Day 7 - The Swallowtail

ABOUT THE PIECE

Jig
Irish 19C
Has other names eg The Dancing Master

COMMENTS

This tune was also in the set Gillian shared but was already familiar and not difficult so was quick to remember. However once I'd memorised it and tried to play it with Tripping Up The Stairs, I started adding octave jumps to that like the one in the Swallowtail. Maybe there is another similar piece like a missing link.
Apparently it was written during the Irish immigration to the United States in the nineteenth century.