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This is another with different settings. It’s an old late 18th-century Scottish hornpipe. I learned it from a recording of English fiddle player Dave Swarbrick. ‘Jackie Tar’ himself is reported to have been an English sailor and is said to have avoided several floggings by use of sharp wit and his gift of being able to console and humor other sailors when their ship was under threat from a waylaying storm!
B2 d | e2 ed ef ge | dB BA BA GB | d2 de dg fd |
ed BG A2 Bd | e2 ef g2 fe | dB BA Be dB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 d || e2 ed ef ge | dB BA BA GB | d2 dc dg fd |
ed BG A2 Bd | e2 ef g2 fe | dB BA Be dB | AD BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 E || EG Be EG Be | EG Bd BG E^D | DF AB A2 FA |
dc BA GF ED | EG BA Bd gd | B2 d/B/A BedB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 E || EG Be EG Be | EG Bd BG E^D | DF AB A2 FA |
dc BA GF ED | EG BA Bd gd | B2{/d} BA BedB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 d || e2 ed ef ge | dB BA BA GB | d2 dd/c/ dgfd |
ed BG A2 Bd | e2 ef g2 fe | dB BA Be dB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 d || e2 ed ef ge | dB BA BA GB | d2 de dg fd |
ed BG A2 Bd | e2 ef g2 fe | dB BA Be dB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 E || EG Be EG Be | EG Bd BG E^D | DF AB A2 FA |
dc BA GF ED | EG BA Bd gd | B2 d/B/A BedB | A2 BA GB dB |
AG ED E3 E || EG Be EG Be | EG Bd BG E^D | DF AB A2 FA |
dc BA GF ED | EG BA Bd gd | B2 d/B/A BedB | ADBA GBdB |
AGED E4 |