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X:1
T:Barefoot Boy, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 276
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
E |DGG A2G | FDD FEF | DGG A2G| Add cAF |
DGG A2G |FDD FGA|BdB cAF | AGG G2 :|
|:c | B2B cAA | BAG FGA | BdB cAc | BGB c2A |
|1 B2B cAA | BAG FGA | BdB cAF |AGG G2 :|
|2 GBd gfe | dec Bcd | ecA FGA | BGG G2 ||
BAREFOOT BOY, THE ("Bouchaleen Oge", "Buachaillín Óg", or "An Buacaill Lomcosac"). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen, 1001 & 1850): AAB (O'Neill/1915). Compare the first strain of "The Barefoot Boy" with the first strain of O'Neill's first setting of "Strop the Razor (1)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - James Kerwin [O'Neill]. O'Neill wrote of Kerwin in his Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (1913, pp. 43-44):
No words of mine could do justice to Sergeant Kerwin—the genial, hospitable "Jim" Kerwin, not as
a fluter and a lover of the music of his ancestors, but as a host at his magnificent private
residence on Wabash Avenue [Chicago]. On his invitation and that of his equally hospitable and
charming wife, a select company, attracted and united by a common hobby, met monthly on Sunday
afternoons at his house for years.
Printed sources : - O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 175, p. 96. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 66. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1074, p. 202. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 276, p. 60.
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