Myra's

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on May 4th 2005 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 36 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Opus Blue by Catriona Macdonald And Ian Lowthian
• Presence by Catherine Fraser And Duncan Smith
• Where Else Would You Be by The Pub Scouts

X: 1
T: Myra's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:e|cBA AfA|eAf ecA|cBA ECE|F3 F2e|
cBA AfA|eAf aed|cBA FEF|A3 A2:|
|:f|e2f- f2a-|afe cBA|e2f afe|cBB B2f|
e2f- f2a-|afe cBA|BAc BAF|A3 A2:|

Myra's Jig

Written by Scottish box player Ian Lowthian. I picked up this tune when I first came to Sydney, and I used to hear the Scottish fiddle crowd playing it sometimes at venues like the Canberra Folk Festival. The first setting I had was slightly different in both parts and went like this:

X: 1
T: Myra's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
e|cBA AfA|eAf ecA|BAF E^DE|F3 F2e|
cBA AfA|eAf afe|BAc BAF|~A3 A2:|
|:f|e2f- f2a-|a=ge cBA|e2f ecA|cBB B2f|
e2f- f2a-|a=ge cBA|BAc BAF|~A3 A2:|

# Posted on May 4th 2005 by Dr. Dow

If you're like me and don't like funky syncopations in tunes, you could do something like |efc e2f|afe cBA| for the start of the B-part.

# Posted on May 4th 2005 by Dr. Dow

I think this one is also on Rodney Miller's Airdance album. It's a great tune, I love it.

# Posted on May 5th 2005 by Fiddlekit

It's a smashing tune, thanks for posting it.

# Posted on May 6th 2005 by red_haired_girl

This tune works really well after Summer Lovin' (from the musical "Grease"), like we did at Folkworks. What do you think, Dow?

# Posted on October 9th 2009 by Joe CSS

(Summer Lovin' in A, obviously...)

# Posted on October 9th 2009 by Joe CSS