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The Fathaby jig

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

The Fathaby has been added to 16 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Fathaby
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d/e/|f2A AFA|B2B A2a|f2f fef|g2f ede|
f2A AFA|B2B A2a|aba agf|e3 d2:|
a|faa b2a|faa b2a|faa b2a|e2f gfe|
faa b2a|faa b2a|aba agf|e3 d2||
2
X: 2
T: The Fathaby
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:f2 A ABA|~B3 ABA|~f3 fef|~g3 efg|
f2 A ABA|~B3 Afg|~a3 agf|efe d2 e:|
|:fga b2 a|fga b2 a|fga b2 a|aef gfe|
f2 f gfe|f2 f f2 g|a2 a agf|efe d2 e:|

Four comments

The Fathaby

Jig from the Isle of Man, that is used for a popular dance - the ‘B’ tune isn’t repeated because of the structure of the dance, but it is often played AABB in sessions.

So it is! Thanks very much, I didn’t know that.