Boys of the Town - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	32	AABB	G Major

Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1981	2.9#2	[GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Joe Ryan (fiddle) / Eddie Clarke (harmonica).
1992	4#2	[BMu 2] Brendan Mulvihill, Donna Long. The Morning Dew. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Donna Long (piano).
1995	14#2	[FMD 1] The Fiddle Music of Donegal. Volume One. Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh (fiddle).
~1996	14#2	[DH 1] Dan Herlihy and Friends. The Night of the Fair. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Dan Herlihy (accordion). For this tune: with Denis O'Connor (banjo).
2000	2.5#3	[LaL] Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands. various.
2001	7#3	[KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina).
~2002	2#2	[Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle).
~2002	1#2	[PS 8] Patrick Street. Street Life. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Jackie Daly (accordion).
~2002	3#2	[SQGH] Séamus Quinn and Gary Hastings. Slán le Loch Eirne. Stories to Tell. Séamus Quinn (fiddle, melodeon, viola, piano), Gary Hastings (flute).
~2003	1.8#1	[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Mick Loftus (flute).
~2005	12#2	[CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina).
~2008	10#2	[FScahl 1] Fergal Scahill. The Dusty Bridge. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán).
~2010	2#2	[CGJS 1] Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith and John Blake. The Ewe with the Crooked Horn. Colm Gannon (accordion, melodeon), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (flute, guitar, piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Shandon Bells	BMu 2
Quaker's Wife	FMD 1
Boys of the Town	DH 1
Connie O'Connell's	GL20
Lilting Fisherman	LaL
Gallagher's Frolics	KHys 1
Jerry's Beaver Hat	Fns
Maho Snaps	SQGH
A Draught of Ale	PS 8
Katie's Fancy	CDrny 4
Lilting Banshee	FScahl 1
Jim Donoghue's Favourite	CGJS 1

Played before	On Albums
Rakes of Clonmel	BMu 2
Lilting Banshee	Fns
Frost Is All Over	PS 8
Mist-Covered Mountain	WFO 2
Dusty Bridge	FScahl 1
Wearied Lad	CGJS 1

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #118 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 229 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
On page 13 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As jig #23 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #49 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As jig #161 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 15 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1927

Tune ID#2129 (Boys of the Town)

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Bibliography