Annotation:Irish Lad (The)
X:1 T:Irish Lad's a jolly boy, The M:2/4 L:1/8 N:"A favourite march of the old Irish militia bands" B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 989) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E|A>A cA|BA cA|E>A cA|BA F2|A>B cd|ef ec|A>B AF|FE E2:| |:e>f ec|BA Bc|e>f ec|BA F2|ef/g/ ac|BA Bc|A>B AF|FE E2:||
IRISH LAD('S A JOLLY BOY), THE. AKA and see "Breeches On (The)," "Irish Boy (The)," "O the Breeches Full of Stitches." Irish, Air or March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Scottish reel "Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A)" is ancestral, and it is similar to "Lord MacDonald (4)" and "Leather Breeches/Leather Britches". Petrie (1855) notes "Irish Lad's a Jolly Boy" was "a favourite march of the old Irish militia bands." See note for "Britches Full of Stitches" for more information.
