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WHAT’LL I DO IF THE KETTLE BOIL’S OVER? [2]. AKA and see “Praties are Dug (The)," "Frost is All Over (1) (The),” “Kitty Lie Over (Next to the Wall,” ”Patsy McCann's,” “Paddy’s Return (1).” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. This version of the air is of the “Paddy’s Resource” tune family, with this particular title taken from the “what would I do if the kettle boiled over” song set to it.
Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 179, p. 56.
Recorded sources:
