Annotation:Pretty Maids of Bulgaden (The)
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PRETTY MAIDS OF BULGADEN, THE. AKA – “Pretty Girls of Bulgaden.” AKA and see "Evergreen (The)," “Evergreen Lasses,” “Fowling Piece (The),” "Monongahela College" (Pa.), "Mother Carey's," "Old Temple House Reel,” “Rising of the Lark (1),” “Templehouse Reel (The),” “Tipsy House (The)." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players, a céilí band, recorded the tune in 1931 as "Fowling Piece (The)." See also the distanced, but probably cognate, "Kilworth Reel" from O'Farrel's early 19th century collection, and its Scottish ancestors.
