Buachaillín Bán (1) (An)

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Theme code Index	5L1 7bL3b 54 27bL
Also known as	Fair-Haired Boy (The), Boys from Carrickroe (The), Bouchaleen Bawn (The), Fairhaired Boy (1) (The), Fair Haired Boy (The), Fraher's Jig, Freheen Jig, Kerryman's Rambles (The), Last of the Lot
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Frank Roche
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 120, p. 50
Year of publication/Date of MS	1912
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BUACHAILLÍN BÁN [1], AN (The Fair-Haired Boy). AKA and see "Boys from Carrickroe (The)," "Bouchaleen Bawn (The)," "Fairhaired Boy (1) (The)," "Freheen Jig," "Last of the Lot." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Breathnach): AABB (Roche). A song version of the tune from the Scottish island of Uist was recorded by the group Capercaillie. "Dear Irish Boy (The)," a slow air, is a distant relative.

Source for notated version: piper Pat Brophy/Patrick Ó Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 20, pg. 9. Roche Collection, vol. 1, 1912; p. 50, No. 120.

Recorded source: Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987).

X:1
T:An Buachaillín Bán
T:The Bouchaleen Bawn
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
Z:transcribed by Jürgen Gier
K:Ador
EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAB GED |
EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAG A3 :|
|:eaa aga | bab ged | eag e2 A | BAB GED |
EAA AGE | GAB c2 d | e/f/ge ded | BAG A3 :||