Two comments
“Little Jack’s” ~ attributed to Ontario fiddler “Little” Jack MacDonald
~ but not necessarily as a composition of his. I’d like to know more… Also, there are a few ways with this tune, as it has travelled and been handled by many different musicians. I’ve worked in some of those in the transcription given, for example, bars 1 & 5 of the A-part, which can be mirrors or each other, options being ~
| GFG B2 A | ~ or ~ | GFG E2 D | ~ or ~ | GG/G/G B2 A | ~ or ~ | GG/G/G E2 D | ~ or
~ see the following for more possibilities, simplified ~
K: G Major
|: D |
GFG A2 F | GBd d^cd | g2 e d2 G | FAG AFD |
GFG AGF | GBd d^cd | gdg b2 a | g3 g2 :|
|: e |
dBd g2 f | ece a2 g | faf d2 a | gbg d2 e |
dBd g2 d | ece a2 e | fed c’fa | g3 g2 :|
Little Jack’s, X:3
Hopefully a bit closer to the setting from Natalie McMaster’s version.