Breeches On (The)

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Theme code Index	1323 1326L
Also known as	Irish Boy (The), Irish Lad (The), Irish Lad's a Jolly Boy (The), Leather Breeches, Leather Britches, Oh Those Britches Full of Stitches, Britches Full of Stitches (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 473, p. 119
Year of publication/Date of MS	1905
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BREECHES ON. AKA and see "Irish Boy (The)," "Irish Lad (The)," "Irish Lad's a Jolly Boy (The)," "Leather Breeches/Leather Britches," "Oh Those Britches Full of Stitches," "Britches Full of Stitches." Irish, Polka. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: "O'Daly's Kilrush MS" [Stanford/Petrie].

Printed source: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 473, p. 119.

X:1
T:Breeches On, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 473
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
B2 dB | cB dB | B2 dB | cB G>A | B>c de | fg fd \ Bc BG | GF F2 || 
fg fd | cB cd | fg fd | cB G2 | fga bg | fd cd | B>c BG | GF F2 ||