Fool's

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 21st 2002 by no longer exists.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

X: 1
T: Fool's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
D2E D2F|A2F DEF|G2F G2B|A2F DEF|
G3 .B2G|F3 .A2 F|E2D E2F|E2G F2E|
D2E D2F|A2F DEF|G2F G2B|A2F D2z|
d2c d2B|A2G F2E|F3 D3|1 D3- D2z :|2 D2z ABc||
.d2A .F2A|B2A .F2A|.d2A .F2A|B2A G2F|
G3 .e2G|F3 .d2F|E2D E2F|E2G F2E|
D2E D2F|A2F DEF|G2F G2B|A2F D2z|
d2c d2B|A2G F2E|F3 D3| D3 .dz2|

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

My all-time favorite jig. Goes absolutely perfectly on pennywhistle (higher keys only, I find...) and doesn't sound too great on a fiddle.... but be your own judge. Play it 3 times - slowly, faster, blazing fast. Great fun, gets people's feet a-stomping. good for sessions when there's too many bodhraniis...

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by no longer exists

I have this jig in my pennywhistle instruction book. It was one of the first tunes I learned to play on whistle.
I played this one for a friend once, and he danced. I told him that it's called "Fool's Jig" and he said, "Aw, I danced the jig, and I'm a fool!"

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by The Whistler

Yep... i learned it from Cathal McConnel's (I think that's his name...) "Irish Tinwhistle Tutor" and it stuck with me for 4 years... it was the third tune I learned.

# Posted on June 22nd 2002 by no longer exists

This tune appears in O'Neills, written in 4/4, as a hornpipe (or reel, I forget), under the name of Roxburgh Castle. It is also popular in Northumberland and the Scottish borders, where the above title comes from.

# Posted on June 23rd 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

"Roxburgh Castle" ~ Hornpipe

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4628

It makes a lot more sense to me this way...whatever key you like it in...

# Posted on November 28th 2005 by ceolachan

With that in mind ~ "Fool's / Roxburgh Castle Hornpipe"

# Posted on November 28th 2005 by ceolachan