Annotation:Sick Boy (1) (The)

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X:1 T:Sick Boy [1], The M:C| L:1/8 B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 19) B: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=4&z=-349.1933%2C403.0816%2C7751.005%2C2953.0092 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G|G/A/B/G/ A>G A>GG>D|G/A/B/G/ A>G c/B/A/G/ FA|G/A/B/G/ A>G A>GG>A|f/g/a/g/ f>d c/B/A/G/ F>A:| |:G/A/B/G/ A/B/c/A/ dG GD|G/A/B/G/ A/B/c/A/ d/c/B/A/ F>A|G/A/B/G/ A/B/c/A/ d>GG>A|f/g/a/g/ f>d c/B/A/G/ F>A:| |:g/a/b/g/ a>gb>g g>d|g/a/b/g/ a>g c’/b/a/g/ f>a|g/a/b/g/ a>ga>g g>d|f/g/ag/ f>d c/B/A/G/ F>A:| |:d/e/f/d/ c/B/c/A/ d>GG>A|d/e/f/d/ c/B/c/A/ d/c/B/A/ F>A|B2 Bd c2 Bc|d/e/f/d/ g4 e>f|f/a/a/f/ f>d c/B/A/G/ F>A:| B/G/F/A/ D/G/F/A/ D/G/F/A/ GA|B/G/F/A/ D/G/F/A/ d/c/B/A/ G>A|B2 Be c2 Bc|d/e/f/d/ g4 d>e|f/g/a/g/ f>d c/B/A/G/ F>A:| |:B/d/c/B/ A/c/B/A/ G/B/A/G/ F>A|B/d/c/B/ A/c/B/A/ d/c/B/A/ FA|B2 Be c2 Bc|d/e/f/d/ g4 ef|f/g/a/g/ fd c/B/A/G/ F>A:|



SICK BOY [1], THE (An Bouchail Breoighte). AKA and see “Buachaill Dreoite [1].” Irish, Hornpipe and Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. 'Sick', as "sick in love". A version of the tune was entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (vol. 4, p. 19). See note for “annotation:Buachaill Dreoite (1) (An).”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - "From my own memory as I learned it in childhood" [Joyce], i.e. in Limerick in the 1840's.

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 8, p. 7.

Recorded sources: -



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