Billy from Bruff

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Theme code Index	5L3b17bL 5L3b15
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	P.W. Joyce
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 37, p. 21
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
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Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Score ()

X:1
T:Billy from Bruff
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air and Jig
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Ador
E|EAB cBc|AdB GAB|EAB cBc|Aee e>cA/G/|
EAB cBc|AdB GAB|Aag ede|cAA A2:|
|:A|Aab aga|ega gdB|Aab age|def g2 d/B/|
Aab aga|ede gab|age dgB|cAA A2:|
|:c/d/|efe dcB|cAG EGB|AGA cBc|dcd e2 c/d/|
efe dcB|cAG G2 e/g/|age dgB|cAA A2:|
|:c/d/|eag a2e|gfe dBG|eag aef|gdB G2 c/d/|
eag aef|g/f/a/g/e/f/ gab|age dgB|cAA A2:||

BILLY FROM BRUFF. Irish, Jig and Air. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. "From Jack Sheedy: a very old man: 1849. Bruff in Co. Limerick" (Joyce).

Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 37, p. 21.

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