Annotation:Hearty Boys of Ballymote
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HEARTY BOYS OF BALLYMOATE/BALLYMOTE. AKA and see "Adew Dundee," "Adieu Dundee," "Bonnie Dundee (1)," "Laccaroo Boys," "Laccarue Boys," "Laccarue Boys," "Mary of Castlecary," "Saw Ye My Wee Thing," "Skylark (3)." Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Scottish collections under many of the alternate titles above. An early recording was made by the Flanagan Brothers.
Source for notated version: learned from a recording by the Irish group De Dannan by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 249, p. 72. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 56, p. 44.
Recorded sources: Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - "Lively Steps" (1987). Green Linnett, Jerry Holland - "The Fiddlesticks Collection" (1995). Sugar Hill SU1130, De Danann - "Song for Ireland."
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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