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Armstrong's

jig

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on June 29th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm.

This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Armstrong's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
f>ef ~B3 | g>fe d>BG | e>ce ~A3 | f>ed B>cd |
f>ef ~B3 | g>fe d>BG | c<ec A>ce | d>BA ~B3 :|
G>BG d>BG | A>cA e>cA | F>AF c>AF | ~G3 ~A3 |
G>BG d>BG | A>cA e>cA | g>fe d>BG | c>BA ~B3 :|

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Armstrong's sheetmusic
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Armstrong's Jig

Don't know much about this tune. I believe it was composed by JM Alexander.

A quick Google search turns up this hit on Nigel's site which lists a tune by that name on "The Eagle, The Mountain and the Red, Red Deer" by "On the Wagon". Nigel - any more info?

# Posted on June 29th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm

Armstrong's Jig

There is no information on the CD sleeve, apart from the composer, JM Alexander. On the Wagon are a band from my home town (Crieff), so next time I bump into any of them, I'll ask. When I imported the track into iTunes and got the track names, that tune came up as "The Strong Arm" for some reason. On the Cd they play it much slower than a jig, more like an air. It's not much different to your one. Where did you get the tune?

X: 1
T: Armstrong's Jig
S: On the Wagon
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
f>ef B>AB | g>fe d>BG | e>ce A2A | f>ed B>cd |
f>ef B>AB | g>fe d>BG | c<ec A>ce | d>BA B3 :|
G>BG dBG | A>cA ecA | F>AF c>AF | G2G A3 |
G>BG dBG | A>cA e>cA | g>fe d>BG | c>BA B3 :|]

# Posted on June 29th 2007 by nigelg

It came from a friend, Susan. She plays with a ceilidh band, Canned Haggis and when I was at one of the ceilidhs I asked her about some of the tunes she played. Next time we met she handed me the music for 2 of them - Armstrong's and The Lillias.

There was a great tune she played that is apparently her own but I can not remember how it went at all other than it was great!

If I remember right she played this tune at a fair pace, for dancing to.

# Posted on June 29th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm

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