The Bishop of Bangor's Jig
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
The tune appears in the 11th edition of Playford's Dancing Master of 1701,<br> a publication that marked Henry Playford's taking over the series from his<br> father John Playford. It was retained in subsequent editions through the<br> 16th (1716). "Bishop of Bangor" was also published in John Walsh's Compleat<br> Country Dancing Master (editions of 1718, 1731 and 1754). The word "Bangor"<br> comes from the Welsh for a wattle fence; it referred to the fence that<br> surrounded the monastic community founded there by St. Deiniol in the year 525.<br> Deiniol was consecrated Bishop in 546. His church became a cathedral, and the<br> Bishopric dates continuously from that period.<br> It is also printed in Williamson's English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle<br> Tunes (1976).<br>
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