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Annotation:Kilkenny Boys
X:1 T:Kilkenny Boys M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D>B A/F/F/B/ | A/F/F/B/ A/F/F/d/ | D>B A/F/F/A/ | B/d/A/F/ .E(E/F/) | D>B A/F/F/B/ | A/F/F/B/ A/F/F/d/ | D>B A/F/F/A/ | B/d/A/F/ EE || f/d/d/f/ e/c/c/e/ | d/B/B/d/ A/F/F/A/ | f/d/d/f/ e/c/c/e/ | B/d/A/F/ EE | f/d/d/f/ e/c/c/e/ | d/B/B/d/ A/F/F/A/ | f/d/e/c/ d/c/B/A/ | B/d/A/F/ DD ||
KILKENNY BOYS. AKA and see "Boy in the Gap," "Forget Me Not (3)," "Lady Mary Ramsey (2)," "Miss Ramsay (2)," "Queen's Shilling (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Kilkenny takes its name from Saint Kenneth, a companion of St. Columba. The tune is a reel-time setting of the Scottish strathspey "Lady Mary Ramsay/Lady Mary Ramsey (2)" (played as both a reel and Highland in Ireland).
