X:1
T:The Catholic Boys [1]
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland, no. 18
N:almost identical with the Petrie setting
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|D<GG GFG|D<BB cBc|d<ed cBA|BGE =F2 {GF}D|
DGG GFG|DBB cBc|d>ed cBA|B<GG G2 ||
d/e//f//| gdB gGg|gdc BAG|F<=ff f>ef|A=FA c_BA|
G<gg g=fe|dcd/e/ =fdc|B/c/dB {cd}cAF|A<GG G2||
CATHOLIC BOY(S) [1], THE. AKA and see "Biddy McGee (1)," "Cathaoir an Phíobáire," "Jig (75)," "Paddy from London," "Piper's Chair (The)," "Silver and Gold." Irish, Air ("spirited") or Double Jig. G Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Petrie): AB (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Roche). The melody is better-known today as "Piper's Chair (The)." Petrie stated the old Irish name for the tune was lost but that this was the name his source, Clare piper Willie Clancy, used. A version of the tune was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman under the title "Silver and Gold." O'Neill prints the tune on the same page with "Protestant Boys (The)."
