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The Dublin jig

There are 30 recordings of this tune.

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The Dublin has been added to 2 tune sets.

The Dublin has been added to 11 tunebooks.

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One setting

1
X: 1
T: The Dublin
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:(3D/E/F/|G2 G BAB|GBd g2 e|dBG GFG|ABA AFD|
G2 G BAB|GBd gfe|dBG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:e|dBd g2 e|dB/c/d g3|dBG GFG|ABA AFD|
G2 G BAB|GBd gfe|dBG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:G|E2 E GFE|BcB B3|GFE FED|EFG B3|
E2 E GFE|BcB BEF|GFE FED|E3 e2:|

Four comments

"The Dublin Jig"

‘Boots MacAllen’ directed me here ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4FUZpd6kek

101. The Dublin Jig - H.C. Horner, 80th year, fife, Monesseu (?-Pennsylvania), August 18th, 1960

Played on a G fife, starting it up in G and then jumping up to C. I’ve transposed it to D. I haven’t yet been able to trace any provenance for it and am adding it here to see if anyone can add anything more on this curious jig. While he repeats the last part, it’s unclear what’s intended for the previous parts. I’ve gone ahead with three parts and repeats all round.

I’d meant to say ~ "I’ve transposed it to G"… I’d also written it out in D but that’s not the version given here…

SW PA - "Dublin Jig" >> Eire - "Chalk Sunday"

Found this in ‘The Fiddler’s Companion’:

X:1
T:Chalk Sunday
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air and Jig
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/A/ | G>AG B>AB | GBd g2e | dBG AGE | A>BA A2 B/A/ |
G>AG BAB | GBd g2 e | dBG AGE | G2G G2 :|
|: (3d/e/f/ | g>ag fed | ede/f/ g2 f/e/ | dBG cBc | ABd e2 (3d/e/f/ |
gag fed | ede/f/ g2e | dBG AGE | G2G G2 :|

Re: The Dublin Jig or Double Jig

This looks like Chalk Sunday https://thesession.org/tunes/9081 with a third part added. To my ears the player is saying Double Jig rather than Dublin Jig but I may well be wrong! Incidentally there would appear to be a lot of Dublin Reels linked to this setting!