Annotation:Bolton Street

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X:1 T:Bolton Street M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 265, p. 56) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=55&z=153.0948%2C223.0376%2C2795.8207%2C1132.9599 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B2 BA FAAF|EBBA Beef|dBAF DEFA|BdAF FE E2:| Eeef defd|BABc defe|dBAF DEFA|1BdAF FE E2:|2 BdAF Edcd||



BOLTON STREET (Sráid Bolton). AKA – "Humors of Bolton Street (The)." AKA and see "Lovely Molly," "Wall Topper (The)." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. There is a Bolton Street in the city of Dublin, named in 1724 after Lord Lieutenant Charles Powlett, the Earl of Bolton.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - the c. 1880's collection of fiddler and uileann piper Stephen Grier (County Leitrim) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ 4), 1996; No. 201, p. 92. Vallely (Companion to Irish Traditional Music), 1999; p. 66.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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