Annotation:Mountainy Boy (The)

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MOUNTAINY BOY, THE (An Sliabaire Og). AKA - "Mountain Boy (The)." AKA and see "Buttermilk Mary (3)," "Coleman's Favourite," "Fond of the Ladies," "Frolicksome Dame (The)," "Health to the Ladies (A)," "Irish Miller," "Irishman's Heart to the Ladies," "Irishman's Love (1) (An)," "Móinín Jig," "Mountain Road (2) (The)," "Night of the Wedding (The)," "O'Mahony's Jig," "Over the Callows," "Paddy Clancy's," "Pat Beirne's Favourite," "Queenstown Jig (The)," "Saddle the Pony (2)" (Roche), "Sweet Biddy Daly," "To the Ladies." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: "Cronin" [O'Neill]. Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin, originally from County Tipperary [O'Neill]. Cronin (c. 1838-c. 1918) was originally from Limerick Junction, County Tipperary and was a weaver by trade. O'Neill considered him one of the two best fiddlers in Chicago, and had a wealth of tunes from him. O'Niell traveled twelve miles each way to his house for two years, playing and transcribing tunes, until they had a falling out (which O'Neill confessed he was at a loss to understand, although placing it squarely on Cronin, who "never forgot or forgave" a perceived slight).

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 750, p. 140. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 38, p. 23.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
See the tune in the Dunn Family manuscript collection [2]