Fish & Dolphin jig

Also known as Fish And Dolphin.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

Fish & Dolphin has been added to 2 tune sets.

Fish & Dolphin has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Three settings

X: 1
T: Fish & Dolphin
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
A|:B2f fed|cde A2c|dBB fBb|afg fdc|
~B3 fed|c/d/ec Ace|~d3 efg|1 fdc B2F:|2 fdc B2c||
|:~d3 def|ABA a2g|~f3 fed|cde Adc|
B2d cde|def efa|bBb afg|1 fdc B2c:|2 fdc B2F||

X: 2
T: Fish & Dolphin
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
|:B2f fed|cde ABc|d2B fBb|afg fdc|
B2f fed|cde ABc|dcd efg|1 fdc B2A:|2 fdc B2c||
|:d2c def|~A3 a2g|~f3 fed|cde ABc|
Bcd cde|def efa|bfb afg|1 fdc B2c:|2 fdc B2A||

X: 3
T: Fish & Dolphin
R: jig

Three comments

Fish & Dolphin

From the playing of Karl Nesbitt.

Read a few places it’s a “modern jig”, haven’t been able to find the composer’s name yet.

The Whistler:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkcff6CPXxU

play video

Fairly similar to Aaron’s Key:
https://thesession.org/tunes/2266

And a bit more distantly related to Up In The Air:
https://thesession.org/tunes/894

Fish & Dolphin, X:2

From the playing of Líadan.

Fish & Dolphin, X:3

Some variations from the playing of Líadan.

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