View source for Annotation:Boys of the West (1)


  
  
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|f_annotation='''BOYS OF THE WEST [1]'''. Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not the similarly titled "[[Boys from the West (The)]]" in Roche. Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find "Boys of the West (1)" to be a member of a tune family cognate primarily in the first strain, with more variation in the second strains (a common occurrence). Other tunes they have identified as related include "[[Boys of the Town (2) (The)]]," "[[Humors of Glynn (3)]]," "[[Jig (77)]]," "[[Six Mile Bridge (2)]]," and "[[Trip to the  Ferry]]."
|f_source_for_notated_version=Chicago cleric Father James  K. Fielding, a flute player originally from Kilkenny; a friend of Francis O'Neill's and a Gaelic League activist  [O'Neill]. 
|f_printed_sources=O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 58. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1035, p. 193.
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