Buachaill Dreoite (1) (An)

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X:2 T:Buachaill Breóite, An M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:First two parts only of long variation sets. S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century) K:G d|:G/A/B/G/ A>F A>G G>D|G/A/B/G/ A>G d/c/A/G/ F>A| G/A/B/G/ A>G A>G G>A|fa/f/ gf/d/ d/c/A/G/ F>A:| |:BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ GF/D/|BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ F>A| BB/G/ c>A d/c/A/G/ G(c/d/)|fa/f/ gf/d/ d/cA/G/ F>A:||

X:1 T:Bouichil Broutie T:Buachaill Breoite M:4/4 L:1/8 R:March? B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, p. 58, p. 23) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DEFD E2D2|E2D2D2A2|DEFD E2D2|GFED c2E2| DEFD E2D2|E2D2D2c2|B2 dB c2A2|GFED c2E2:| |:A2B2 AGEG|A2D2D2EG|A2B2c2A2|GFED c2E2| A2B2 AGEG|A2D2D2c2|B2 dB c2A2|GFED c2E2:| |:DFAF DFAF|DFAF D2A2|DFAF DFAF|AFED c2E2| DFAF DFAF|DFAF D2c2|B2 dB c2A2|GFED c2E2:| AFDF AFDF|AGFE D2 F2|AFDF AFDF|GFED c2E2| AFDF AFDF|AGFE D2c2|B2 dB c2A2|GFED c2E2:| |:D4 D4|D4 D2A2|D4 D4|GFED c2E2| D4D4|D4 D2c2|B2 dB c2A2|GFED c2E2:|]

X:3 T:Sick Boy [1], The T:An Bouchail Breoighte L:1/8 M:C R:Hornpipe & Air S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GABG A2G2|A2G2G2D2|GABG A2G2|cBAG F2A2| GABG A2G2|A2G2G2=f2|e2g2=f2d2|cBAG F2A2:| |:BABG c2A2|dcBA G2A2|BABG DGBG|cBAG F2A2| BABG cBcA|dcBA G2g2|gbag fefd|dcAG F2A2:| |:gbag abag|abag g2d2|gbag abag|abag f2a2| gbag abag|agfa g2de|=fefd defd|cBAG F2A2:||

X:1 T:An Buachaill Dreoite [1] T:The Ailing Boy S:from study tape from Mike Rafferty. R:barndance H:Hornpipe or Fling (4/4 time). Similarities with "Sean Reid's Reel" (The West Wind) H:and the jig "Bimid ag ol is a' pogadh na mban." N:dreoite [DROH-tcha] << Irish word:definition... (smell) mouldy; (US) moldy. Bob Pfeffer says N:he thinks it means the Withered Lad or the Spent Lad. Jerome Colburn says dreoghaim: N:"I rot, I wither". The lad's withered away, wasted away (sc. from lovesickness). On the liner N:notes for Chulrua's _Down the Back Lane_, "An Buachaill Dreoite" is translated "The Ailing Boy." D:Chieftains 7; Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle); Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle); D:Chulrua; Tommy Keane & Jacqueline Mccarthy: The Wind Among The Reeds; D:Joe Ryan (fiddle); Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. M:C| L:1/8 Z:Lesl K:G GF|: DGGB d2cA | DGGF G2GF | DGGB d2cA | dcAG EFFE| DGGB d2cA | DGGF GABd | g2gf gbag |1 fdcA G2GF:|2 fdcA G2GA|| |:B2BG c2cA | dGGF G2GA | BdBG c3A | dcAG EFGA| B2BG c2cA | d^cde fgaf | g2gf gbag |1 fdcA G2GA:|2 fdcA G2||