Buck in the Woods

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 Theme code Index    35 47 35 41
 Also known as    Boc sa gCoill (An), Out All Night, Molly's Favourite
 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    ABA'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Brendan Breathnach
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol Rince na h-Éireann vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 15, p. 8
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1963
 Artist    
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BUCK IN THE WOODS, THE (An Boc sa gCoill). AKA and see "Out All Night," "Molly's Favourite." Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Flaherty): ABC (Breathnach). Breathnach notes that the first part of this tune is the same as "Humors of Ballingarry," but that O'Neill's second turn is different.

Sources for notated versions: flutist Sean Ó Braonain/John Brennan (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Johnny Henry (b. 1922, Cloonlairn, Doocastle, County Sligo, Ireland) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 15, p. 8. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 145.


X: 1
T:Buck in the Woods
T:Boc sa gCoill
M:6/8
L:1/8
R: jig	 
K: G
d|BGB dBG|cAG FGA|BGB dBG|cAF G2A|
BGB {c}BAG|cAG FGA|def gdB|cAF G2 ||
A|GBd ded|cAG FGA|GBd DGB|cAF G2G|
Add ded|cAG FGA|d^cd fed|cAF G2 ||
D|BGB dBG|cAG FGA|BGG dBG|cAF G2A|
BGB dBG|cAG FGA|d2e fdB|cAF G2 ||



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