Boy in the Boat (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	5515 4243
Also known as	Buachaill sa mBád (An), Little Boy in the Boat (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Brendan Breathnach
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 173, p. 68
Year of publication/Date of MS	1963
Artist	Biography:Joe Shannon & John McGreevy
Title of recording	Noonday Feast
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet SIF 1023
Year recorded	1979
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Score ()

BOY IN THE BOAT [1], THE (An Buachaill sa mBad). Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (Breathnach): D Major (Miller, Mulvihill, Taylor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Breathnach): AABB (Mulvihill, Taylor): AA'BB (Miller).

Sources for notated versions: piper Michael Brophy/Michael Ó Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 173, p. 68. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 129, pg. 86. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 220, p. 59. Taylor (Through the Half-Door), 1992; No. 1, p. 4. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2, 24.

Recorded sources: Shaskeen - "The Joys of Life." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

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T:Boy in the Boat [1], The
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D:Paddy Moloney & Sean Potts: Tin Whistles
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Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
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