Cherish the Ladies

Francis O'Neill wrote that in its original two part form this was one of "Jackson's jigs," after the 18th century Limerick piper and composer Walker Jackson, and Elias Howe credited Jackson when he printed it in Boston around 1866. The tune is not in Jackson's own collection of 1780, so the claim is unproven. George Petrie called it a Munster jig, and Cork piper James Goodman wrote it down in the mid-19th century.

Over time players grafted on more parts. O'Neill printed a six part version, and settings today run from two to six parts in different orders. The first part is the one they all share.