Cossey's Jig

X: 471
T: Cossey's Jig
O: Irish
R: jig
B: John Macpherson Mulhollan "A Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes" 1816 p.47 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 12-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
|:\
c3 B3 | (TAGA) BGE | (DEG) (G/A/BG) | TAGA BGE ||\
cec BdB | TAGA BGE | DEG TAGA | BGG G3 ::\
g3 (Tedc) | Bdg dBG | g2e dBG | ecA A2d ||
ge/f/g/f/ fd/e/f/d/ | ecg dBG | (DEG) (TAGA) | BGG G3 ::\
(GB).d (GB).d | (Gc).e (Gc).e | (GB).d (GB).d | ecA A3 ||\
(GB).d (GB).d | (Gc).e (ef).g | (DEG) (TAGA) | BGG G3 :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
z2f g2G | d2c B2c | B3 G3 | d3 G2z || z2f g2G | d2c B2c | B2G d2D | GBd G3 ::
B3 c3 | G3 g3 | z2z B3 | c2^c d2z || G6 | G6 |B2G d2D | GBd G3 ::
b3 g3 | c'3 c3 | B3 G3 | c2^c d3 || z2z b3 | c'3 c3 | B2G d2D | GBd G3 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnMacphersonMulhollan/471_Cosseys_Jig/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnMacphersonMulhollan/IaST-abc1/0013