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John McHugh's

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 15th 2004 by heike.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: John McHugh's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
B3 ded | BAB G2 B | AGE DEG | AGE D3 |
B3 ded | BAB GAB | AEE DEG |1 AGF G2 A :|2 AGF G2 c ||
BAB GAB | cBc ABc | BAB GcB | ABc d2 c |
BAB GAB | c3 B3 | AGE DEG | AGF G2 c |
BAB GAB | cBc ABc | BAB GcB | ABc d2 c |
BdG G2 B | c2 E BcB | AGE DEG | AGF G3 |

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John McHugh's sheetmusic
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This is John Carty's version on At It Again.

# Posted on March 15th 2004 by heike

A mythic tune!

This tune is also available in the recording "music at matt molloy's". track 15, called "a set of single jigs learned by kevin's father - john's grandfather" played on fiddle by kevin and john mchugh (and by the o'grady on the bouzoukis)

# Posted on June 3rd 2004 by Mattaeus

John McHugh's

On his cd, Dancing on Silver, concertina player Tim Collins plays this in F, as follies:

X: 1
T: John McHugh's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
D: Dancing on Silver, Tim Collins
K: F
A2 c cdc|AGA FGA|GFD CDF|A/G/FD C2 B|
A2 c cdc|AGA FGA|GFD CDF|GAG F2 B:||
AGA FGA|BAB GAB|AGF FEF|GAB C2 B|
AGA FGA|BdB AcA|GFD CDF|GAG F2 B:||

# Posted on April 23rd 2006 by Will CPT

Tim Collins plays this tune in F because on that track of his CD he happens to be playing his Bb / F concertina. If he was playing the C / G concertina he uses on other tracks on the same CD, he'd be playing the tune in G. Since C / G is the standard concertina used in concert-pitch Irish sessions, the proper (i.e. most common) key for this tune is probably G rather than F - which might make it accessible to a few more folks. But go ahead and play it in F if you can - it does sound nice there. Although you may end up playing it by yourself if you do...

# Posted on May 1st 2006 by johnkerr

Not that playing along with whoosis in F would be difficult for a C/G concertina,
because it wouldn't be difficult at all.

# Posted on May 1st 2006 by Laitch

Unless, of course,
nobody picked up the C/G concertina and played it.

# Posted on May 1st 2006 by Laitch

I don't think Mr. Collins "happened" to be playing his Bb/F concertina. My guess is that he chose it for a reason on this track. And I'm glad he did, because this tune works great in F on fiddle or banjo, all those nice low notes.

# Posted on May 1st 2006 by Will CPT

Played in A

I believe the Mulcahey's play it in he key of A on their great CD, Notes From the Heart.
I hear the first two bars as: c#2e eebe c#Bc# A2c#... Hope I got that right....

# Posted on April 29th 2007 by cocus

Triplicated

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/865
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6544

# Posted on May 5th 2007 by Dow

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