Tumble the Tinker

X:184
T:Tumble the Tinker
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:John McFadden, Chicago
K:G
d/2c/2|:BAG GDG|GBd gdc|BAG GFG|A2 G Adc|
BAG GDG|GBd gdB|cec BdB|1A2 G Adc:|2A2 G GBc|
|:d3 BGB|def gdB|ded BGB|A2 G ABc|1d2 d BGB|def gdB|cec BdB|A2 G ABc:|2dBd def|gba gdB|cec BdB|A2 G Gdc||
%
% An excellent double jig called "Tumble the Tinker" was printed for
% the first time in the enlarged edition of "O'Neill's Irish Music for P
%iano
% or Violin", issued in 1915. It was obtained from John McFadden a
% clever traditional Irish fiddler of Chicago, who until then had forgot
%ten
% the tune since last leaving his native Mayo some forty years before.
% Since its publication as stated, a spirited second finish has been
% developed. As varied in the present setting "Tumble the Tinker",
% heretofore so little known, is assuredly worthy of preservation, and
% enhanced publicity.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/MontrealSession/oneill_ws/%184:TUMBLETHETINKER/0000

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