Annotation:Priest's Leap (2) (The)
X:1 T:Priest's Leap [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 59 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD| GBA G2B|def gfg|ecA dBG|FEF G2:| |:B|ded dcB|def gdB|ded dcB|AFD AFD| ded dcB|def gfg|ecA dBG|FEF G2:|
PRIEST'S LEAP [2], THE (Leim an t-Sagairt). AKA and see “Draught of Ale (A),” “Down with the Tithes (2),” "Quarter of Goat (The)," "Red Stockings (1),” “Saddle the Pony (1)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill/1850): AA'BB (O'Neill/Krassen). The first strain is similar to that of “Priest's Leap (1) (The).” See also the cognate first strain of turn of the 20th century New Hampshire fiddler John Taggart's "Clark's Favorite (2)."
