The Swallow's Nest

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Ed could not explain why certain tunes became jigs and not reels or hornpipes. His simple retort was: "I guess a jig was just meant to be a jig."

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Jig One title Only 1 transcription Has some stepwise movement major D 6/8 Has notes text No chords explore more...

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X: 89
T:The Swallow's Nest
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed could not explain why certain tunes became 
N:jigs and not reels or hornpipes. His simple 
N:retort was: 
N:"I guess a jig was just meant to be a jig."
K:D
A/2c/2|dcd gdc|dAG FED|FAd cAF|E=cE GFE|DFA dAF|
EGB efg|f/2f/2df gec|edc d2:||f/2g/2|a<ba fdf|
gag ecA|fef gfg|ecA GFE|DFA dAF|EGB efg|
1f/2f/2df geA|edc d2:|2f2 f gec|edc d2||

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