back menu
Log in or Sign up

The Twopenny jig

Also known as Brackets On The Bow, The Two-penny, The Twopenny Bit.

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

The Twopenny appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Twopenny has been added to 1 tune set.

The Twopenny has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Download ABC

Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Twopenny
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
|:GFD B2c|dBG GFD|G2A B2c|dBG G2B|
GFD B2c|dBG AGA|FAc fed|cAF FGA:|
|:dfd cec|BdB AGF|G2A B2c|dBG G2c|
[1dfd cec|BdB AGA|FAc fed|cAF FAc:|
[2dBd cec|cdB AGA|FAc fed|cAF FAc||
2
X: 2
T: The Twopenny
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:AGEc2d|ecA AGE|A2B c2d|ecA A2c|
AGE c2d|ecA BAB|GBd gfe|1 dBG GAB:|2 dBG G2d||
|:ege dfd|cec {c}BAG|A2Bc2d|ecA A2d|
[1 ege dfd|cec BAB|GBd gfe|dBG GBd:|
[2 ece gfe|dec BAB|GBd gfe|dBG GAB||
3
X: 3
T: The Twopenny
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
|:GFD B2c|dBG GFD|GFD B2c|dBG GFD|
GFD B2c|dBG GFD|F3 f2d|~cAF FGA:|
|:d3 cdc|BcB ABA|GFD ~G2c|dBG GFD|
dBd cAc|B/c/dB ABG|FDF f2d|~cAF FGA:|

Three comments

This is a really good tune. Thanks for posting it.

Are the Es natural in the B part it feels as if they should be flat?

The Twopenny, X:2

As found in O’Neill’s 1001 Gems, but transposed two half-steps up into a pipes and whistle-friendly key.