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Hi C&F, been a while since I posted here. I would really like to find a weird and wacky, out-there jig, or something that conforms to a 6/8 time signature. Aside from blasting jigs and reels on the tin whistle, I also play the clarinet. I particularly like dipping my toes into klezmer. A crazy idea I have at the moment is to fit some of the verse from The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers to the aforementioned 6/8 tune (if one exists). You can see for yourself how well the words scan to the time signature:

The most merciful thing in the world, I believe
is humanity's failure to fully conceive
the cosmical horrors we've yet to reveal,
and which up until now I have tried to conceal.

As I'll play it on the clarinet (chromatic), I'm not tied to a diatonic instrument. Therefore, departures from some of the constraints of ITM are possible.

Can you think of something that fits the bill?

Thanks for your time!

You could always compose one. You’d be more likely to get something with the sound you are after, and at the same time avoid ruffling feathers by bringing a traditional tune into it.

As far as inspiration goes, aside from Irish jigs, you could look into Galician muiñeiras to get some additional composition ideas flowing for stuff in 6/8.

In the past, I wrote a few that would fit the bill ... I suppose I could share, but I'd second Sirchronique - I'd say write your own.