April’s Fool jig

Also known as Amadán Aibreáin, April Fool.

There are 9 recordings of this tune.

April’s Fool appears in 1 other tune collection.

April’s Fool has been added to 2 tune sets.

April's Fool has been added to 65 tunebooks.

Three settings

X: 1
T: April's Fool
R: jig

X: 2
T: April's Fool
R: jig

X: 3
T: April's Fool
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:F|GAB GAB|E3 EDE|GAB d2B|deB dBA|
GAB GAB|E3 EDE|G ge dBA|AGF G2:|
A|B2d dBd|e3 g2g|age dBd|edB AGA|
B2 d dBd|e3 g2g|age dBA|AGF G2 A||
B2 d dBd|e3 g2 g|age dBd|edB AGA|
GAB GAB|E3 EDE|G ge dBA|AGF G2|]

Five comments

I thought this one was well known, but I didn’t find it here. We use to play it at our session. Emer Mayock recorded it on her Merry Bits Of Timber album.

April’s Fool

This is one of the first jigs I wrote — and wrote it for Liz Carroll after a great April’s Fool joke she played on me

April’s Fool

Gypsy Reel plays this tune-we love the tune and the story of the joke-maybe Jimmy Keane could elaborate..

"April Fool" ~ C: Jimmy Keane

April Fool, X:3

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