Annotation:Blue Breeches (The)
X:1 T:Blue Breeches B:Francis Reynolds (1862-1946) of Ballinamuck, Co Longford, B:1885 music manuscript collection M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Z:Transcribed by Conor Ward K:D dA A/A/A (dA)FA|d2 (AB) (eg)fe|d2 AB d2 FD|GEED =c2 Bc:| |:d2 fd ed^cA|d2 fd g2 fe|d2 fd edcA|GEED =c2 Bc:|
BLUE BREECHES, THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Blue Breeches" is found in a couple of fiddlers' manuscript collections from County Leitrim/County Longford. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune to be a reel-time setting, and perhaps a derivative, of the jig family that includes "Fan Mar Táir a Chlaidhre!," "Jackson's Lodge (2)," "Stay As You Are You Rogue!," "Stay where you are," and "Shun the Corner."
