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356A DorianColeman's Slip Jig / Coleman's No. 1 / Coleman's Favourite / Michael Coleman's Hop-Jig / Michael Coleman's Hop Jig / The Promenade / Promenade (also in D or E) (compare 1st part with 1st part of #5171)16MGm(1.2#1), ItS(25#1), KB Pr(5#1), Lu 1(5#2), WFO 2(2.6#1)B&S 3#77, T 23, Cobb slipjig #22
2603D MajorDusty Miller, The (2nd in set Scully's on Lu 3) (actually D pentatonic, and actually single-jig rhythm in 3/4 meter) (compare The Berwick Jockey included here and compare #563)16SE 6(25#2), Ch W(5#1), Lu 3(9#2)R 2#261
668D MajorFoxhunter's Jig, The / The Fox Hunter's Jig / The Foxhunters' Jig / Foxhunters' Jig / The Foxhunters' / Foxhunter's / The Fox Hunter / The Jolly Foxhunters (also as close of An Madradhín Ruadh / The Fox Chase #664; in set Chasing the Fox on Ch BIH) (also in G; a widespread alternate setting is in G without 1st part or 4th part, as on MC and in some later sources; also as double jig on Ch 2) (compare Humors of Derrycrosane #855)32MC(2.4#1), AL(9#2), Ch 2(6(0:58)#0), SE 5(10#2), Ch BIH(6(1:07)#0), BG 5(24#2), BCw 1(2#1), Tda 2(7#3), RedW(1#1)1001 #422, RM 46, R 2 (p. 66), R 2#265, Cr #34, FMH, M2 219, Cobb slipjig #10, DM 4 #73, RM 46
78D MixolydianAnother Jig Will Do / Another Jig Will Do! / He Didn't Dance All Day / I Whistled and Called Her Back / That's the Time o' Day / Whiskey and Beer (compare song Cucanandy #426)161850 #1163, 1001 #437, Krsn 86, FF 23, FMH, Cobb slipjig #1
316D MixolydianChoice Wife, The / An Phis Fhliuch / An Pis Fhliuch / The Wet Quim / O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick / O'Farrell's Welcome / The Boy in the Bush / Boy in the Bush40Ch 2(4#1), WC 3(18#1), TP 2(2#2), ECst(14#1), NH 1(2#1), SK 2(2#1), Whr(14#2), Lgcy(5#3), WFO 1(1.10#1), MMhn(2#1)WC #39, B&S 2#53, AW 3#11, M2 217, Cobb slipjig #4
803D MixolydianHardiman the Fiddler / Hardy Man the Fiddler / Hardyman the Fiddler (3rd in set Rhubarb and Ginger on NNC) (also in E)16LR 2(4#2), Ch 2(10#2), ItS(15#2), DByrn(10#1), FDys(12#2), TP 8(11#1), LLPQ 2(2#1), CSmth(9#2), NNC(1#3)1850 #1117, 1001 #412, WC #127, Krsn 79, RW 50, Cr #31, SK 33, DM 2 #87, Cobb slipjig #13
3497E DorianA Fig for a Kiss / Féirín ar do Phóigín / Gliogar an Mheadair / Glugar an Mheadair / The Gurgling of the Churn / The Splashing of the Churn / Milk the Churn / The Old Dutch Churn / Gáire na mBan / The Humours of Bottle Hill / Two in a Gig (compare Dublin Streets / Rinnce is Ceól included here from several books)16SE 6(5#4), Chlr(16#2), MCnnly(5#2), GrHs(6#3), LLPQ 2(2#2), WFO 2(2.15#1)1850 #1164, 1850 #1174, 1001 #438, 1001 #443, R 2#258, CRE 2 #101, Krsn 86, Krsn 88, M2 219, JKg 3 slipjig #11
254E DorianButterfly, The / Butterfly / The Red Admiral Butterfly (which is the traditional tune Skin the Peelers #3725 but with an additional 1st part attributed to Tommy Potts; nevertheless compare this 1st part with 1st part of The Butterfly #4736)24TPtts(6#1), BB 1(13#1), BB 4(2#1), Ch JG, BT(3#2), KB IC(1#1)B&S 3#79, DM 2 #91, M2 218, Cobb slipjig #3
363E DorianComb Your Hair and Curl It / Coleman's No. 2 / Coleman's No. 2 Slip Jig / Coleman's Hop (also in A)16MC(2.4#2), Ch 1(4#1), SnugBl(13#1), GrHs(6#1), A BI(13#1), BCw 1(2#3), WFO 2(2.6#2), Tda 3(2#2)1001 #447, RM 44, B&S 3#78, AW 2#11, T 24, FMH
500E DorianDever the Dancer / Deel of the Dance / The Humours of Whiskey / Pléaraca an Fuisce / The Humours of Derry / The Crossroads' Frolic / Dillon's Fancy / The Peeler's Return / The Policeman's Return / Barranna Móra Chlann Donncha / The Bridge of Athlone (4th in set Drowsey Maggie on Ch 4; 1st interlude in Farmer Michael Hayes on FtE; 1st in set Packie Duignan's on Drv 4)16Ch 4(1(1:43)#4), FtE(7#2), Drv 4(1.1#1), Trc(5#1)1850 #1147, 1001 #431, CRE 2 #100, Krsn 83, SK 14, FMH, M2 218, Cobb slipjig #6
704E DorianGarech's Wedding / Garrett's Wedding (composed by Paddy Moloney)162, Dnu 4(7#1)L
2328E DorianMy Mind Will Never Be "Aisy" / My Mind Will Never Be Easy / I Lead Such a Troublesome Life / Tied to a Wife / The Whistling Thief (1st in set Slip Jigs on Drv 4) (also in G) (compare Exile's Jig #494)16Drv 4(1.4#1), Chlr(16#3), MatH(12#1)1850 #1132, 1001 #421, Krsn 88
871E MinorHumours of Whiskey, The / The Humours of Whisky / Humors of Whiskey / Pléaráca an Fuisce / Drops of Brandy (also in B, also with parts reversed) (compare High Road to Dublin #834)16PT(28#1), Ch 2(10#1), A 1(10#3), DOEI(14#1), NMCMM(1#1), Sol 1(10#2), JK 3(7#2), A AS(7#4)CRE 1 #66, M2 220, Cobb slipjig #15
1023E MinorKid on the Mountain, The / An Mionnán ar an Sliabh / An Meannán ar an Sliabh (also with only 4 parts including a different 4th part, or with an additional 6th part, also as song The Bottle of Wine) (mislabeled as The Ballintore Fancy on some BB 2 reissues)40BB 2(10#3), TP 2(2#1), BB 4(10#3), SE 5(12#1), TAM(12#2)1850 #1155, 1001 #434, CRE 2 #104, Krsn 85, FF, JOL #301, DM 2 #90, M2 220, Cobb slipjig #16
3402F# MinorCock and the Hen, The / Cathal McConnell's / Denis Ryan's / The Whinny Hills of Leitrim (2nd in set Slip Jigs on Drv 4) (also in B)16Drv 4(1.4#2), Chlr(10#2), Lu 2(3#3), WFO 2(1.13#1)R 2#252, RM 44, B&S 2#55, HN slipjig #14, HN slipjig #51
544G MajorDrops of Brandy / The Drops of Brandy / Lots of Drops of Brandy / Oh! Mary, If My Advice You Take / Hey, My Nancy (also in D) (including Paddy Moloney's arrangement)16SE 6(5#2), JD 5(4#1), PK 1(2#1), GP(16#2), PCln(14#1), FFH(3#3), Ch W(1#1), CSmth(9#3)1001 #448, FMH, M2 219, Cobb slipjig #7, DM 4 #77
1851G MajorSwaggering Jig, The / Give Us a Drink of Water / Táim in Arréir dTigh an Óil / Oh! The Marriage / An Seanduine Coileáilte / The Silly Old Man / Girls Take Care How You Marry / Just at the Height of her Bloom / The Noggin of Cream / Tiggit along the Room / The Old Woman's Consort / Fáilte don Phíobaire / Welcome the Piper (2nd in set Rhubarb and Ginger on NNC) (compare The Drunken Gauger and The Munster Rake)16BB 1(1#2), BB 4(1#2), FFH(3#4), NNC(1#2)1850 #1118, 1001 #413, R 2#269, CRE 2 #98, Krsn 79, Cobb slipjig #11

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