Annotation:Butcher's March (2) (The)
X:1 T:Butcher's March [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Tom Ennis & James Morrison Z:Philippe Varlet K:G ~d3 BAB|dBA A2B|~d3 BAB|dBG G2B| ~d3 BAB|dBA A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG G2B:|2 dBG GBd|| |eAA fAA|edB ABd|eAA gfe|dBG GBd|eAA fAA| edB A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG GBd:|2 dBG G2B||
BUTCHER'S MARCH [2], THE (Mairseail na mBuisteiri). AKA and see "Along with the Girls I'd Like to Be," "Bloody Oul' Hag is it Tay You Want?" "Bog of Allen (1) (The)," "Brendan Begley's Jig," "Butchers of Bristol (3) (The)," "Lark's March (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mulvihill, O'Neill, Taylor): AABB' (Harker/Rafferty, O'Brien): AA'BB' (Beisswenger): AABBCCDD (Breathnach). The original tune was a six-part jig published in the 18th century under the same title; see note for "Butcher's March." O'Neill and Taylor have the parts reversed from each other. The tune appears as "Butcher's Jig" in the latter 19th century music manuscript of the Reynolds family of Gaigue, Co. Longford. See also the variants appearing in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II (1976), including no. 21 (p. 13, appears as "Gan ainm/untitled"), from County Clare fiddler Bill O'Mally. Breathnach printed several versions, including Denis Murphy's "Along with the Girls I'd Like to Be," "to demonstrate how much difference there may be between versions of the same tune, and there are many other versions still. In all probability the jig is connected with the May Day celebrations of the butchers long ago."
The tune is often associated with Dingle, County Kerry, accordion player Brendan Begley and is sometimes called by his name. Compare also with the English/Scottish "Give Me a Lass with a Lump of Land."
