Annotation:Catholic Boys (3)
Tune properties and standard notation
CATHOLIC BOYS [3], THE. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "Blackthorn Stick [1]," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2]" (floating title), "Fire in the Valley," "Geese on the Bog" (floating title), "The Hare on the Mountain," "Humours of Bantry," "The Maid(en) on the Green," "The Rose on the Mountain [1]." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) calls it a typical Irish jig, of no great age.
Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (elderly fifer from Fayette County, Pa., 1961) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 444, p. 413.
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