The Market Town

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on October 27th 2004 by rfdarsie.

This tune has been added to 42 tunebooks.

Also known as Market Town.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• For As Many As Will by Haste To The Wedding
• Green Fields by Robin Bullock
• Kilbride by Kilbride Brothers
• Playing With Fire: The Celtic Fiddle Collection by Various Artists
• Portland by Kevin Burke And Mícheál O'Domhnaill

X: 1
T: Market Town, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
E3 ECE|EFA A2 f|edc Bcd|cBA F3|
E3 ECE|EFA A2f|edc BAB|1 cAA A2 F:|2 cAA Acd||
|:e2 e ece|f2 g a2 f|edc Bcd|cBA F3|
e2 e ece|f2 ga2 f|edc BAB|1 cAA Acd:|2 cAA A2 F||

The Market Town

This tune seems to be related to "A Hundred Pipers" - at least the second section is quite similar.

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by rfdarsie

I learnt this off a Kevin Burke recording, but I recall that there was a 2nd ending to the B-part that went something like:

|Ace def|cde fga|edc BAB|cAA AGF||

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Dr. Dow

This tune also reminds me of Stan Chapman's: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/324 Or all the Amaj tunes just sound the same to a mediocre whistle/flute player?

# Posted on October 28th 2004 by slainte

"The Market Town Jig" ~ another way to second end it ~

B-part ~ returning to the last 4 bars of the A-part, given here with slight variations on the notation given above:

2] EFE E^DE | F2 A A2 f | edc BA | cAG A2 ||

# Posted on December 2nd 2005 by ceolachan

Market Town

Market Town by Blackthorn

# Posted on January 26th 2007 by oldstrings

Weird, something didn't go right with that second ending given above, here it is corrected, I hope, though the ^A is optional ~

[2 EFE E^DE | F2 A A2 f | edc B^AB | cAG A2 ||

# Posted on January 26th 2007 by ceolachan

The Market Town

This tune is known in Scotland as "Peter Bailie's Wife":

X: 1
T: Peter Bailie's Wife
S: Kerr's Merry Melodies
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: A
E | E>FE ECE | E>FA A2 f | e>dc B>cd | c>BA F>GA |
E>FE ECE | E>FA A2 f | e>dc BAB | cAA A2 :|
c/d/ | e>fe ece | f2g a2f | e>dc B>cd | c>BA F2 E |
e>fe ece | f2g a2f | e>dc B>cd | cAA A2
c/d/ | e>fe ece | f2g a2f | e>dc B>cd | c>BA F2 E |
Ace def | cde fga | e>dc BAB | cAA A2 |]

Peter - or "Pate" Baillie (1774-1841) was a fiddler from Loanhed, just outside Edinburgh, and published a collection of his compositions in 1825. I haven't seen that collection, so I can't say whether this tune is in it.

# Posted on July 4th 2009 by nigelg