Baltyoran

X:1 T:Baltyoran M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 697 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmix E2E F2F GEC | E2E ~F3 G2c |E2E F2F GEC|D2D ~B3 F2D|E2E F2F GEC | E2E ~F3 G2c | E2E F2F | GEC |D2D ~B3 F2D::E2c E2c GEC|E2c E2c F2D|E2c E2c GEC|D2D ~B3 F2D | EGc EGc GEC | EGc EGc F2D | EGc EGc GEC | D2D ~B3 F2D:||



BALTYORAN (Baaltigh Abhran). Irish, Slip Jig. C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "This is so different from the tune of the same name in Bunting ("Baltighoran") that it can hardly be regarded as a version: it is rather a different melody" (Joyce). There are rhythmic similarities between the phrases of the two as well as some melodic echoings, and O'Sullivan (1983) believes this to be a variant of Bunting's tune; but this is stretching I think. Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 697, pg. 349.

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