Boys of Tralee (The)

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Theme code Index	5L1 66 52 12
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1035, p. 193
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BOYS OF THE WEST. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not the similarly titled "Boys from the West" in Roche.

Source for notated version: Chicago cleric Father James K. Fielding, a flute player originally from Kilkenny; a friend of Francis O'Neill's and a Gaelic League activist [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 58. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1035, p. 193.

X:1
T:Boys of Tralee, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 209  (c. 1880's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|DEF GAB|egd efg|dBG AGF|GAB AGE|DEF GAB|
egd efg|dBG AGF|GBA G2::g|gfe agf|gfg edB|egf gdB|
AcA BGE|DEF GAB|egd efg|dBG AGF|GBA G2:||