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The Drought - The Irish Hop Pickers - The Sheep Shearers (Slip Jigs)

from Good Enough Music For Them Who Love It by Nicolas Brown

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I found the first slip jig in O’Farrell’s Vol 3, pg 66, but there are versions of it in Aird’s, Oswald’s and other collections as Drown Drowth (meaning quench thirst). It’s related to Give Us a Drink of Water. The second tune comes from Thomas Wilson’s A Companion to the Ballroom, a collection of tunes and dances enjoyed by the Royal Court in the early 1800s. The Companion also includes a version of the first slip jig, as well as other familiar tunes. This collection is especially interesting for his commentary and instructions for the group dances that go with slip jigs, which are usually thought of as solo dance tunes today. There are versions of the last tune in several collections, Irish and otherwise, but I first found it in Playford’s Dancing Master Vol 2 (again with group dance instructions) as Next Oars or the Sheep Shearers. It was copied into John Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master, published in 1740, and it’s the only other place I’ve found it with these three parts.

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from Good Enough Music For Them Who Love It, released October 2, 2020

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Nicolas Brown Ferndale, Michigan

Born in Illinois and raised in Ontario, Nicolas started playing Irish music in his late teens. He was lent a practice set of uilleann pipes and given two CDs: one of Willie Clancy and one of Seamus Ennis. He listened to these on repeat for the next year before he eventually got his own set of pipes and a flute (and some more CDs!) and set out on his journey down the Irish music rabbit hole. ... more

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