Aunt May’s Canadian jig

Well, maybe it was their accent, maybe it was mine, but I learned this jig ages ago as "Aunt May’s". Actually, maybe I just accepted it as so because it tripped off the tongue more easily.

This was also in the repertoire of "The Shepherd’s", Willy Taylor - fiddle / Joe Hutton - Northumbrian smallpipes / Will Atkinson - harmonica ~ though sadly I haven’t that recording, boo hoo, hint, hint! I understand it was referred by them as their "Canadian Jig Set".

This was also played in C ~ including on single row melodeon. Understandable on a single row the option for bar 7 of the B-part ~
~ | A2 A A^G=G | ~
wouldn’t have happened and would have been as usual ~
~ | ABA ABA | ~ or any of several other possibilities… 😉

I should further clarify that most transcriptions I have seen, and recorded tracks, have had this as "Aunt Mary’s" ~ and that includes all of half a dozen recordings made on these isles, meaning in England, Scotland and here abouts…

"I play the one-row melodeon (key : D) ~ "
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# Posted on March 22nd 2007 by jeanpierrewilmotte

There was motive in transcribing this, aside from it being one played by "The Shepherds", which would be reason enough. Jean Pierre Wilmotte was looking for D Major tunes for his one-row D Major melodeon. Yes, I know, technically this isn’t exactly ‘Irish’, but it is a kick to play whatever the origin or mix of your genes…and I suspect it can even trace it’s roots back to Irish sod… 😉

This can and is played either

~ | e2 d c2 B | ~ or ~ | e2 d d2 B | ~

~ the latter way seems to be quite common…

While I’m at it, a little fun with just that one bar ~

or ~ | | e2 d dcB | ~ or ~ | e3 dcB | ~ or ~ | e3 dd/c/B | ~ or ~ | e3 d3 | ~
or ~ | | e>fe d3 | ~ or ~ | ee/e/e dcB | ~ or ~ | efd cBA | ~ or ~ | ef/e/d cBA | ~
or ~ | | ef/e/d cBA | ~ or ~ | ef/e/d d2 B | ~ or ~ | ef/e/d d3 | ~ or ~ | ef/e/d dcB | ~

just a few possibilities… 😎

1. ) "Danse De Chez Nous"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 27th 2007 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/7004

2.) "Aunt Mary’s / May’s Canadian Jig"

3.) "Neil Taylor’s Jig"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 22nd 2007 by Dow.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6987

Mrs L. Dolman is listed in Nottingham Database as the originator of this tune. Any other opinions?

Cape breton Jam Flurry 2012
Uploaded on 21 Feb 2012 by GeorgeWilsonFiddler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zm_u8lSumk

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Jig medley: "Aunt May’s." "Top of Cork Road," "Sailor’s Wife," "Charlie Hunter’s," "Goldenrod," "Pipe on the Hob"

George Wilson - fiddle
Emily Addison - piano