slip jig · Key of G
Will you come down to Limerick
O’Neill 1907 no. 415
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:415 T:Will you come down to Limerick C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 415 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:G dW|cAG GDG G2d|cAG GFG Add|cAG GDG G2A|[1FGA =fed cAd:|[2FGA =fed cAG|| def gaf g2f|def gbg afd|cde =fge f2d|cde =fed cA^F|def gaf g2f| def gbg afd|bag agf g2d|cde =fed cAG||BGB AFA G2A|BAB GBd cBA| BGB AFA G2A|FGA =fed cAG|BGB AFA G2A|BAB GBd cBA|fdf ece d2A|FGA =fed cAGW|]
FAQ
Questions about Will you come down to Limerick
Will you come down to Limerick is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.