Boy from Home (A)
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.
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