Jennie Rocking the Cradle
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About this tune
Jennie Rocking the Cradle is a seven-part reel in D major, written in C| time. The tune contains about 37 bars and spans from D3 to A4. Also called "Jockey Layton", "Kack O'Lattan", "Jacky Latin" in older sources. Named after Jack Lattin (1710-1731), a gentleman fiddler and dancer, who on a summer's day danced eight miles from Morristown to Castle Browne and then dropped dead from exhaustion. This was said to have been because of a wager or challenge.
ABC notation for Jennie Rocking the Cradle
DFFD ADFA | DFAF ABAF | DFFD ADFA | BEEF G2FE :| |: DFAF BFAF | DFAF ABAF | DFAF BFAF | BEEF G2FE :| DFAB =cBAF | DFAF ABAF | DFAB =cBAc | BEEF G2FE | DFAB =cBAF | DFAF A2B^c | dBcA BGAF | GFEF G2FE || |: D2df ecdB | AFdF ABAF | D2df ecdA |1 BEEF G2FE :| 2 BEEF G3g || |: fd~d2 Ad~d2 | fd~d2 fgag | fd~d2 Ad~d2 |1 eAce g2fe :| 2 eAce ~g3e || |: fdec dBAF | AFBF ~A3g | fdec dAFA |1 BEEF G2eg :| 2 BEEF GABc || |: dAFA DAFA | dAFA ^GABc |1 dAFA DAFA | BEEF G2Bc :| 2 dBcA BGAF | GFEF G2FE ||