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The Surround slip jig

There are 7 recordings of this tune.

The Surround appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Surround has been added to 5 tune sets.

The Surround has been added to 54 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Surround
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G2B A2G E3|B2d d2B A2G|G2B A2G E3|DEF G2B, A,2G,:|
|:B3 B2G B2d|c2B A2G F2A|B3 B2A B2G|DEF G2B, A,2G,:|
2
X: 2
T: The Surround
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G2B A2G E3|B2d d2B A2G|G2B A2G E3|DEF G2B A2G:|
|:B3 B2G B2d|c2B A2G F2A|B3 B2A B2G|DEF G2B A2G:|
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: The Surround
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d2f e2d B2A|f2a a2f e2c|d2f e2d B3|ABc d2F E2D:|
|:f3 f2e f2a|g2f e2d e2g|f3 f2e f2a|ABc d2F E2D:|

Five comments

… but where does this tune come from?

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Don’t you want to share any anecdotes you might have about "The Surround"?

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Hop Jig!

In the sleeve notes of Teada’s first recording, the tune is in the James Goodman manuscripts, which were compiled in the late 19th century.

It’s called an "old jig" in "Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts" - I learned it from Kevin Burke’s Across the Black River CD and taught it to CF at our Sunday session…