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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

BUCAILL DEAS, AN. AKA and see "The Bonnie Boy."

 

BUACAILL MAISEAC, AN. AKA and see "The Lovely Lad."

 

BUACAILL ON SLIAB [1], AN. AKA and see "The Boy from the Mountain." Irish, Double Jig.

 

BUACAILL O'N SLIAB [2], AN (The Boy From the Mountain). Irish, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1912/1982; Vol. II, pg. 61, No. 346.

X:1

T:Buacaill O’n Sliab [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:”Spirited”

R:March

S:Roche – vol. II, No. 346  (1912)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g/f/ | e/f/e/d/ Be | d/B/A/B/ GG/E/ | G/A/B/d/ e/f/e/d/ | B/e/d/B/ Ag/f/ | e/f/e/d/ Be |

d/B/A/B/ GG/E/ | G/A/B/d/ g/f/e/d/ | (5e/d/B/A/B/ G :: A | B/d/e/f/ gf/g/ | a/g/f/g/ e/d/B/>B/ |

d/e/f/g/ a/b/a/g/ | f/g/f/e/ dg/f/ | (5e/f/g/e/d/ Be | d/B/A/B/ GG/E/ | G/A/B/d/ g/f/e/d/ | (5e/d/B/A/B/ G :|

 

BUACAILLI AN BAILE MOIR. AKA and see "The Boys of the Town."

 

BUACAILLI BAILE-AN-CALA. AKA and see "The Boys of Ballinchalla."

 

BUACAILLI BAILE-EASA-DARA. AKA and see "The Boys of Ballysadare."

 

BUACAILLI BAILE SIMON. AKA and see "The Boys from Ballysimon."

 

BUACHAILL ATÁ IN ANN É A DHÉANAMH, AN.  AKA and see “The Lad that Can Do It.”

 

BUACHAILLÍ BHAILE MHIC ANNDÁIN. AKA and see “The Boys of Thomastown.”

 

BUACAILLÍ CEAPAC-CUINN. AKA and see "The Boys of Cappoquin."

 

BUACAILLÍ CHILL SAIRN (The Boys of Kilsarne). AKA and see “The Boys of Kilsarne.”

 

BUACAILLÍ DUINSE. AKA and see "The Lads of Dunse."

 

BUACAILLÍ NA GAILLIME. AKA and see "The Boys of Galway."

 

BUACAILLÍ O BEL-AN-ATA-FADA, NA. AKA and see "The Boys of Ballinafad."

 

BUACAILLÍ PUIRT AN CALAD. AKA and see "The Boys of Portaferry."

 

BUACAILLÍ UA CNOC-GORM. AKA and see "The Boys of Bluehill."

 

BUACAILLÍ UA CUM-AN-OIR, NA. AKA and see "The Boys of Coomanore."

 

BUACAILLÍ UA LEACAIN-RUAD, NA. AKA and see "The Laddarue Boys."

 

BUACAILLÍ UA SCAIRT, NA. AKA and see "The Boys from Scart."

 

BUACAILLIDE UA BEL-AN-ATA-MOIR, NA. AKA and see "The Boys of Ballinamore."

 

BUACAILLIN BAN, AN. AKA and see "The Fairhaired Boy."

 

BUACHAILL AN BHARDAIL. AKA and see “The Drake’s Lad.”

 

BUACHAILL BREÓITE (The Sick Boy).  See “Buachaill Dreoite [1].” 

                       


BUACHAILL CAOL DUBH, AN. Irish, Air (3/4 time, or 4/4 time with irregular measures). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part (Cranitch): AA’B (Ó Canainn). The phrases of this tune resemble those of the air "Ballylee." Accordion player Brendan Begley, a native of Baile na mBoc, Ballyferriter, County Kerry, remembered hearing this song sung at summer house parties when he was young, the sounds drifting into his bedroom. For his family “singing was the main thing…even milking the cows we might be singing” (Vallely & Piggott, Blooming Meadows, 1998). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 96, pg. 165. Ó Cannain (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 86, pg. 74. Claddagh CC39, Willie Clancy - "The Pipering of Willie Clancy 2" (1983).

 

BUACHAILL DREOITE [1], AN. AKA and see “The Sick Boy.” AKA – “An Bouchail Breoighte,” “An Buachaill Breóite.” Irish; Song Air, Hornpipe or Fling (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Mitchell): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (Shields/Goodman). The tune bears melodic similarities with "Sean Reid's Reel" (AKA "The West Wind [1]") and the jig "Bimid ag ol is a' pogadh na mban." The melody appears in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman (1828-1896). Goodman, who spoke Irish and played the uilleann pipes, collected from tradition in Cork and elsewhere in Munster, and obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed sources as well. P.W. Joyce also printed the air in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 8) as “An Bouchail Breoighte,” saying “From my own memory—as I learned it in childhood” (in Limerick, 1840’s). Goodman and Joyce both give “The sick boy” as an alternate title, a reference to lovesickness. There may be some relation to the “Gold Ring [1]” family of tunes. Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 135, pg. 107. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 227, pgs. 92-93 (appears as “An Buachaill Breóite”). Columbia 35612, "The Chieftains" (1978).

X:1
T:Buachaill Dreoite, An [1]
T:The Ailing Boy
S:from study tape from Mike Rafferty.
R:barndance
H:Hornpipe or Fling (4/4 time). Similarities with "Sean Reid's Reel" (The West Wind)
H:and the jig "Bimid ag ol is a' pogadh na mban." 
N:dreoite [DROH-tcha] << Irish word:definition... (smell) mouldy; (US) moldy. Bob Pfeffer says
N:he thinks it means the Withered Lad or the Spent Lad. Jerome Colburn says dreoghaim:
N:"I rot, I wither". The lad's withered away, wasted away (sc. from lovesickness). On the liner 
N:notes for Chulrua's _Down the Back Lane_, "An Buachaill Dreoite" is translated "The Ailing Boy." 
D:Chieftains 7; Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle); Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle);
D:Chulrua; Tommy Keane & Jacqueline Mccarthy: The Wind Among The Reeds;
D:Joe Ryan (fiddle); Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin.
M:C|

L:1/8

Z:Lesl
K:G
GF|: DGGB d2cA | DGGF G2GF | DGGB d2cA | dcAG EFFE|
DGGB d2cA | DGGF GABd | g2gf gbag |1 fdcA G2GF:|2 fdcA G2GA||
|:B2BG c2cA | dGGF G2GA | BdBG c3A | dcAG EFGA|
B2BG c2cA | d^cde fgaf | g2gf gbag |1 fdcA G2GA:|2 fdcA G2||

X:2

T:Buachaill Breóite, An

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:First two parts only of long variation sets.

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

K:G

d|:G/A/B/G/ A>F A>G G>D|G/A/B/G/ A>G d/c/A/G/ F>A|G/A/B/G/ A>G A>G G>A|fa/f/ gf/d/ d/c/A/G/ F>A:|

|:BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ GF/D/|BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ F>A|BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ G(c/d/)|fa/f/ gf/d/ d/cA/G/ F>A:|

X:3

T:Sick Boy, The [1]

T:An Bouchail Breoighte

L:1/8

M:C

R:Hornpipe & Air

S:JoyceOld Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GABG A2G2|A2G2G2D2|GABG A2G2|cBAG F2A2|

GABG A2G2|A2G2G2=f2|e2g2=f2d2|cBAG F2A2:|

|:BABG c2A2|dcBA G2A2|BABG DGBG|cBAG F2A2|

BABG cBcA|dcBA G2g2|gbag fefd|dcAG F2A2:|

|:gbag abag|abag g2d2|gbag abag|abag f2a2|

gbag abag|agfa g2de|=fefd defd|cBAG F2A2:|

 

BUACHAILL DREOITE [2], AN. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A jig version of “An Buachaill Dreoite” [1]. Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 136, pg. 108.

           

BUACHAILL LOMCOSAC, AN. AKA and see "The Barefoot Boy."

           

BUACHAILL NA BHEARNA, AN. AKA and see "The Boy in the Gap."

           

BUACHAILL Ó’N ÉIRNE. AKA and see “Come by the Hills.” Irish, Slow Air (3/4 or 6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. The melody is used for the song “Come by the Hills,” by Scottish journalist and television producer W. Gordon Smith in the 1960’s. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 34, pg. 33. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 2.

X:1

T:Come by the Hills

T:Buachaill ó’n Éirne

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

K:G

B3AB2|A2G2E2|D4D2|E G3G2|(G6|G4)D2|G3AB2|c3BA2|

d4d2|BG3B2|(A6|A4)d2|d3BA2|G3AB2|c2d2e2|dB3G2|

(A6|A4)GA|B3AB2|A2G2E2|D4D2|EG3G2|(G6|G6)||

 

BUACHAILL SA CHRANN, AN. AKA and see “The Boy in the Tree.”

 

BUACHAILL SA mBAD, AN (The Boy in the Boat). AKA and see “The Boy in the Boat.”

 

BUACHAILL SA mBEARNA, AN (The Boy in the Gap). AKA and see “The Boy in the Gap.”

 

BUACHAILLÍ AN LOCHA. AKA and see "The Boys of the Lake."

 

BUACHAILLÍ AR BHARR AN CHNOIC, NA. AKA and see "The Boys on the Hilltop."

 

BUACHAILLÍ BHAILE MHIC ANNDAIN. AKA and see "The Caffler's Courtship" (Suirighe an Ailteora), "Away to the Bogs." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: whistle player Padraic de Faoite (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 14, pg. 7.

           

BUACHAILLÍ MHÁLANNA. AKA and see "The Boys of Malin."

           

BUACHAILLÍ NA LOCHA (Boys of the Lough). AKA and see "The Boys of the Lough."


           

BUACHAILLÍN BÁN [1], AN (The Fair-Haired Boy). AKA and see "The Boys from Carrickroe," “The Bouchaleen Bawn,” "The Fairhaired Boy [1]," "The Freheen Jig,” "The Last of the Lot." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Breathnach): AABB (Roche). A song version of the tune from the Scottish island of Uist was recorded by the group Capercaillie. “The Dear Irish Boy,” a slow air, is a distant relative. Source for notated version: piper Pat Brophy/Patrick Ó Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 20, pg. 9. Roche Collection, vol. 1, reprint 1982; pg. 50, No. 120. Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie ‑ "Crosswinds" (1987).

X:1

T:An Buachaillín Bán

T:The Bouchaleen Bawn

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:jig

Z:transcribed by Jürgen Gier

K:Ador

EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAB GED |\

EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAG A3 :|

|:eaa aga | bab ged | eag e2 A | BAB GED |\

EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAG A3 :|

 

BUACHAILLÍN BÁN [2], AN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’B. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; No. 58, pgs. 52-53.

 

BUACHAILLÍN BUÍ, AN (The Yellow Little Boy). AKA and see "Come in the Evening," "Galloway Tom [2]," "Galway Tom [1]," "Galway Town," "The Goat's Horn," "The Kelso Races," "The Lark in the Morning [1]," "The Little Yellow Boy," “The One-Legged Man,” "The Spotted Cow," "The Thrush's Nest," "The Welcome," "A Western Lilt," “The Yellow Little Boy.” Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. ABCD (Breathnach): AABB (O’Neill). The tune is best-known under the title “Lark in the Morning.” Breathnach states he took the name from the version published by O’Farrell in Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (c. 1797) and finds two more versions by O’Farrell in the latter’s Pocket Companion. Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 27, pg. 12. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 706, pg. 131.

X:1

T:Yellow Little Boy, The

T:Buacaillin Buide An

T:Buachaillín Buí, An

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:O’NeillMusic of Ireland (1903), No. 706

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AFD DFA | DFA AdB | AFD DFA | B2A BdB |

AFD DFA | DFA ABc | def gfe | fdB B2d :|

|: Add fdd | edd fdd | Add fdd |edB B2d |

Add fdd | edd fdd | gfe fdB | AFA B2d :|

 

BUACHAILLÍN DONN, AN. AKA and see "The Brown‑Haired Boy."

 

BUACHAILLÍN FIONN, AN. AKA and see "The Fairhaired Boy."

 

BUACHAILLÍN ÓG [1], AN. Irish, Air. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Buachaillín Óg = a young lad. The second part of this tune is the same as the first of “An Cailín Deas Donn/The Pretty Brown Girl.” The melody appears in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman (1828-1896). Goodman, who spoke Irish and played the uilleann pipes, collected from tradition in Cork and elsewhere in Munster, and obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed sources as well. Petrie obtained the tune from the Patrick Carew manuscript. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 46, pg. 22. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1266.

X:1

T:Buachaillin Og [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 1266  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/F/|DGG GAG|FDD FEF|DGG GAG|FDD B3|DGG GAG|

FDD FGA|B/c/dB cAG|FDD D2||A|B2d cAA|BGG FGA|

B2d cAA|BGG c2A|B2d cAA|BGG FGA|B/c/dB cAG|FDD D2||

X:2

T: Buachaillin Og [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air or jig

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

K:G

d|DGG GBG|FDD FEF|DGG GBG|FDD {c}B2z|

DGG GBG|FDD FGA|Bcd cAG|FDD D2:|

|:B/c/|dcB cAc|BAG FGA|dcB cAc|BAG A2 B/c/|

dcB cAc|BAG FGA|Bcd cAG|FDD D2:|

 

BUACHAILIN ÓG MARCH [2], THE. Irish, March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A version of “An Cailin Deas Donn.” Source for notated version: “From Frank Keane” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 997, pg. 254.

X:1

T:Buachaillin Og [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:March

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 997  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|(DG)G A2G|(FD)D FEF|(DG)G A2G|FDD B>AB|(DG)G A2G|

(FD)D FGA|(Bd)B cAG|(FD)D D2||c|B2B (cA)A|(BG)G FGA|

B2B (cA)A|(BG)G F2A|B2B (cA)A|(BG)G FGA|(Bd)B (cA)G|FDD D2||

                       

BUACHAILLÍ BHAILE UÍ SCALAIGH. AKA and see “The Boys of Ballyscally.”

                       

BUACHAILLÍ MEIDHREACHA BHAILE FHOBHAIR. AKA and see “The Merry Boys of Fore.”

                       

BUACHALÁN BUI. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 16.

 

BUACHALIN BRUITHE. AKA - “Búachallán Buídhe.” Irish, Jig. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. ABC. Identified as a “Munster Jig.” George Petrie collected several versions of the tune, in duple and triple time. The melody seems related to the large “Gold Ring [1]” family of tunes. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 94-96, pgs. 23-24 and No. 1258, pg. 316 (the latter appears as “Búachallán Buídhe”).

X:1

T:Buachalin Bruithe

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 96  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2B cBA|BAG AGE|A2B cee|dBA G2E|A2B cBA|

BAG A2 e/f/|=gba g2e|dBA G2d||efe edB|e2A ABd|

efe edB|dBA GAB|efe edB|e2A A2e/f/|=gba g2e|

dBA G2B||{c/d/}c2A B2A|e2A A2B|{c/d/}c2A B2A|dBA GAB|

=cBA BA=G|A=GE GAB|=gba g2e|dBA G2B||

X:2

T:Untitled

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 95  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A>BcA|BAAE|A>BcA|BAGB|A>BcA|BAAe/f/|

=g>age|d/c/B/A/ GB||cAeA|BAAB|cAec|

d/c/B/A/ GB|cAdB|ef=ga|=g>age|d/c/B/A/ GB||

X:4

T: Untitled

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 94  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A<AA c2A|B2A A2E|A<AA c2A|B2A G2B|

A<AA c2A|B2A A2 e/f/|=g2a g2e|d<BA G2B|

“Chorus”
e>fe d2B|e2A A>Bd|e>fe d2B|dBA G2B|

e>fe d2B|e2f =g2a|a=gf g2e|dBA G2B||

X:4

T: Búachallán Buídhe

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 1258  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|G2A BAG AGF GFD|G2A Bdd cAG F2D|G2A BAG AGF G2d/e/|

fag =f2d cAG F2A|ded dcA d2G GAc|ded dcA cAG FGA|

ded dcA d2G G2 d/e/|=fag f2d cAG F2A||{B/d/}B2G A2G d2G G2A|

{B/d/}B2G A2G cAG FGA|_BAG AGF GFD FGA|=fag f2d cAG F2D||