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Annotation:Gallant Tipperary Boys (The)
X:1 T:Gallant Tipperary L:1/8 M:6/8 R:Double Jig S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 894 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (3A/B/c/ | ded FGA | B2A A2 B/c/ | d2d ede | f2d d2 e/f/ | gag fed | efd cBA | BAG FGA | B2A A2 :| |: f/g/ | aba def | gab efg | aba fed | e2A A2 f/g/ | aba fgf | efe d2 A | BAG FGA | B2A A2 :| |: A | dAF dAF | B2A ABc | dAF dAF | G2E E2 (3A/B/c/ | dAf BAF | Adf a2 g | fed FGA | B2 A A2 :| |: f/g/ | afd cBA | BGG G2g | bge efd | cAA A2 f/g/ | afd gfe | afd cBA | BAG FGA | B2 A A2 :||
GALLANT TIPPERARY BOYS, THE (Tiobraid-Arann calma). AKA and see "Irish Air from Robin Hood," "Old Figary O'," "Young May Moon (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time) or Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Deloughery, Moylan, Roche): AA'BB (Moylan): AABBCCDD (O'Neill). In Kerry the tune, which Thomas Moore used for his "Young May Moon," is often played as a slide. See also the possibly related slide "First Cousin of the Gallant Tipperary Boys (The)."
