Re: [Musicians] worthiness of a tune for contra?

After Emily Addison asked about the tunes in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DkJQ9xNGuU several people commented that they found the phrasing of the jig (Jim Rumboldt's Tune) deceptive. I'm curious to know what any of you--or other list members--think after listening to it at 1.25x speed, as described in my previous message (quoted below). I did a little searching for other videos of the tune. This one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_E3qeZAfQ is played at about 165 bpm. If it were played at a normal contra tempo and with a clear four-beat intro, but otherwise in the same style as in the video, I think it would be fine for dancing. Yes, there are a couple places where, if I started the video at a random point in the tune, I could momentarily wonder whether a particular note was a pick-up note or the true beat 1 of a new phrase. But, to my ear, there are enough other places where the phrasing is quite clear so that it's not a problem. I'd be interested in reading other people's reactions. I found another rendition starting about 3:15 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnFlmrN1mk with tempo in the high 140s. I can't make sense of the phrasing in this one at all. It seems to me it's a different, and genuinely crooked, variant of the tune. Does anyone disagree. After watching that last video, I tried searching for abc notation or pdfs of sheet music or tablature to see whether I'd find notation for different versions--straight vs. crooked--of the tune. So far, however, I haven't turned up any notation at all. --Jim <remainder snipped>