Arriving To St. John’s jig

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Arriving To St. John’s has been added to 1 tune set.

Arriving To St. John's has been added to 6 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Arriving To St. John's
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
c2d|:e3 efe|A3 ABc|{c}d3 ded|F3 FGA|
B3BcB|G2B E3|1 e3 fed|c3 c2d:|2 efe dcB|{c}A3 A2||
A,2C A,CE|Acc cBA|FED FED|d3 dcB|
G3 GFE|EGE BGB|1 e3 fed|c3 c2A:|2 efe dcB|{c}A3 c2d||

X: 2
T: Arriving To St. John's
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:e2e efe|A2A ABc|d2d ded|F2F FGA|B2B BcB|
G2B E3|1 e2e fed|c3 c2d:|2 efe dcB|A3 A3||
|:E2E EDC|c2c cBA|F2F FED|d2d dcB|G2G GFG|
EFE EGB|1 e2e fed|c3 cAF:|2 efe dcB|A3 A3||

Two comments

Arriving To St. John’s

I learned this tune from Colin Quigley…who studied the Newfoundland fiddler Emile Benoit, who actually wrote the tune. My version is slightly different then Emile’s, but pretty close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQTxTNfSY8

play video

Arriving To St. John’s, X:2

From the playing of The Celtic Fiddlers.

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