Annotation:Catholic Boys (1)
X:1 T:The Catholic Boys [1] B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland, no. 18 N:almost identical with the Petrie setting M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G D|D<GG GFG|D<BB cBc|d<ed cBA|BGE =F2 {GF}D| DGG GFG|DBB cBc|d>ed cBA|B<GG G2 || d/e//f//| gdB gGg|gdc BAG|F<=ff f>ef|A=FA c_BA| G<gg g=fe|dcd/e/ =fdc|B/c/dB {cd}cAF|A<GG G2||
CATHOLIC BOY(S) [1], THE. AKA and see "Cathaoir an Phíobáire," "Piper's Chair (The)," "Silver and Gold." Irish, Air ("spirited") or Double Jig. G Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Petrie): AB (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Roche). The melody is better-known today as "Piper's Chair (The)." Petrie stated the old Irish name for the tune was lost but that this was the name his source, Clare piper Willie Clancy, used. A version of the tune was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman under the title "Silver and Gold."
