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 Theme code Index    1H55 1H56
 Also known as    Jackson's Cassock, Leather the Wig, Whack at the Whigs (A), Wig (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Peter Kennedy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 13, p. 5
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1999
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