Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as Jack MacDonald's, Little Jack MacDonald's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Little Jack's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: A |
GFG B2 A | GBd e2 d | g2 e d2 G | F<AG FED |
GG/G/G E2 D | GBd dB/c/d | gdg b2 a | g3 g2 :|
|: e |
dBd gbg | ece a2 g | f<af def | g<bg d2 e |
dB/c/d g2 f | ec/d/e a2 g | fed c'2 f | g3- g2 :|
"Little Jack's" ~ attributed to Ontario fiddler "Little" Jack MacDonald
~ but not necessarily as a composition of his. I'd like to know more... Also, there are a few ways with this tune, as it has travelled and been handled by many different musicians. I've worked in some of those in the transcription given, for example, bars 1 & 5 of the A-part, which can be mirrors or each other, options being ~
| GFG B2 A | ~ or ~ | GFG E2 D | ~ or ~ | GG/G/G B2 A | ~ or ~ | GG/G/G E2 D | ~ or
~ see the following for more possibilities, simplified ~
K: G Major
|: D |
GFG A2 F | GBd d^cd | g2 e d2 G | FAG AFD |
GFG AGF | GBd d^cd | gdg b2 a | g3 g2 :|
|: e |
dBd g2 f | ece a2 g | faf d2 a | gbg d2 e |
dBd g2 d | ece a2 e | fed c'fa | g3 g2 :|
# Posted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan