Annotation:Boys of Ballyscally (The)
X: 1 T: Boys of Ballyscally T: Buachaill\'i Bhaile U\'i Scalagh S: B.Breathnach:"Ceol Rince na hEireann" IV/19 Z: B.Black L: 1/8 M: 6/8 R: jig K: G d/c/|BGG DGG|EGE DB,G,|CEG B,DG|EFG A2 d/c/| BGG DGG|EGE DB,G,|CEG DGB|AFD G2 :| B/c/|dgd ecA|dBG AFD|dgd eag|fef g2 f/g/| afd gdB|ecA dBG|EFG Adc|BGG G2 :|
BOYS OF BALLYSCALLY, THE (Buachaillí Bhaile Uí Scalaigh). AKA and see "Dave Marsh's Favorite," "Irish Jig (1)." Irish, Scottish, Canadian; Double Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The alternate title "Dave Marsh's Favorite" comes from Cape Breton pianist Doug MacPhee, who named it after a friend although the tune was not composed by him. Another Cape Breton musician, Buddy MacMaster, recorded it without a title. The tune is actually an untitled "Irish Jig (1)" first printed in Edinburgh in Köhler's Violin Repository vol. 3 (c. 1885, p. 268) where it is clearly attributed to a "John B. Easton, Edinburgh," who contributed a few compositions to editor W.B. Laybourn's "Köhler's" volumes.
