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John Kimmel’s

“John Kimmel’s” is a jig I learned from my friend Geneviève Lambert, an accordion player in Switzerland. It is also known as “The Jig of Dead” and is associated with John J. Kimmel, famous accordion player in America in the early 1900s.

X:1
T:John Kimmel’s
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:Emin
|:EB,E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBG|FAG FED|
E2E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBA|1 GEE E2F:|2 GEE E2B||
|efg B2B|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|ABG FED|
gfg ~B3|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|AFD E2f|
gfg B2B|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|ABG FED|
EB,E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBA|GEE E3||
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