
a2a aba|g3 e2g|f2d d2f|1 g2e fa:|2 g2e b2||