Boys of Tandragee (The)

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Theme code Index	51 57b 47bL 42
Also known as	Boys of Tandernagee, Burke's Jig (2), Paddy O'Carroll's (2), Rollicking Boys around Tandernagee
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bernard Flaherty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Trip to Sligo
Tune and/or Page number	p. 82
Year of publication/Date of MS	1990
Artist	Biography:Gerry Harrington & Eoghan O'Sullivan
Title of recording	Sceal Eile
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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BOYS OF TANDRAGEE, THE. AKA - "Boys of Tandernagee." AKA and see "Burke's Jig (2)," "Paddy O'Carroll's (2)," "Rollicking Boys around Tandernagee." Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Moylan): AA'BB (Songer). See also the similar first strain of "Jolly Corkonian (The)."

Sources for notated versions: Joe Burke via accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Dan Compton (Portland, Oregon) who learned it from the Harrington/O'Sullivan recording [Songer].

Printed source: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 82. Songer (Portland), 1997; p. 39. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 235, pp. 136-137.

Recorded source: Gerry Harrington & Eoghan O'Sullivan - "Sceal Eile."

X:1
T:Boys of Tandernagee, The
T:Rollicking Boys around Tandernagee, The
R:jig
D:Arcady
D:Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy: The Wind among the Reeds
Z:id:hn-jig-152
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
K:Edor
~B3 ~E3|~B3 d2B|~A3 DED|AFD FGA|~B3 ~E3|BAB def|
edB AFA|BEE E2A::Bee efe|def afd|edd dcd|
Bcd dBA|Bee efe|def afd|edB AFA|BEE E2A:||