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Theme code Index	11 65 11 65
Also known as	Buacaillí an Baile Moir, Miltown Jig, Milltown Jig
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	AAB
Editor/Compiler	P.W. Joyce
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ancient Irish Music
Tune and/or Page number	No. 91, p. 93
Year of publication/Date of MS	1890
Artist	Biography:Paddy Cronin
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Copely Records 9-119 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	195?
Media
Score ()

BOYS OF THE TOWN [1], THE (Buacailli an Baile Moir). AKA and see "Miltown Jig." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1915, Tubridy): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen, 1001 & 1850). The second part is similar in parts to "Boys of the Town (2)."

Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler and police sergeant James O'Neill (originally from County Down), who helped Francis O'Neill compile and notate his Music of Ireland [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; pp. 14, 28, 29. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 91, p. 93. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 130, p. 75. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 29. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 825, p. 154. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 89, p. 30. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 39.

Recorded sources: Copely Records 9-119 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?). Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet GLCD 1128, Brendan Mulvihill & Donna Long - "The Morning Dew" (1993). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?).

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:The Boys of the Town [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
D | ~G3 GBd | edB dBA | ~G3 GBd | edB AFD | G3 GBd | edB gfg | 
edB AGA | BGF G2 :||B | def gfg | afd edB | def gfg | afd e2B | 
def gfg | afd efg | edB AGA | BGF G2B |def gfg | afd edB | 
def gfg | afd e2B | def gbb | faa efg | edB AGA | BGF G2 ||

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-''Recorded sources:'' Copely Records 9-119 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?). Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet GLCD 1128, Brendan Mulvihill & Donna Long - "The Morning Dew" (1993). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?). See also listings at:  Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b13.htm#Boyoftht1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/211/].
+''Recorded sources:'' Copely Records 9-119 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?). Green Linnet SIF-3041, Matt Molloy - "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF-104, Matt Molloy - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet GLCD 1128, Brendan Mulvihill & Donna Long - "The Morning Dew" (1993). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?).
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+See also listings at:<br>
+Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b13.htm#Boyoftht1]<br>
+Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/211/].<br>
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