Butcher's March (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	5352 5351
Also known as	Mairseail na mBuisteiri, Along with the Girls I'd Like to Be, Boys of Clones (The), Bloody Oul' Hag is it Tay You Want?, Bog of Allen (1) (The), Brendan Begley's Jig, Butchers of Bristol (1) (The), Butcher's Jig, Gander at the Pratie Hole, Lark's March (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Jerry O'Brien
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1949
Artist	Biography:Jimmy O'Brien- Moran
Title of recording	Seán Reid's Favourite
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Piping Pig Records PPPCD 001
Year recorded	1996
Media
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BUTCHER'S MARCH [2], THE (Mairseail na mBuisteiri). AKA and see "Bloody Oul' Hag, is it Tay You Want?" "The Bog of Allen [1]," "Brendan Begley's Jig," "The Butchers of Bristol," "The Lark's March." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mulvihill, O'Neill, Taylor): AABB' (Harker/Rafferty): AABBCCDD (Breathnach). The original tune was a six-part jig published in the 18th century under the same title; see note for version #1. O'Neill and Taylor have the parts reversed from each other. See also the variant appearing in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II, no. 21 (pg. 13, appears as "Gan ainm"), from County Clare fiddler Bill O'Mally.

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Mrs. Murphy, 1967 (Co. Cork, Ireland) [Breathnach]; "From my mother" [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II); No. 21, p. 13 ("Gan Ainm" {untitled}). Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 27 [2], p. 16. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 233, p. 72. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 5, p. 65 (appears as "The Butchers Jig"). O'Brien (Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor), 1949. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems). Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 51, p. 38. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 10.

Recorded sources: Piping Pig Records PPPCD 001, Jimmy O'Brien- Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from piper Tommy Kearney). Shaskeen - "My Love is in America." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [].

X:1
T:Butcher's March, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Tom Ennis & James Morrison
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:G 
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~d3 BAB|dBA A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG G2B:|2 dBG GBd||
|eAA fAA|edB ABd|eAA gfe|dBG GBd|eAA fAA|
edB A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG GBd:|2 dBG G2B||