Magpie Jig

X:17
T:Magpie Jig
% NFF Book 2009
S:collected from Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
S:see also Alexander Laing
Z:arranged by Greg O'Leary
B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p193
H:The Yates family had a pet magpie at one point. Joe managed to teach the 
H:whole first part to the tame magpie.
N:Older versions of this tune: The earliest printed source appears to be:
N:- John Young, "The Second Volume of the Dancing Master 1st Edition", p48, (1710) as "Would You Have a Young Virgin"
N:- John Sutherland, "Aberdeen-shire Pastoral Pipe MS", (c.1785) as "Boys Avoid All Care".
N:The tune was collected in Australia by:
N: - Alexander Laing MS, No.86, (1863) as "Miss Mary Marshall's Favourite", 
N: - Frank Collins' acetate recordings, Goulburn, NSW, "The Old Arrow Inn" Parts C & D
N: - Dave de Hugard, from Ernie Wells of Burrell Creek, NSW, as "Ernie Wells Set Tune"
N: - Harry Schaefer Ms, Forbes, NSW, as "Going To Scotland", in Harry Schaefer's lancers set, Fig 3, 
F:https://tunearch.org/wiki/Would_You_have_a_Young_Virgin
F:https://tunearch.org/wiki/Boys_Avoid_of_All_Care
O:Australia, NSW, Sofala
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
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"D"fed fed|"A7"e2AA2f|"D"fed fed|"Em"g2ee2f|
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Magpie Jig - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Greg O'Leary | Joe Yates | John Meredith Collection | Alexander Laing |