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CONNOLLY'S ALE. AKA and see "Merry Men Home from the Grave," "Merry Men Home from the War," "Our Boys (2)." Irish, Air (6/8 time) and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Learned by Joyce as a boy in County Limerick, mid-1800's.
On Saturday night you're as willing as I am
To take a full jorum of Connolly's ale.
See note for "Annotation:Merry Men Home from the Grave" for discussion. William Bradbury Ryan printed the tune twice in his 1883 collection: first as "Connolly's Ale," and later as "Our Boys (2)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 78 (appears as "Connelly's Ale"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 79, p. 42. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 111.
Recorded sources: