Golden Gardens, The

Slip jig · 9/8 · E minor

The modern slip jig The Golden Gardens was composed in E minor by contemporary American Irish music exponent Randal Bays. Written in 9/8 meter, it possesses the characteristic bouncing lilt and fluid momentum typical of slip jigs played on the fiddle or guitar. Because it is a recent composition by a known living artist, it carries no traditional historical associations or folk provenance.

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