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Theme code Index	3b3b2 545
Also known as	Buacaill Dileas Ua Eirinn (An), Dear Irish Maid, Wild Irish Boy (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:P.M. Haverty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 201, p. 95
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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T:Dear Irish Boy [2], The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 201, p. 95)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
(E>F)|G2G2G2|(F2B2)^D2|E2G2 (FE)|E2D2 (EF)|G2G2G2|
(F2B2^D2)|E2 G2F2|[G,4E4] (EF)|G2G2G2|F2 (B3A)|G2E2E2|
(D2B,2) (EF)|G2G2G2|(F2B3A)|G2E2E2|[G,4E4]||z|
e2e2e2|^d2e4|B2 (B3A)|(G2E2) e2|(e3d e2)|d2B4|
(B2d2^d2)|e4 (e>f)|(g2f2e2)|(^d2e2B2)|(ABcB) (AG)|
(G2F2) B2|(e3^de2)|B4 (B>A)|G2E2E2|[G,4E4]||

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T:Dear Irish Boy [2], The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Slow with cxpression”
S:”By Daniel J. Kelleher.”
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 3)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing 
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach 
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls 
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.  
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been 
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from 
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in 
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher 
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions 
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901.  According 
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the 
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection. 
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(GA)|B2 B2 (AG)|A2d2 (cA)|G2 GBAF|(GF) D2 (GA)|
B2B2 (AG)|A2 (dc) A/G/F/G/|A2G2 (GA)|G4:|
(dc)|d2g2 ga|g2d2 e2|f2 d2 (Bd)|c2A2F2|
G2g2 (ga)|g2d2c2|d2g2 (fa)|g4 (ga)|
b2a2g2|f2d2 (dc)|B2 BdcA|(GF)D2 (GA)|
B2c2d2|(dg) f2 (dc)|A2 G2 (FA)|G4||

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T:Dear Irish Boy [2], The 
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow and tenderly"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903),  No. 73
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
D>E | F3 F ED | A2 G3 {A/G/}E | D2 D2 ED | D2 C2 DE | F2 E3 {F/E/}D | 
E2 A2 A>G | F2D2E2 | D4 DE | F3 F E{F/E/}D | A2 G3 {A/G/}E | 
D2 D2 ED | D2 C2 DE | F3 G A/B/^c | d4 A>G | F3 D E<A |D4 || 
A^c | d2 A2 A2 | d2 A2 AG | F2 D2 E{F/E/}D | D2 C2 AG | A2 d2 de | 
f2 e2 dc | A2 d2 {f}e2 | d4 de | f2e2d2 | d2 A2 AG | 
F2 D2 E<D | D2 C2 DE | F3 G A/B/^c | d4 A>G | F3 D E<A | D4 ||

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