| Title | The Luck Penny | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | The Luckpenny Ragan's Jig | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | G major | |||
| Range | D4–B5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 100 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 1:00 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (49 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (479 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2025-03-26 | |||
| Last updated | 2025-03-26 | |||
| Download popularity index |  28.1 (extremely popular) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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This lively jig was first printed in Chicago Police sergeant Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in 1903.
The “lucky penny” was the extra penny paid for good-will on the price of animals at rural livestock fairs in Ireland.
