Boy in the Basket (The)

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Theme code Index	133 132
Also known as	High Road to Dublin (1) (The), Bothár Mór go Baile Átha Cliath (An), Skipper's Wedding (The), Way to Dublin (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 48
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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BOY IN THE BASKET, THE. AKA and see "The High Road to Dublin [1]," "An Bothar Mor go Baile Atha Cliath," "The Skipper's Wedding," "The Way to Dublin." English, Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (1773). The melody appears under this title in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known), and the 1788 music copybook of flute player Ensign Thomas Molyneaux of the 6th Regiment (Shelburne, Nova Scotia). Irish variants of the slip jig go by the titles "High Road to Dublin/An Bothar Mor go Baile Atha Cliath" and "Way to Dublin." Anglican cleric James Goodman (County Cork) included the slip jig in his mid-19th century collection as "Boy in the Basket." The title may refer to a hot-air balloon ascent.

Printed sources: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 580. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 48.

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T:Boy in the Basket, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
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|:g>ag gdB gdB|a>ba afd afd|g>ag gdB efg|ece dBG AFD:||