Annotation:Is It Silk that's in Your Bag My Boy?

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 IS IT SILK THAT'S IN YOUR BAG, MY BOY? AKA - "An Sioda Ata id' Bhalluit, a Bhuachaill?" AKA and see "Silk in the Bag," "Silken Wallet (The)," "Brown Wallet (The)." Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A variant of "Over the River to Charlie." Printed in O'Neill as "Silken Wallet (The)." The title is a translation of the Irish "Sioda Ata id' Bhalluit a Bhuachaill? (An)"  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: JIFSS, No. 12, p. 21. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 169, p. 40 (appears as "Silk in the Bag"). Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 2, p. 1. O'Daly (The Poets and Poetry of Munster), 1849; p. 222. O'Daly (The Poets and Poetry of Munster 2nd ed.), 1850; p. 122. O'Daly (The Poets and Poetry of Munster edited by James Meehan), c. 1885; p. 270. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 891, p. 165 (appears as "The Silken Wallet").  Recorded sources:

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