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BUCK IN THE WOODS, THE (Boc sa gCoill (An)). AKA and see "Out All Night," "Molly's Favourite." Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Flaherty): ABC (Breathnach). Breathnach notes that the first part of this tune is the same as "Humors of Ballingarry," but that O'Neill's second turn is different.

Sources for notated versions: flutist Sean Ó Braonain/John Brennan (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Johnny Henry (b. 1922, Cloonlairn, Doocastle, County Sligo, Ireland) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 15, p. 8. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 145.

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