Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on November 7th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as Jig Owen, Jigg Owen.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Owen's
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
|: d>ed dBG d2 G | d>ed dBG e2 g | d>ed dBG dBG | A>BA A2 B c2 e :|
d>cB c2 A cBA | c>BA B2 G BAG | B>AG A2 F A>GF | GAB DGF G3 |
d>cB c2 a cBA | c>BA B2 g BAG | B>AG A2 f gdB | gdB d>gf g3 ||
"Jig Owen"
The 'by-the-book' version of this tune is played with only the first 4 measure given here for the B-part, with that repeating, or:
|: dcB cBA cBA | cBA BAG BAG | BAG AGF AGF | GAB DEF G3 :|
Another take on this tune, with the dance, can be found here:
“Y Mân-Dlysau Cymraeg / The Cambrian Trifles:
A South Wales Repertory of Polite Country Dances”
W. Burton Hart, 1812
Edited by Robin Huw Bowen, 1994
Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru / The Welsh Folk Dance Society
Page 40, dance & tune #16
# Posted on November 7th 2006 by ceolachan
This collection is of 20 dances and 40 tunes, two per dance, with dance descriptions in Welsh on the left and English on the right...
# Posted on November 7th 2006 by ceolachan
Damn that was quick ~ a low D got through and th sheetmusic converted in seconds of contributing this. Here's the correction for the A-part, second bar:
~ | d>ed dBG e2 g | ~
But, you could try one of the alternate takes I use on occassion, for example, same measure:
~ | d2 d DG/A/B e2 ^c | ~
# Posted on November 7th 2006 by ceolachan
Drops of Brandy?
# Posted on November 7th 2006 by slainte
They would make an interesting set together...
# Posted on November 8th 2006 by ceolachan