94. JOHN NEWGRANT COME HOME WITH A PAIN IN HIS HEAD

X: 99
T: 94. JOHN NEWGRANT COME HOME WITH A PAIN IN HIS HEAD
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #94
S: Played by Mrs Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, PA, Nov 18, 1943.
N: This air -- an excellent specimen of what Irish Fiddlers would call a "double jig" -- is quite
N: new to the editor; and so is its name, which sounds like a line from some one of the rhymes often
N: attached to fiddle tunes.  There can be little doubt that No.94 belongs to Irish tradition.
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
F |\
AFD FDF | AFA dcB | AFD FDF | E2E GFG |
AFD FDF | G2G2 BAG | "a."FGA ABc | dAF Dz :: A |
d2d "b."BAG | F2A ABc | d2d BAF | E2e edc |
"c."dcd "b."BAG | F2A ABc | dcd BAF | EFE E2 |]
P: Var:
"a."A2A || "b."BAA || "c."d2d |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/HillCountryTunes/94_JohnNewgrandComeHome_D/0000

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