Humours Of Ballinafauna jig

Also known as Humours Of Mullin-a-faunia, Jackson’s Coge In The Morning, Jackson’s Coggie In The Morning, My Former Wife, Humors Of Ballinafauna.

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Humours Of Ballinafauna appears in 1 other tune collection.

Humours Of Ballinafauna has been added to 3 tunebooks.

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One setting

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X: 1
T: Humours Of Ballinafauna
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:G|E2A A2B|c2A (BGE)|(GAG) (EDE)|(GAG) (GED)|
EFG A2B|c2A (Bcd)|ege dBG|(A3A2):|
|:^g|a2e a2e|(abc') (bab)|g2e g2e|edc BAG|
a2e a2e|(abc') (bab)|gfe dBG|A3 A2:|
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Humours Of Ballinafauna

I’ve heard the Humours of Ballinafauna played by the Cottars after Miss Casey’s Jig on their album, Forerunner.

You can hear that set on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqaWJpI7_Vo


There are various tune variations on Tune Archive, https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Humors_of_Ballinafauna_(The)

Various alternate tune names are “Sugrad Baile-na-Fanad”, “Sugra Beul-Ata-na-Fanad”, “Jackson’s Coggie” (also spelled “Jackson’s Coge”), “Jackson’s Coggie in the Morning”, and especially “Humors of Mullin-a-fauna”, as it was titled in what might be the oldest archives.

Speaking of archives, here are some of the old sources:
Book: R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 70, p. 28)
Book: P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 290, p. 144)
Book: O’Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 391

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Another source

Here is another source for the tune: O’Farrell Pocket Companion vol. 1, p.14, c. 1805

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