jig · Key of D
Cherish the ladies
O’Neill 1907 no. 29
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X:29 T:Cherish the ladies C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 29 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=128 K:D (3A/B/c/W|dFF AFF|DFA AGF|BEE GEE|GBA GFE|dFF AFF|\ DFA AFA|Bcd efg|fdd d2 H :|(3A/B/c/|dfd cec| dfd AGF|BEE GEE|GBA GFE|dfd cec|dfd AGF|Bcd efg|\ fdd d2:|A|dfd cec|dfd AGF|B z E G z E| (GBA) GFE|dGd cFc|dGd A2G|(A>Bc/d/) efg|\ fdd d2:| B|Add fdd|add fdd|(A/B/c)d gfg|ece gfe| agf bge|afd cBA|(3f/g/a/ B2 AGF|GEF GFE:|f2f afd|\ fed cde|g2g gfg|ece gfe|agf bge|afd cBA| fdB AGF|GEF GFE:|DFA dAF|DFA BGE|DFA dAF|\ GEF GFE|DFA DGB|DFA d2e|fdB AGF|GEF GFEW :|
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Questions about Cherish the ladies
Cherish the ladies is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.