Boy from Home (A)

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Theme code Index	11 51H 11 25L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody
Tune and/or Page number	No. 113
Year of publication/Date of MS	1922
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BOY FROM HOME, A. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related "Saddle the Pony [1]."

Source for notated version: Patrick Stack (Chicago) [O'Neill]. Stack was a fiddler from north County Kerry who emigrated to Chicago in his teens. He contributed a number of tunes to O'Neill's collections and recorded several sides for Victor records, partnering with uilleann piper Eddie Mullaney.

Printed source: O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 113.

X:1 
T:Boy From Home, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Patrick Stack, Chicago
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
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