Billy O'Rourke the Bouchal (2)

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Theme code Index	53H34H 4H3H1H2H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Darley & McCall
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Feis Ceoil Collection of Irish Airs (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1, p. 1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1914
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BILLY O'ROURKE THE BOUCHAL [2]. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A different air than the early 19th century comic song. The melody has been called a variant of "Death of Staker Wallace (2) (The)" (Musical Times 7/1/14, p. 456), also printed in the Feis Ceoil Collection.

Source for notated version: fiddler Brigid Kenny (Dublin, Ireland) [Darby & McCall].

Printed source: Darley & McCall (The Feis Ceoil Collection of Irish Airs), 1914; No. 1, p. 1.

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