Behind the Haystack (1)

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Theme code Index	1H3H1H3H 5252
Also known as	Barr na Feirste, Bhláthach Mhuimhneach (An), Box the Monkey, Munster Buttermilk (4), Squeeze Your Thighs, Take Her or Leave Her
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bulmer & Sharpley
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music from Ireland vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 63
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:Matt Molloy, Biography:Tommy Peoples, Biography:Paul Brady
Title of recording	Molloy/Peoples/Brady
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet SIF 3018
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

X:1
T:Behind the Haystack [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D Major
A | d2e fdB | d2e fdB | AFE E2B | AFE E2B | 
d2e fdB | d2e fdB |AFD D2B | AFD D2A :|
|:~B3 BAF |  ABc d2B | AFE E2B | AFE E2A |
~B3 BAF |  ABc d2B | AFD D2B | AFD D2f :|
|: ~g3 fgf | ede fdB | AFE E2B | AFE E2f | 
~g3 fgf | ede fdB | AFD D2B | AFD D3 :||

BEHIND THE HAYSTACK [1]. AKA and see "Barr na Feirste," "Bhláthach Mhuimhneach (An)," "Box the Monkey," "Munster Buttermilk (4)," "Squeeze Your Thighs," "Take Her or Leave Her." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Boys/Lough, Mallinson, Miller): AA'BB'CC' (Vallely). As a four-part melody called "Box the Monkey," it appears in the music manuscript collection of cleric James Goodman (1828-1896).

Source for notated version: flute player Matt Malloy [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed sources: Boys of the Lough, 1977, pg. 4. Breathnach (CRÉ II), No. 29. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 63. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 83, pg. 36. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 6, pg. 17. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 36, pg. 34.

Recorded sources: Great Meadow Music GMM 2003, "Rodney Miller's Airdance" (2000). Green Linnet SIF 3018, "Molloy/Peoples/Brady." Transatlantic TRA 296, Boys of the Lough, "Recorded Live." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

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