Annotation:Our Boys (2)
X:1 T:Our Boys [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | GBB {c}BAB|GBd def|g(fg) (ed)B |{c}BAA A2D| GA(B {c}B)AB|(GB)d def|gfe dAc |{c}BGG G2:| |: B|def gfg|age edB|g(fg) (ed)G|(BA)A A2B| (GB)(B {c}B)AB|(GB)d def|.g(fg) (ed)B|{B}AGG G2:|]
OUR BOYS [2]. AKA and see "Connolly's Ale," "Merry Men Home from the Grave," "Merry Men Home from the War." American (?), Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "Annotation:Merry Men Home from the Grave" for discussion. William Bradbury Ryan printed the tune twice in his 1883 collection: first as "Connolly's Ale," and later as "Our Boys (2)."
