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|f_tune_title=Bobbing for Eels
|f_aka=Bottle of PBowl of Punch (The), Butchers of Bristol (The), Dairymaid (6), Fishing for Eels, Glens of Mayo (The), Humours of Milltown (2) (The), Ioc an Reicneail, Jackson's Bottle/Jug of Punch, Jackson's Bottle of Brandy, Jackson's Jug of Brandy, Jackson's Jug of Punch, Jug of Punch (5) (The), Old Man's Jig (The), Pay the Reckoning
|f_country=Ireland, United States
|f_genre=Contra, Irish
|f_rhythm=Jig/Quadrille
|f_time_signature=6/8
|f_key=A
|f_accidental=3 sharps
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=AA'BB'
|f_book_title=Ryan's Mammoth Collection
|f_collector=William Bradbury Ryan, 
|f_year=1883
|f_page=p. 107
|f_theme_code_index=15 24 15 23
}}
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'''BOBBING FOR EELS'''. AKA and see "Bottle of Punch," "The Bowl of Punch," "The Butchers of Bristol," "Dairymaid" [6], "Fishing for Eels," "The Glens of Mayo," "The Humours of Milltown [2]," "Ioc an Reicneail," "Jackson's Bottle/Jug of Punch/Brandy," "The Jug of Punch [5]," "The Old Man's Jig," " Pay the Reckoning." Irish, Jig. A Major (Cole, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning. AABB. Credited, impropbably, to one C. Knowlton in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, though the tune can be found in older collections. Olive Sharkey, in her book Old Days Old Ways (O'Brien Press, 1985, pg. 170), talks about fishing in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and explains:
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Eels were caught illegally with longlines, but a more usual practice was to 
bait them with balls of worms, a practice called 'bobbing'. 
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Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 76. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 10, p. 19. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 107. 

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X:1
T:Bobbing for Eels
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
{E/F/G/}A2a .e(cA) | {c}BAB dcB | {GA2a .e(cA) | {c}BAB cAE | 
{G}A2a .e(cA) | {c}BAB cde | (fa)f (ec)A |1 {c}BAB A2z :|2 {c}BAB A2 ||
|: e | (ac')a (gb)g | (fa)f e(fg) | aga bc'd' | (c'd')c' (bg)e | (ac')a (gb)g | 
faf efg | agf edc |1 {c}BAB A2 :|2 {c}BAB A2z || 

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