Boys from Mullingar (The)

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Theme code Index	53 1H3H 2H5 44
Also known as	Buacaillide as Muileann-Cearr (Na), If Ever You Marry
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 589, p. 103.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BOYS FROM MULLINGAR (Na Buacaillide as Muileann-Cearr). AKA and see "If Ever You Marry." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 589, p. 103.

X:1
T:Boys from Mullingar, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Spirited"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 589
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
F/G/|A2A F2A|d2 e fgf|e2 A A2F|(G3 G2) F/G/|A2A F2A|d2 e fgf|e2A A2c|(d3 d3)||
a/g/|f2f f^ef|g2f e^de|f2d A2F|(G3 G2) a|f2f f2A|d2e fgf|e2A A2c|(d3 d2) a/g/|
f2f f^ef|g2f e^de|fdA AGF|(G3 G2) F/G/|ABA AFA|d2e fgf|ecA ABc|(d3 d2)||