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I first heard this played by the great piper Séamus Ennis, who credited his father Jimmy Ennis for giving him the hop jig, and with an added remark at the time, saying that nobody else had the tune and therefore his father must have learned it from a fairy piper. In later years, I was reminded of the tune through the playing of uilleann piper Tom Klein of Saint Paul.
e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 A A2 B c2 d | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 G G2 A G3 | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 A A2 B c2 d | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 G G2 A G3 || e2 a a2 g a2 a | g2 e a2 a g2 e | d2 g g2 f g3 | a2 b g2 e d2 g | e2 a a2 g a2 a | g2 e a3 g2 e | d2 g g2 f g g2 | a2 b g2 e d2 g || e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 A A2 B c2 d | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 G G2 A G3 | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 A A2 B c2 d | e2 A A2 G E2 D | E2 G G2 A G3 || e2 a a2 g a2 a | g2 e a3 g2 e | d2 g g2 f g g2 | a2 b g2 e d2 g | e2 a a2 g a2 a | g2 e a3 g2 e | d2 g g2 f g g2 | a2 b g2 e d2 B | A6 |
