Come West Along the Road

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Theme code Index	5353 1361H
Also known as	Bog Siar a Botar, Arboe (2), Monasteraden Fancy (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'B
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems
Tune and/or Page number	No. 793, p. 137
Year of publication/Date of MS	1907
Artist	Biography:Kilfenora Céilí Band
Title of recording	Irish Traditional Fiddle Music - Reels and Jigs
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Tradition 2120
Year recorded	1974
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COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD (Bog Siar A Botar). AKA and see "Arboe [2]," "The Monasteraden Fancy," "Over the Moor to Peggy." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Philippe Varlet reports that the tune was recorded in 1925 by "Fireman" John McKenna [1] on flute and in the 1940's by the Aughrim Slopes and Moat céilíi bands (who called it "The Monasteraden Fancy," Monasteraden being a town on the Roscommon/Sligo border). "Over the Moor to Peggy" is a related tune.

Sources for notated versions: flute player and piper Frankie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloonshanville, near Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon) [Flaherty]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]; a recording of Bobby Gardiner [O'Malley]; Na Filí [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 150. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 27, p. 9. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 6. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 60 (appears as "Arboe"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 57. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 59, p. 30. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 793, p. 137. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 31.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1155, Martin Hayes - "Under the Moon" (1995). Lochshore CDLDL 1215, Craob Rua - "The More That's Said the Less the Better" (1992). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]

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