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T:Magpie Jig
 
T:Magpie Jig
T:Going To Scotland
 
 
% NFF Book 2009
 
% NFF Book 2009
 
S:collected from Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW
 
S:collected from Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW
 
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
 
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
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S:see also Alexander Laing
 
Z:arranged by Greg O'Leary
 
Z:arranged by Greg O'Leary
B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p193, ISBN 0 86840 018
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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.
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H:The Yates family had a pet magpie at one point. Joe managed to teach the
H:The bird learned to sing this tune from Joe's playing.
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H:whole first part to the tame magpie.
N:Joe Yates' magpie jig is in Harry Schaefer's lancers set.
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N:Older versions of this tune: The earliest printed source appears to be:
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N:- John Young, "The Second Volume of the Dancing Master 1st Edition", p48, (1710) as "Would You Have a Young Virgin"
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N:- John Sutherland, "Aberdeen-shire Pastoral Pipe MS", (c.1785) as "Boys Avoid All Care".
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N:The tune was collected in Australia as:
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N: - "Miss Mary Marshall's Favourite", Alexander Laing MS, 1863
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N: - "The Old Arrow Inn" Parts C & D from Frank Collins, Goulburn NSW
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N: - "Ernie Wells Set Tune" from Ernie Wells, Burrell Creek, NSW
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N: - "Going To Scotland", Harry Schaefer's lancers set, Fig 3, Schaefer MS, Forbes NSW
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F:https://tunearch.org/wiki/Would_You_have_a_Young_Virgin
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F:https://tunearch.org/wiki/Boys_Avoid_of_All_Care
 
O:Australia, NSW, Sofala
 
O:Australia, NSW, Sofala
 
R:Jig
 
R:Jig
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Additional information may be available on the following people or
 
organisations associated with the collection of this tune:<br>
 
organisations associated with the collection of this tune:<br>
| [[austtradpeople:Greg O'Leary|Greg O'Leary]] | [[austtradpeople:Joe Yates|Joe Yates]] | [[austtradpeople:John Meredith Collection|John Meredith Collection]] |  
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| [[austtradpeople:Greg O'Leary|Greg O'Leary]] | [[austtradpeople:Joe Yates|Joe Yates]] |  
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[[austtradpeople:John Meredith Collection|John Meredith Collection]] |
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[[austtradpeople:Alexander Laing|Alexander Laing]] |  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:09, 4 March 2025


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 as:
N: - "Miss Mary Marshall's Favourite", Alexander Laing MS, 1863
N: - "The Old Arrow Inn" Parts C & D from Frank Collins, Goulburn NSW
N: - "Ernie Wells Set Tune" from Ernie Wells, Burrell Creek, NSW 
N: - "Going To Scotland", Harry Schaefer's lancers set, Fig 3, Schaefer MS, Forbes NSW
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
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"D"fed fed|"A7"e2AA2f|"D"fed fed|"Em"g2ee2f|
"D"fed fed|"G"gfe "A7"a2f|"D"fed "A7"ABc|"D"d2DD2||



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 |