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|f_year=1903
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'''BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE''' (Buacaillide Loca g-Carman). AKA and see "Boys of Ireland," "Flight of the Earls," "In Comes the Captain's Daughter," "Lowlands of Holland," "Snowy Breasted Pearl [2]." Irish, Air or March (4/4 time, "with spirit"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Brody, Johnson, O'Neill): AB (Roche). Wexford is the southeastern Irish county in which the famous doomed rebellion of 1798 began, and, indeed, the phrase 'the boys of Wexford' has often been used to denote those involved in the rebellion. O'Neill (1913) classifies this air as belonging to the group with "Willy Reilly" et al (see note for "Willy Reilly [2]"). The tune was recorded as "The Boys of Ireland" by Martin Beirne and His Irish Blackbirds in the 78 RPM era.
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''Printed source:'' Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 55. Johnson ('''The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs'''), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 13. O'Neill ('''O'Neill's Irish Music'''), 1915/1987; No. 42, p. 28. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903/1979; No. 81, p. 14. '''Roche Collection''', 1982; vol. III, p. 12, #42.
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''Recorded sources:'' Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer" (1973). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b13.htm#Boyofwe], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/3157/]
 
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 Theme code Index    1116L 5554
 Also known as    Buacaillide Loca g-Carman, Boys of Ireland, Flight of the Earls, In Comes the Captain's Daughter, Lowlands of Holland, Snowy Breasted Pearl (2)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 81, p. 14
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
 Artist    Biography:Fennigs All Stars
 Title of recording    Hammered Dulcimer (The)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Front Hall 01
 Year recorded    1973
 Media    
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BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE (Buacaillide Loca g-Carman). AKA and see "Boys of Ireland," "Flight of the Earls," "In Comes the Captain's Daughter," "Lowlands of Holland," "Snowy Breasted Pearl [2]." Irish, Air or March (4/4 time, "with spirit"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Brody, Johnson, O'Neill): AB (Roche). Wexford is the southeastern Irish county in which the famous doomed rebellion of 1798 began, and, indeed, the phrase 'the boys of Wexford' has often been used to denote those involved in the rebellion. O'Neill (1913) classifies this air as belonging to the group with "Willy Reilly" et al (see note for "Willy Reilly [2]"). The tune was recorded as "The Boys of Ireland" by Martin Beirne and His Irish Blackbirds in the 78 RPM era.

Printed source: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 55. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 13. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 42, p. 28. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 81, p. 14. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. III, p. 12, #42.

Recorded sources: Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer" (1973). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2] 

X:1
T:Boys of Wexford, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"With Spirit"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 81
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D2 | (G3A) (GFED) | (d3e) d2c2 | (B2G2) (BA)(GF) | E6 F2 | (G3A) (GFED) | 
(d3e) d2c2 | B2A2 GABc | d6 d2 | e2B2 (g3e) | (d3c) B2G2 | c2B2A2G2 | 
E4 z3 (EF) | (G3A) (GFED) | (d3e) d2c2 | B2G2 BAGF | G4 ||

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