Buachaillín Buí (An)

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Theme code Index	51 15 51 66
Also known as	Come in the Evening, Galloway Tom (2), Galway Tom (1), Galway Town, Goats' Horns (The), Kelso Races, Lark in the Morning (1) (The), Little Yellow Boy (The), One-Legged Man (The), Spotted Cow (The), Thrush's Nest (The), Welcome (The), Western Lilt (A), Yellow Little Boy (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 706, p. 131
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BUACHAILLÍN BUÍ, AN (The Yellow Little Boy). AKA and see "Come in the Evening," "Galloway Tom (2)," "Galway Tom (1)," "Galway Town," "Goats' Horns (The)," "Kelso Races," "Lark in the Morning (1) (The)," "Little Yellow Boy (The)," "One-Legged Man (The)," "Spotted Cow (The)," "Thrush's Nest (The)," "Welcome (The)," "Western Lilt (A)," "Yellow Little Boy (The)." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Breathnach): AABB (O'Neill). The tune is best-known under the title "Lark in the Morning." Breathnach states he took the name from the version published by O'Farrell in Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (c. 1797) and finds two more versions by O'Farrell in the latter's Pocket Companion.

Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 27, p. 12. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 706, p. 131.


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T:Yellow Little Boy, The
T:Buacaillin Buide An
T:Buachaillín Buí, An
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 706
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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