Annotation:Catholic Boys (1)

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 CATHOLIC BOY(S) [1], THE. AKA and see "Cathaoir an Phíobáire," "The Piper's Chair." Irish, Air ("spirited") or Double Jig. G Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Petrie): AB (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Roche). The melody is better-known today as "The Piper's Chair." Petrie stated the old Irish name for the tune was lost but that this was the name his source, Clare piper Willie Clancy, used. Sources for notated versions: accordionist Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland), who had the tune from Willie Clancy [Breathnach]; O'Neill credits collaborator and fiddler James O'Neill with the version he prints in his Music of Ireland, though it seems nearly identical with the versions appearing in Petrie's 1855 collection (No. 144) and Roche; the Lord Chief Baron of Ireland on January, 15, 1852 [Petrie]; fiddler Aggie Whyte, who made a tape with the tune on it for accordion player Luke O'Malley when she was working in Kelly's Brookside in East Durham, N.Y. [O'Malley]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 9, p. 6. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 88, p. 44. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 44, p. 29. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 18, p. 4. Petrie (Ancient Music of Ireland), No. 144. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. 3, p. 28, No. 91. Stanford-Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 282. Recorded sources: Shanachie 79033, Paddy Maloney & Sean Potts - "Tin Whistles." See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

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