Annotation:Barefoot Boy (The)
X:1 T:Barefoot Boy, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 276 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G E |DGG A2G | FDD FEF | DGG A2G| Add cAF | DGG A2G |FDD FGA|BdB cAF | AGG G2 :| |:c | B2B cAA | BAG FGA | BdB cAc | BGB c2A | |1 B2B cAA | BAG FGA | BdB cAF |AGG G2 :| |2 GBd gfe | dec Bcd | ecA FGA | BGG G2 ||
BAREFOOT BOY, THE ("Bouchaleen Oge" or "An Buacaill Lomcosac"). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen, 1001 & 1850): AAB (O'Neill/1915). Compare the first strain of "The Barefoot Boy" with the first strain of O'Neill's first setting of "Strop the Razor (1)."
