Annotation:Sporting Boys (1) (The)
X:1 T:The Sporting Boys [1] M:C| L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 252, no. 1350 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G (BA)|G2 (BG) AcBA|G2 (BG) GEDE|G2 (BG) ABce|dBgB c2 (BA)| G2 (BG) AcBA|G2 (BG) GEDE|DEGB cBAe|dBgB c2|| BA|Bdgd edgd|Bdgd e2 dc|Bdgd edef|gedB c2 BA| Bdgd edgd|Bdgd e2 dc|Bdgd egfa|gedB c2|]
SPORTING BOYS [1], THE (Na buacaillide greannmar). AKA and see "Boys of Portaferry (The)," "Pullet (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1915): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). "Boys of Portaferry (The)" is a nearly identical tune, save for the ending of the first strain; both however were obtained by Francis O'Neill from Phillip J. O'Reilly.