Annotation:Coming Home from the Bog

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 COMING HOME FROM THE BOG (Ag Teacht Abhaile on bPortach). AKA and see "Talk:Donegal Boys," "Talk:Gardener's Daughter (The)," “Talk:Groves of Mt. Talbot (The),” "Talk:I Wish I Never Saw You," "Talk:Magic Slipper," "Talk:Maud(e) Millar (2),” “Talk:Montua (The),” “Talk:Morrison’s (Reel) (2),” “Talk:Mrs. Smullen’s,” “Talk:My Love is Fair and Handsome,” "Talk:Paddy McFadden's (1)."  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune has some similarities to "McFadden's Handsome Daughter," Breathnach (1985) says, but the turns are not the same. He records that “My Love is Fair and Handsome” is a Kerry title for the tune and the “The Gardener’s Daughter” is a name for it in Sligo. Source for notated version: fiddler Paddy Ryan (Co. Roscommon and Birmingham) [Breathnach]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 141, pg. 76. Recorded sources:

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