Annotation:Billy O'Rourke the Bouchal (2)

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BILLY O'ROURKE THE BOUCHAL [2]. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A different air than the early 19th century comic song. The melody has been called a variant of "Death of Staker Wallace (2) (The)" (Musical Times 7/1/14, p. 456), also printed in the Feis Ceoil Collection (1914).

Source for notated version: fiddler Brigid Kenny (Dublin, Ireland) [Darby & McCall].

Printed sources: Darley & McCall (The Feis Ceoil Collection of Irish Airs), 1914; No. 1, p. 1.

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