The Christening jig

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

The Christening has been added to 2 tunebooks.

One setting

X: 1
T: The Christening
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:~E3 A,CE|FEF A2B|~c3 ece|fec BAB|
~c3 BAF|ECE FEC|DFA GBe|cAA A3:|
|:efe Ace|fef a2f|eAA fec|fec Bcd|
[1 efe Ace|fef a2f|eAA BcB|ABA A3:|
[2~c3 BAF|ECE FEC|DFA GBe|cAA AGF||

Two comments

The Christening

Not to be confused with the reel of almost (Mrs Crotty’s) or sometimes the same name and previously incorrectly linked to the Sliabh Notes record, Along Blackwater’s Banks. Notated using other sources as best I could from the playing in Katoomba and hopefully not already here.

Re: The Christening

written by Donal Murphy “on the morning of my son Eoin’s Christening in 2001.” See https://thesession.org/recordings/7605

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