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Theme code Index	11H2H6 11H62
Also known as	Bád go Béal Feirste (An)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 274, p. 30.
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1880's
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Score ()

X:1
T:Belfast Boat
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 274  (c. 1880's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GBd g2g|agf efg|GBd g2g|edB A3|
GBd g2g|agf efg|ded cBA|BGG G2:|
|:DGG BGG|dGG BAG|DGG BGG|EAA A3|
DGG BGG|dGG cde|ded cBA|BGG G2:||

BELFAST BOAT, THE (An Bád go Béal Feirste). Scottish, Irish; Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'.

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRE IV), 1996; No. 2, pg. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 274, pg. 30.

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