BOOK OF RIGHTS, THE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #783/ DMI #61 (D)

BOOK-KEEPER - HENRY THE POACHER

BOOLAVOGUE - "At B - as the sun was setting" "Come all you warriors and renowned nobles" - ROUD#3020 - Rebel song about Father Murphy of Co Wexford composed by P J McCall - ROUD#2356 - HEALY OISB 2 1969 pp66-68 BS w/o - JOYCE OIFMS pp241-2 Co Limerick - O KEEFE 1955 p14 w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp54-55 & p207 from Kennedy: "Legends of Mt Leinster" - ZIMMERMAN 1966 p290 - SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p91 - MAIDIN FHOGHMHAIR - YOUGHAL -- Nellie WALSH (unacc) rec Wexford 6/8/47: RPL 11219 - Margaret LOUGHRAM rec by PK, Castlecaulfield, Co Tyrone 23/7/52: RPL 18532/ FTX-432 "Father Murphy" - Vin GARBUTT: FOLKSOUND FS-100 1974 - Davie STEWART: TOPIC 12-T-293 1978/ TSCD-658

BOOLAVOGUE - Instr - ROCHE 3 #49 p14 (G) 6/8 "Youghal" -- Leo ROWSOME (Tune on U-pipes) rec Dublin 1937-8: TOPIC 12-T-259 1975 with "Old Bog Road" -- McPEAKE Family: FONTANA STL-5433 1967 (U-pipes & harp - tune only) - FREEDOM FIGHTERS PICKWICK ALL-59 1967 - Instrum DAMBUSTER DAM 006/ CASS-0350

BOOMBA - BWMBA

BOOMERANG - STICKS

BOOT DANCE - (Am/A) - KERR MM 1 #26 p30

BOOTBLACK'S LAMENT - comp by Dave Cutler -- Johnny COLLINS & friends: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-014 1973

BOOTLE FELL HUNT -- Harry & Derek IRVING rec by PK, Corney, Cumberland 1959: FTX-120

BOOTS - the Chemists -- Doulas Kennedy talks about a folk dance display for their employees and staying with Sir Jessie & Lady Boot in Nottingham 1921: FTX-481-493 (on 492)

BOOTS & SHOES - BROWN BOOTS - MAIR ESGID FACH YN GWASGU (My little shoe pinches) - OLD GREY BEARD - SI J'AVAIS LES SOULIERS - MEAL DO BHROGAN (Enjoy your shoes)

BOOTSY HAD A LITTLE BOY - "he had a little scooter" - chanted by London boys & followed by "Maureen Blake fell in the lake eating bread and butter" chanted by solo boy from Suffolk -- FTX-198 & FTX-289 #33

BOOZING - "The Stoker's Anthem" words from Henry TREFUSIS, Falmouth, Cornwall - see see also OLD HEELBALL

BOQUETT, LA - Country Dance 2/4 (G) - WILSON p102 (with dance descr)

BORDER COUNTRY - (Scots-English) - THE - BERWICK - CUMBERLAND - GALLOWAY - KIRKCUDBRIGHT - NORTHUMBERLAND - PEEBLES - ROXBURGH - SELKIRK - WIGTOWN - BROOM O THE COWDENKNOWES - DOWIE DENS O YARROW - FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVANT MEN (Border Widow's Lament) - (Blue Bonnets) OVER THE BORDER (jig) - Rory & Alex McEWEN - Willie SCOTT

BORDER DISPUTES -NEIGHBOURS

BORDER FRAY - Pipe tune -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec Powburn 19/4/44: RPL 7233 (78)/ rec Newcastle 10/7/50: RPL 14983 rec by PK, Newcastle 1954: FTX-122/ SAYDISC SDL-252 1972 "Rothbury Hills" & "Whittingham Green Lane" - SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 (as on SAYDISC)

BORDER SPIRIT - Slow Air - composed by T.W Pigg -- Billy PIGG (N-pipes) rec by Royce Wilson 1958: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999

BORDER WIDOW'S LAMENT, THE - FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVANT MEN

BORDON'S GROVE - "It being down by BG as I carelessly had strayed" - meets charming maid - ROUD#2322 - HENRY SOP #529/ HUNTINGTON pp320-321 James Moore, Bushmills, Co Antrim 1934 - FOWKE TSSO 1965 pp116-7 Dave McMahon, Ont 1962 "Borlands Grove"

BORE GLAS, Y - (The Fresh Morning) - ANCIENT NATIONAL AIRS OF GWENT & MORGANNWG, ed. By Maria Jane Williams, Abergwm (1844) Love song, with birds acting as messengers of love - see also DERYN DDU PIGFELYN, Y -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054

BORING THE LEATHER - DOWN THE BACK LANE

BORING WITH THE GIMLET -- Lea NICHOLSON (conc) & Stan ELLISON (gtr): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-254 1972 with "Pipe on the hob"

BORNEO - KALIMANTAN - WILD MAN OF BORNEO

BOSCASTLE - Cornwall - Cyril BIDDICK - BOSCASTLE & TINTAGEL PLAYERS - Harry DANGER - Freddy JEWEL - Charlie JOSE -- Recordings see AREA Listing

BOSCASTLE BREAKDOWN, THE - Hornpipe - BREAKDOWN

BOSS, THE - Jig - ONE HORNED SHEEP

BOSSES - CAPTAIN - CHIEF - CRUELTY - GAFFER - MASTER - MERCHANT - TOP MAN

BOSTON - BIG BALL IN BOSTON - FOUR LITTLE GIRLS IN BOSTON - GOODBYE GIRLS, WE'RE GOING TO BOSTON

BOSTON BELLS - Barn Dance -- Pamby DICK (mel & piano): TOPIC 12-T- 376 1976

BOSTON BURGLAR, THE - "I was born in Boston City, a place you all know well" - a bank-robber - LAWS #L-16B ABBB 1957 p175 ("Botany Bay 2" - ROUD#261 - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #132 - GREIG- DUNCAN 2 p216 3var (w/o) - HENRY SOP #202/ HUNTINGTON pp119-120 Wm Devine, Coleraine, Co Derry 1927 6v/m - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 #44 pp88-9 Co Cavan "B City" (also has "Pat O'Donnell" sung to this tune) - PALMER SOM 1972 Bham & Midland F/Centre: Bridie Gauntlett 1967 "Charlestown" - McCOLL-SEEGER 1977 p284-6 from Charlotte Higgins - CROININ 2000 #149 pp226-7 --- COX FSOS 1925 Leone Oliver WVa 1917 (w/o)/ Mrs Dayton Wiles, WVa (w/o)/ Weston WVa 1915 (w/o) - SPAETH REAW 1926 p177 says author supposed to be M J Fitzpatrick (Cf COURT HOUSE) - GARDNER-CHICKERING BSSM 1931 pp335-6 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp206-7 Tom Henneberry, Halifax, NS 1929 - BREWSTER B&SOI 1935 pp223-5 - OWENS TFS 1938 pp81-2 - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp387-8 Elsie Surber, Panama City, Fla (w/o) - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp249-251 Mrs Caroline Knudsen, Utah 1948/ Mrs Salley Hubbard (w/o) -- see letter from Richard Bauman 28/3/63 "Botany Bay" -- Margaret BARRY rec by PK, Dundalk, Co Louth 26/7/52: RPL 18296 (talk bef) - Jean ELVIN rec Seamus Ennis, Turiff, Aberdeen 16/7/52: RPL 18783 (6v)/ FTX-261 "The Boston Smuggler" - Sheila STEWART & Charlotte Higgins rec by Isabel Sutherland, Blairgowrie, Perthsh July 1955: 7"RTR-1211-2/ CASS-60-0966-7 Dominic BEHAN with Robin HALL (gtr): COLLECTOR JEI-3 1959 (45EP) - Jimmy McBEATH rec by Peter Hall 1971: TOPIC 12-T-303 1978/ CASS-0193 "The Boston Smuggler" - BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-60-0926 nd --- George PEGRAM (voc/banjo) rec S Appalachians RIVERSIDE RLP-12- 617 1956

BOSTON HARBOUR - "From Boston harbour we set sail" Sea Song Ch: "With a big bow wow" - WHALL 1910 p148 "Boston" - Cf DRUMMER AND THE COOK- RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p20 "From Sweet Dundee" coll Gardiner & Guyer 1906 -- WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-TPS-205 1966 - Derek Moffat & McCALMANS (from Watersons) rec Radio 2: 31/3/80: CASS-0418

BOSTON TWO-STEP, THE -- Bob Smith's IDEAL BAND rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T-319 1977

BOSUN'S ALPHABET, THE - ALPHABET SONG

BOSUN'S SHRILL WHISTLE, THE - THOMAS AND NANCY

BOSUN'S WARNING, THE - UNMOORING

BOTANY BAY "Come all young men of learning a warning take by me" "Adieu to old England for ever" - poaching - arrested - transported - LAWS #L16 - ROUD#261 (shared with BOSTON BURGLAR) - Bs incl BG "The Transport" - ASHTON MSB 1888 pp359-360 (w/o) - BARRETT EFS 1891 #52 pp90-91 - HILL WFC 1904 pp11-12 Rev Geoffrey Hill: nn, Britford, Wiltsh - SHARP Ms 1436 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #236 2 pp139-140 Richard Toms, Fairford, Gloucestersh 1911/ Eliza Woodberry, Ash Priors, Somerset 1907 1v/m/ Charles Smith, Coates, Gloucestersh 1911 1v/m - SHARP Sel Ed 2 pp90-91 - JFSS 5:18 1914 pp85-6 Sharp: Richard Toms (note by Lucy Broadwood) - HENRY SOP #691/ HUNTINGTON SOP 1990 p119 Joe McConaghy, Bushmills, Co Antrim 1937 5v/m - WILLIAMS #350 'Wassail' Harvey, Cricklade, Wiltsh (w/o) - FMJ 3:1 1975 p78-9 Mike Yates: Joseph Jones (gipsy), Orpington, Kent 1973 - RICHARDS- STUBBS EFS 1979 p198-9 coll Tony Green, Yorks -- FLANDERS-BARRY Vt 1932 p253 - CAMBIARE East Tenn & W Va Mountain Ballads 1934 pp69-71- GARDNER Mich 1939 p323 - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp374-5 Sr George Hastings, Ark 1941 - EDWARDS OSB 1966 pp10- 11 Victoria, Australia - PALMER TOTT 1974 p242 from Barrett - ANDERSON SAUFS pp4-9 3var Australia - MANIFOLD Penguin Australian Song Book p22 - EDWARDS Australian Folk Song p18 - see BOSTON BURGLAR (parodied on this song ?) - MEREDITH & ANDERSON Folk Songs of Australia pp36-37 - CONVICT MAID - JIM JONES OF BOTANY BAY - Tune cf EASTER RISING -- Roy LAST rec by John Howson, Suffolk HOME MADE MUSIC LP 302 - WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-T-167 "The Whitby Lad" coll by R A Gatty, Staithes

BOTANY BAY - Comic burlesque version comp by H Stephens & W Yardley publ Wiliams, London and sung in play, "Little Jack Shepherd" (see JFSS 18 p85) - SPIN mag 4/2 p3 from Ron Gould - MEREDITH-ANDERSON Australian version - see also ADIEU TO OLD ENGLAND - MY PARENTS REARED ME TENDERLY

BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR TO MY FANCY - WHEN ADAM WAS FIRST CREATED

BOTH SIDES OF THE FORTH - incl (a) Mc Ginty's Meal an Ale (vocal), (b) Hey Ca through (voc), (c) Instrums (d), (e) March & (e) Fisher Row -- HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-009 1975

BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED - HOGG: Jacobite Relics -- Dick Gaughan: TOPIC 12-TS-419 1981 W & M adapted/ with Brian McNEIL (fid), Phil CUNNINGHAM (keyboards & whi) & Stewart ISBISTER (e/bass) CASS 90-0894

BOTHAININ ISEAL GAN FALTAS, AN -"'Se Cnoccan a 'Bhothair do scoladh 'gcomhar ti" -- CROININ 2000 #13 pp50-2 -- Elizabeth CRONIN rec by Seamus Ennis,m Macroom, Co Cork 1952: RPL 19027/ FOUR COURTS CD-1#9

BOTHWELL - CARNAL AND THE CRANE

BOTHY BALLADS - AIKIE BRAE - AIRLIN'S FINE BRAES - BAIRNIE'S CUDDLE-DOON - BALL O' KIRRIEMUIR - BAND O' SHEARERS - BANDY'S ROUP- BARNYARDS O' DELGATY - BOGHEAD CREW - BOGIE'S BONNY BELLE - BONNY LAD THAT HANDLES THE PLOUGH - BONNY WEE LASSIE - BONNY UDNY - BONNY YTHANSIDE - BRAES OF DUNPHAIL - BRAES OF STRATHBLANE - BRAVE PLOUGHMAN LADDIES - BUCHAN BOBBY - BUCHAN PLOUGHBOY - BURNS AND HIS HIGHLAND MARY - CAMELOUN - CANNIE SHEPHERD LADDIES - CARSE O' POMMAIZE - COURTIN IN THE STABLE - DONALD BLUE - DRUMDELGIE - DUMFRIES HIRING FAIR - DYING PLOUGHBOY - FAREWELL TOMINTOUL - FEEIN' TIME - FOREMAN AT DRUM - FYVIE PLOUHMEN - GALLOWA' HILLS - GUISE O' TOUGH - HAIRST O' RETTIE - HARROWIN' TIME - HERD LADDIE - JOHN BRUCE O' THE FORNET - JOHNNY SANGSTER - LAD THAT HAUDS THE PLOUGH - LADS THAT WERE REARED AMONG HEATHER - LAND OF THE LEAL - LASS O' LECHT - LICHT BOB'S LASSIE - LODGIN' HOOSE - LOTHIAN HAIRST - LUCKY PLOUGHBOY - McFARLANE O THE SPROTTS - McGINTY'S MEAL AN' ALE - McGUINESS'S CROSS-EYED PET - MAGDALEN GREEN - MAINS O DRUMMUIR - MAINS O' FOGGIELOAN - MAINS OF PITTENDREE - MARLIN FAIR - MERRY PLOUGHBOYS - MILLER O' STRALLOCH - Mrs GREIG (STRAW MAN) - MORMOND BRAES - MUCKLE FRIDAY FAIR - NICKY TAMS _ O CHARLIE - OLD QUARRY KNOWES - OUR FARM TOON - PLOUGHBOY'S DREAM - PLOUGHING MATCH - PLOUGHMAN LADDIE - QUEER FOLK I' THE SHAWS - RHYNIE - ROTHSAY-O - ROVING PLOUGHBOY - SCRANKY BLACK FARMER - SHEELICKS - SHEPHERD LAD O' RHYNIE - SLEEPY TOON O' KENNINMONTH - SLIPPERY STANE - SOWENS FOR SAP - SWAGGERS - TARVES RANT - WEEK O' THE FAIR - WINDY HILLS -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

BOTTLE - COU DE MA BOUTEILLE (French Canadian) - THOIR A'NALL AM BOTUL (Scots Gaelic)

BOTTLE BANK - Song - "On yon BB stood a lad and his lassie - Geordie's his name as you'll understand - He's going to fight for his king and his country - with a sword in his teeth and a brick in each hand" - Children's song - Cf SAILOR LIKES HIS BOTTLE-O - SO EARLY IN THE MORNING -- Jack ELLIOTT, Birtley, Durham: LEADER LEA-4001 1969

BOTTLE BANK, THE - Hornpipe comp by James Hill, Gateshead fiddler - DIXON 1987 p36 - KOHLER 1 p28 arr by Laybourn (Bb) -- Gordon CUTTY (Engl conc) rec by PK, Kelloe, Co Durham 24/6/54 RPL 20602-3/ FTX-118

BOTTLE KICKING - HALLATON (Leicestersh)

BOTTLE O, THE - SAILOR LIKES HIS BOTTLE-O

BOTTLE OF BRANDY, THE - Jig - COLE #6 p53 (G)

BOTTLE OF CLARET, THE - Jig KERR MM 3 #279 p30 (G)

BOTTLE OF GIN - "All in a bottle of Gin - All out in stout - All over in Clover - All through in glue" - Children's Skipping rhyme - see BOTTLE-O -- TOPIC 12-TS-276 1975 Oldham TINKERS - rec by Damian Webb, 3/25 & rec by Damian Webb, 4/27 St Johns Juniors, Workington 1960: 197 "In, in a bottle of gin"

BOTTLE OF PUNCH, THE - JACKSON'S

BOTTLE OF WINE - comp by TP -- Tom PAXTON with fid, gtr & bass Radio 2 rec 17/10/90 CASS-60-1017

BOTTLE SONG- THOIR A'NALL AM BOTUL

BOTTLES - as percussion -- AFRICA - NEW FREEDOM (Mike Seeger's cass) Va USA partially filled with water "Blowing in the bottle"

BOTTLES OF WINE - O THIS PRETTY LITTLE GIRL OF MINE

BOTTLING- i.e. Collecting money -- Recordings see MUSIC TYPES Listing

BOTTOM OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA - THREE SAILORS WENT TO SEA

BOTTOM OF THE PUNCHBOWL, THE - Country Dance/ Reel (D) - BAYARD DTF 317 - KENNEDY FTB 1954 2 p24/ 1994 #101 p26 - KERR MM 1 #8 p26 - ROCHE 2 #232 p17 - see O GOOD ALE COMES -- John McCUTCHEON (fid) rec by PK, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrigthtsh 16/7/54: RPL 21485 - Dave SWARBRICK (fid): ELEKTRA BY-6030 1967 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-32 1971 - Mrs CROTTYS Ceili Band rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1975: FTX-250 aft "Within a mile of Edinburgh Town" - Tony HALL (melodeon) with Nic JONES (fid/gtr) & Tommy Moynihan (mand/bouz/whistle): FREE REED FRR- 012 1976 - Martin CARTHY & Chris WOOD RPL Radio 2 7/10/87: CASS-0401 - Donald CUMMING (acc) & Eddy HOLMES (dulc): TOPIC TSCD-663 1998 bef "Teetotaller"

BOTTOMDOWN FAIR - "as I do admire" - Comic Courtship/ Drinking Song - Squire courts girl in tavern but she steals away and leaves him sleeping - SHARP Cf 2 p222 from Jane Wheeler, Langport 1904 (3 v only)

BOUGHALEEN BAWN, THE - Song Air/ Jig - GIBLIN #11 p7 3/4 (D) m/o - ROCHE 1 #120 p50 (Am) "The Bouchaleen Bawn"

BOUGHALEEN BUIE, THE - (Little Yellow Bird) - GALLOWAY TOM (Jig)

BOUGHALEEN DHOUN, THE - "You muses why absent from me" - ROUD#2560 - JFSS 51914 pp57-8 Sharp: John Murphy, Marylebone, London 1908 "My Boughleen Dhown" - tune of song air: Tunebook Ms #181 p245

BOUGHALEEN OURA - BAULTHY OURA

BOUGHT ME A CAT - I BOUGHT ME A CAT

BOULAVOGUE - BOOLAVOGUE

BOUND AWAY IN THE DREADNOUGHT - DREADNOUGHT

BOUND DOWN TO DERRY - JOVIAL YOUNG SAILOR

BOUND DOWN TO NEWFOUNDLAND - "On St Patricks Day the seventeenth" - Young captain becomes ill and cannot appear on deck - unable to take the ship into Halifax the crew sail on to Arishat where after 8 days the captain dies of smallpox - LAWS #D-22 NAB 1950/64 pp171-2 - ROUD#647 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp221-222 Richard Hartlan, NS - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 pp195-6 Berton Young, NS 1951

BOUND FOR BALTIMORE - "And he kissed her on the cheek and the crew begin to roar" - neck - face - lips - arms - legs - John DOUGHTY rec by Mike Yates & Camilla Saunders, Brighton, Sussex 1976: TOPIC 12-TS-324/ TSCD-662 1998 "Baltimore"

BOUND FOR THE RIO GRANDE - RIO GRANDE - SACRAMENTO - SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BOUND TO AUSTRALIA - HUGILL 1961 p523-4 - Tune is a variant of "My lodging is on the cold cold ground" - DOERFLINGER 1951: "The First of the Emigrants"

BOUND TO BE A ROW - "I'm a poor unlucky married man I've such an awful wife" - ROUD#1616 - HEALY OISB 4 1969 pp127-8 BS (w/o) - PALMER EBBB 1980 #104 Peter Hall (c): Jimmy McBeath 1971 -- Jimmy MacBEATH rec by Peter Hall: TOPIC 12-T-303 1978/ CASS-0193/ TOPIC TSCD-651 1998 - Andy IRVINE (voc) & group incl Matt MOLLOY Paul BRADY Donal LUNNEY & others rec by Diane Hamilton: GREENHAYS GR-705 1981 - Harry COX (5vs) rec by Charles Parker & Ewan McColl mid-60s: TOPIC TSCD-512(D) 2000 "There's BTBAR"

BOUND TO LOSE (W. Guthrie) -- Woody GUTHRIE with Pete SEEGER, Lily May PEARSON, Alan LOMAX, Tom GLAZER, Gil;bert HOUSTON, Margaret JOHNSON, Bella ALLEN, Rosalie ALLEN & Sonny TERRY, NY from the Lomax's anti-Fascist Ballad Opera "The Martins and the Coys": ROUNDER 1700 1997

BOUND TO RIDE - (A Smith) -- Lester FLATT & Earl SCRUGGS with THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS: CBS CS-8751 1963

BOUNTY, THE - PACKET SHIP

BOUNTY JUMPER, THE - "Soldiers pay attention and I'll sing to you a song" - James Downey - Maloney - Philadephia - New York - Boston - ROUD#1976 - DEAN FC 1922 p101 (w/o) - FOWKE SSBNC 1981 pp92-3 Fenwick Hatt Ms c1883 (w/o)

BOURNS'S FAREWELL - Scots air - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (Dm) #20 p177

BOURTON ON THE HILL - Gloucestersh -- SAYDISC SDL-290 1978 cass Church Bells of Cotswolds

BOURTON SIX REEL - MASON, John

'BOUT SHIP - Sea Shanty - GRAINGER (O'Brien: #364) Youston Clifford, London 1908

BOUT STREET LASSES, THE - Miss THORNTON

BOUZOUKI - Greek long-necked mandolin -- Recordings see INSTRUMENTS Listing

BOVEY TRACEY - Devon - Mummers

BOW AND BALANCE - TWO SISTERS

BOW BELLS - CRAFTY LONDON APPRENTICE

BOW LEGGED CHICKEN or BOW-LEGGED SAILOR, THE - I'M A BOW LEGGED CHICKEN

BOW LEGGED TAILOR, THE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #878/ DMI #131 (G)

BOWED PSALTERY - PSALTERY

BOWERMAN ON THE MOOR -- David DODDS rec by PK, Bristol 1979: FTX-126 (tune trad; words comp) followed by instrumental

BOW WOW WOW - ROUD# 13030 - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 p717 "The Barking Barber" - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1687 p219 (3var/m) "Tammy Tuck, the tailor's son - a poor but honest blade, sir - I'm barber, blacksmith, parish clerk and midwife to the ladies" - see tunes of BRITISH BUONAPARTE - ROW DOW DOW

BOWL, BOTTLE, DISH AND LADLE - "My father gave me when he was able" - Cumulative Counting song (up to 12) - ROUD#1505 - JEFDSS 1:3 1934 pp135-6 Clare Newhouse: George Hill (blacksmith), Dursley, Gloucestersh 1934 --- PEACOCK NFL 1965 I p20 - Cf THE BARGAIN - other COUNTING SONGS

BOWL OF COFFEE, THE - TEETOTALLER'S (Reel)

BOWLINE - HAUL ON THE BOWLINE

BOWLING - (the game) - OLD ALBERT'S FINAL WOOD - STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE

BOWL -- Recordings see INSTRUMENTS Listing

BOWMEN OF YORKSHIRE, THE - SCORTON SILVER ARROW

BOWS (i e MUSICAL BOWS) - see also MOUTH BOW (USA) - EARTH - FRICTION - MOUTH - STRUCK One of earliest musical instr, looks like and often is a hunting bow - can be plucked, tapped, rubbed or used as a resonator held against the mouth - see KUNST Musicologica 1950 p61 with S Africa photo -

BOWTON'S YARD - BOLTON'S YARD

BOX, THE - Poem about War - Larry DALEY rec Dartington Ciderhouse 25/10/74: CASS-60-0553

BOX ABOUT THE FIRESIDE - LOUGH ALLEN (Reel)

BOX UPON HER HEAD, THE - UNDAUNTED FEMALE

BOXING - see also WRESTLING - - BOLD ROBINSON - DIDO AND SPENDIGO - DONNELLY AND COOPER - HEENAN AND SAYERS - JOBIE LEE (Fred Rooke) - JOHN MORRISEY - JOHNNY DWYER (USA) - MORRISEY AND THE RUSSIAN SAILOR - MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER (Children's Counting-out Rhyme) - TRUBSHAW AND GREEN (wrestling) - TURPIN-SUGAR RAY ROBINSON FIGHT - WHEN YOU'RE A FIGHTER YOU'RE DIFFERENT (McCOLL) -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

BOXING DAY - BABES IN THE WOOD - STEPHENING (Bucks)

BOXING DAY MEET - Hunting Song - comp Martin GRAEBE 1978

BOXING MATCH, THE -- Michael & John RAVEN with Derek CROFT (flute/[piccolo): WOLVERHAMPTON WS-100 1966 (45 EP)

BOXING THE COMPASS - Recitation of bearings -- Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk) rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 25/3/79: FTX-134 as well as "Cobbler's Compass"

BOY AND THE HIGHWAYMAN, THE - HIGHWAYMAN OUTWITTED

BOY FROM THE MOUNTAIN, THE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #974/ DMI #192 (D)

BOY I LEFT BEHIND, THE - MOON SHINED ON MY BED

BOY I LOVE IS UP IN THE GALLERY, THE - Music Hall Song popularised by Marie Lloyd & Nettie Power -- SAYDISC SDL-232 1972 cass: Penny Piano

BOY IN LOVE HE FEARS NO COLD, A - WHEN A MAN'S IN LOVE

BOY IN THE BOAT, THE - Reel - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #173 p68 (#D) - SHASKEEN 1 p4 (##D) - Cf SHIPS ARE SAILING -- Paddy MALONEY & Sean POTTS (whistles) with Peadar MERCIER (bodhran) Clare: CLADDAGH CC-15 1974 with "Pretty Girls of Mayo"

BOY IN THE GAP, THE - Reel (D) - BREATHNACH 1 #132 p53 - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #101 p51 (D) - CLANCY-MITCHELL 1976 #47 p48 4 pts - COLE p27 - LADY MARY RAMSEY'S -- Paddy TAYLOR (flute) Limerick rec PK, London 1956: FTX-171/ CLADDAGH CC-8 1971 - Paddy MOLONEY (U-pipes): CHIEFTAINS 1: TARA (CLADDAGH) TA-3 (nd) CASS - Micho RUSSELL (whistle) Doolin, Co Clare: FREE REED 004/ rec RTE "Long Note" prog June 1988 CASS- 0894/ rec by Edward Harber & Bill Ochs PWCD 80001 1995/ FTX-155 aft "Sean Sa Cheo" - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2086 1973 (from Paddy Taylor)

BOY ON THE LAND, THE - IRISH RECRUIT

BOY SCOUT WALK OUT "with your breeches inside out" - Children's Counting-Out rhyme - rec by Damian Webb, 4/54 St John's Junior School for Girls, rec Workington Cumb 1960/ FTX-194

BOY STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK, THE - Kid's parody - Ewan McCOLL of Salford & Dominic BEHAN of Dublin: TOPIC 12-T-41 1959

BOY WITH NO SHOES, THE - MAN ALL TATTERED AND TORN

BOYLE - MAINISTIR NA BUILLE

BOYNE - BANKS OF BOYNE - SHEPHERD'S VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER

BOYNE HUNT, THE - PERTHSHIRE HUNT (Reel)

BOYNE HUNT, THE - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 p4 (G) - Tunebook Ms (G) #144 p57 - O'NEILL MOI #1241 & DMI #514 3pts - Note: The River Boyne runs through Co Meath to Drogheda - Cf DUBLIN BRIDGE

BOYNE WATER - "July the first in Oldbridge Town" - Battle of the Boyne - King William - ROUD#795 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 pp183-5 Co Limerick

BOYNE WATER - Song Air/ March/ Polka - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #124 p66 - KENNEDY FTB 1994 #18 p7 "King William of Orange" alt: "King of the Fairies" "Bonny Charlie" - LEVEY 1 #107 p42 (Am) - O'NEILL MOI #260 (not in DMI) - ROCHE 1 #4 p8 also called "Praise of Limerick" - Tunebook Ms Air #80 p200 (Am) "King William" - BAYARD 1982 #317 p271 (4var & extensive notes) - ROCHE 1 #4 p8 (Am) alt: "Praises of Limerick" -- YETTIES RPL Radio 2 18/11/87: CASS 60-0556 "King William's March"

BOYS - GANGS

BOYS AND GIRLS, COME OUT TO PLAY -- Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross CASS-1173 Brooksward Middle School with studio performers

BOYS AND GIRLS COURTING - ADIEU LONDONDERRY

BOY'S BEST FRIEND IS HIS MOTHER, A -- Bob SCARCE rec Ship Inn Blaxhall Suffolk: TRANSATLANTIC XTRS-1141 1974

BOYS FROM COUNTY ARMAGH, THE -- BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-60-0926 & 0927 nd

BOYS FROM COUNTY CORK, THE - "You've read in History pages of the heroes of great fame" Ch; "Meet the boys from Kerry (Clare, Dublin, Wicklow, Donegal, Kildare, Boston and New York") - SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p110

BOYS FROM SCART, THE - Hornpipe - O'NEILL MOI #1574/ DMI #824 (G)

BOYS FROM THE LOUGH, THE - OFF TO DONNYBROOK (Jig)

BOYS FROM THE WEST, THE - KENMORE LADS (Jig)

BOYS IN BLUE, THE - Reel (G) - COLE #1 p28 - KERR MM 2 #285 p31

BOYS OF BALLINAFAD, THE - Jig - Co Galway or Co Roscommon ? - TEVIOT BRIG -- Joe DERRANE (accordion): ELLIPSIS "Planet Squeezebox" 3xCD nn 1995 bef "The White Petticoat"

BOYS OF BALLINAMORE, THE - Co Donegal, Galway or Leitrim - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #937/ DMI #167 (G ending D in both parts)

BOYS OF BALLINCHALLA - Reel - - O'NEILL MOI #1227/ DMI #503 (G)

BOYS OF BALLISADARE, THE - Co Sligo - Reel - DUBLIN LASSES -- Tommy PEOPLES (fid) rec at "Fiddlesticks" Festival organised by Traditional Music Society of University College, Cork 1991: NIMBUS NI-5320 aft "The Silver Spire"

BOYS OF BALLISODARE, THE - Triple Jig (G) - CRANITCH #33 p138 - O'NEILL MOI #1134/ DMI #423

BOYS OF BALLYCAHILL, THE - nr Thurles, Co Tipperary - Hornpipe - ROCHE 3 #180 p63 (D)

BOYS OF BALLYCASTLE, THE - Co Antrim or M<ayo - Reel -- John REA (Ham dulc) Antrim: TOPIC 12-TS-373 1979

BOYS OF BARNA-SHRAIDE, THE - Song incl reference to "Hunting the Wren" and the Anglo-Irish "Black and Tans" war 1919-21 -- John LYONS: TOPIC 12-TS-248 1974

BOYS OF BALLYSIMON, THE - Hornpipe - O'NEILL MOI #1594/ DMI #839 (#D) 4pts

BOYS OF BEDLAM, THE -- STEELEYE SPAN: B & C CAS-1029 1971 from Tom Walsh via Tom Gilfellon

BOYS OF BLUEHILL, THE - BOYS OF OAKHILL

BOYS OF CALLIEBURN, THE - - Willie SCOTT: TOPIC TSCD-654 1998 (Emigration Ballads)

BOYS OF CAPPOQUIN, THE - Co Waterford - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1364/ DMI #617 (D)

BOYS OF CLONES - Co Monaghan - Jig - KERR MM 4 #213 p24 (G)

BOYS OF COOMANORE, THE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #1073/ DMI #275 (D)

BOYS OF COUNTY CORK, THE - Song in praise of fighting men during "Black and Tan" war in Ireland 1919-21 -- Dominic BEHAN: TOPIC 12-T-44 1958

BOYS OF GALWAY, THE - Reel - GALWAY REEL

BOYS OF KILKENNY, THE - "are stout roving blades" - Exile's song - ROUD#1451 - BSs incl BG - LOGAN Pedlar's Pack "Bonny Paisley" - JFSS 10 [1908] p54 notes - JFSS 8:31 1927 pp23-4 Lucy White - SHARP Cf I p365 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #165 pp633-4 Mrs Lucy White, Hambridge, Somerset 1904 "The Chaps of Cockaigny" - WILLIAMS #47 John Sutton, Arlington, Gloucestersh (w/o) - O LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 p145 Kilkenny - PURSLOW MB 1965 p10 Hammond: Dorset 1905-6 (composite of 3 versions) - O KEEFE FBIB 1955 p80 3v w/o - HEALY OISB 4 1969 p37 Bs (w/o) - PALMER RVW 1983 #88 pp137-8 Mrs Berry, Leith Hill, Surrey 1904 & Bs "The Lads of K" - CROKER PSI 1886 p206 - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 #734 p145 - Cf BONNY UDNY

BOYS OF KILMICHAEL, THE - nr Macroom, Cp Cork -- Sean O SE with Sean O RIADA & CEOLTOIRI: GAEL-LINN CEF-016 1967 - FREEDOM FIGHTERS: PICKWICK ALL-859 1967

BOYS OF LAOISE. THE - Reel -- Eddie CORCORAN (whistle) & Seamus TANSEY (tamb): LEADER LEA-2005 1970

BOYS OF LEE FIVE, THE - Reel - BOYS OF TWENTY FIVE

BOYS OF LIMERICK - BONNY KATE

BOYS OF MALIN, THE - Reel (A) - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #132 p71 from John Doherty of Co Donegal - CRANITCH #61 p149 - Curan TOURISH & Dermot McLAUGHLIN (fids) rec at "Fiddlesticks" Festival organised by Traditional Music Society of University College, Cork 1991: NIMBUS NI-5320 bef "The Gravel Walks" - Paula Doohan, Liz Doherty (fids) rec at "Fiddlesticks" Festival organised by Traditional Music Society of University College, Cork 1991: NIMBUS NI-5320 aft "The Shetland Fiddler" -- Ciaran TOURISH, Dermot McLAUGHLIN, Tommy PEOPLES, Seamus GIBSON, Seamus & Kevin GLACKIN, Proinsias & Mairead O Maonaigh, Paula Doohan, Liz Doherty & others (fids) rec at "Fiddlesticks" Festival organised by Traditional Music Society of University College, Cork 1991: NIMBUS NI-5320 aft "Mrs McLeod's"

BOYS OF MULLAGHBAWN, THE - "On Monday morning early, my wandring steps did lead me" - Transportation Song - ROUD#2362 - JOYCE OIFM 1909 p206 Kilkenny (full notes incl 4th v) - O'LOCHLAINN: MISB 1965 #56 p112 - ULSTER FOLK LIFE v 1959: Article by Sean O Boyle - Recalls a real happening during last part of 18th century (see F J Biggar: The Ulster Land Wars) - Jackson mentioned in the song may be piper-composer, Walker Jackson (d.1798) -- Nicholas HUGHES, rec by PK, Forkhill, Co Armagh 1952: 7"RTR-0549/ RPL 18484 talk bef & aft/ FTX-165 - IRISH COUNTRY FOUR: TOPIC 12-TS-209 (not in Lib) - Paddy TUNNEY: TOPIC 12-TS-264 1975

BOYS OF OAKHILL, THE - Hornpipe (D) - ALLAN #74 p19 - BAYARD DTF #168 - BRODY 1983 p64 - COLE #3 p28 (with dance descr) - CRANITCH pp73 & 75 - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p7/ 1994 #24 p9 - KERR MM 2 #328 p36 - MOYLAN 2 #120 p70 from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #1700/ DMI #898 "The Boys of Bluehill" - ROCHE 3 #183 p64 "The Boys of Bluehill" -- NORTHUMBRIAN MINSTRELS rec Powburn 19/4/44: RPL 7227 (78) titled "Lads of North Tyne" aft "Cliff Hornpipe" - Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - Francis McKEOWN (mouth-music) rec by PK, Garrison, Co Fermanagh 20/7/52: 7"RTR-0554/ FTX-301 "The Boys of Bluehill" - Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Simonburn, Wark, Northumb 1954: FTX-119 "The Lads of North Tyne"- Belle STEWART (mouth- music) rec by PK, Blairgowrie, Perthsh 1955: FTX-185 - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec by PK 1958: FTX-374/ TOPIC 12- TS-250 1974 - Michael GORMAN (fid) & Margaret BARRY (banjo): TOPIC 12-T-6 1958 & 12-T-123 1963 - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-186 1968 - Diana BLACKETT-ORD (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974 - John CARRUTHERS (whi) with Willie FRASER (m-organ) & Willie JOHNSTONE (gtr) rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 1988 aft "Harvest Home" - Mick FOSTER (acc) & Tony ALLEN (piano): RITZ London LC-0008 nd/ CASS-0952 -- Micho RUSSELL of Doolin Co Clare (whistle) rec by Edward Harber & Bill Ochs PWCD 80001 1995/ FTX-155 (for last figure of Caledonians) "Boys of Bluehill"

BOYS OF OLD ERIN THE GREEN, THE - "You true-hearted sons of Hibernia" - ROUD #3050 - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp200-201 text mainly from Bs

BOYS OF PADDY'S LAND, THE - "All you that loves (Old) Ireland, I hope you will draw near" - 35 young emigrants sail for America, landing in New York they are warmly welcomed, but are taken to an alehouse where some Yankee officers get them drunk and enlist them. A disastrous fight follows but presumably there was once more verses - ROUD#9245 - Sharp Ms pp1848 sung by Charles Robbins, London 23/10/08 (words only) in VW Memorial Library, English Folk Dance & Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, London "You sons of Graniu listen awhile"-- Sheila GALLAGHER rec by PK, Middledore, Gweedore, Co Donegal 1952: FTX-272

BOYS OF PORTAFERRY, THE - Newtownards, Co Down - Reel (G) - O'NEILL MOI #1249/ DMI #521 (G) alt: "Sporting Boys" - SHASKEEN 2 #8 p8 (G) - Cf RED-HAIRED LASS

BOYS OF SLIGO, THE -- DERVISH: SOUND RECORDS p119/ CASS-1281

BOYS OF TANDARAGEE, THE - "Good luck to all here now, barring the cat" - ROUD#3106 - TUNNEY SF 1979 p91 (w/o) - Cf KELLYBURN BRAES -- Michael GALLAGHER (with ch) rec by PK, Belleek, Co Fermanagh 20/7/52: 7"RTR-0554/ RPL 18525/ FTX-163 - Paddy TUNNEY (his nephew): TOPIC 12-T- 139 1965 "Rollicking Boys aroundT"

BOYS OF TANDARAGEE, THE - Jig (Em) - MOYLAN 2 #235 pp136-7 from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL #311 (not in MOI) "The Man in the Moon" -- Neil BOYLE (fid): REGAL ZONOPHONE 12.721 (78rpm) B: titled "Over the hills" with "Haste to the Wedding"

BOYS OF THE COUNTRY, THE - Jig (G) - FUREY p7 from Matt Kiernan - Cf BOYS OF THE TOWN

BOYS OF THE FORTY-FIVE, THE - Reel -- Joe TUNNEY (mel) rec by PK, London 14.10.58: 7"RTR-0556/ FTX-370

BOYS OF THE LOUGH, THE - Jig - OFF TO DONNYBRFOOK - RAKES OF CLONMEL

BOYS OF THE LOUGH, THE - Reel - ALLAN #37 p9 (D) - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #159 p63 Also called "Johnston's Reel" & CRE 2 1976 #164 p86 (G) - BRODY p54 - MITCHELL & SMALL #18 p57 (D) - ROCHE 1 #39 p56 "The Rose of Castletown" -- Michael COLEMAN (fid) with John MULLER (piano) rec USA 1922: VIVA VOCE 004 d/cass 1991 bef "Merry Blacksmith" - Bill MONTGOMERY (fid) & Sean MAGUIRE (gtr) rec by PK, Belfast 8/7/52: 7"RTR-0544/ RPL 18381/ FTX-375 bef "Shaskeen" / Sean MAGUIRE rec by Seamus Ennis for IFLC 1948 with his brother (gtr) RPL /RTE radio prog June 1988 CASS-0984/ Sean MAGUIRE (fiddle) with Eileen HUNTER (piano) & Pat CONROY & Steve Cooney (guitar) CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer Mar 2005) - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19580 bef "Merry Blacksmith"/ FTX-075 -- Philip BREEN & Michael HERNON (fids) rec by PK rec by PK, Belleek, Co Fermanagh 19/7/52: RPL 18545/ FTX-370 bef "Green Mountain"-- Jimmy HOGAN Trio rec by PK, London 1958: FTX-371/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-420 1997 "Traditional Dance Music of Ireland" bef "The Lark" - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes)): CLADDAGH CC-19 1975 cass - COLEMAN SOCIETY: LEADER LEA-2044 1972/ CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer March 2005) titled "B at the L" bef "The Devils of Dublin" - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2086 1973 - Noel PEPPER (harmonica) & Paddy MORAN (flute): TOPIC 12-TS-230 1974 - Felix DORAN (U-pipes) TOPIC 12- T-288 1976 "Last of the Travelling Pipers"/ OSSIAN OSS-63 on CASS-1278

BOYS OF THE SPUDS, THE - BUNCH OF KEYS

BOYS OF THE TOWN, THE - Jig (G) - FELDMAN p229 from John McKeown - FUREY p6 from Matt Kiernan - O'NEILL MOI #825/ DMI #89 - ROCHE 1 #118 p49 - TWEED p6 - BOYS OF THE COUNTRY -- Michael GORMAN (fid) with Margaret BARRY (banjo): TOP RANK 25/020 1960 bef "Killishandra Lasses" - Michael SHANNON (fid): MS-01 "The Musical Blacksmith" (from Derrylin, Co Fermanagh) after ("Old Man Dillon")/ "The Mug of Brown Ale"

BOYS OF THE TOWN, THE - Polka - see TARMON'S

BOYS OF TRALEE, THE - Jig - DARLEY #81 p37 - KERR MM 4 #209 p23 (G)

BOYS OF TWENTY FIVE, THE - Reel or "Boys of Lee Five" - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #129 p61 (G +C#) "Ah Surely" - MAGUIRE 1 #57 p15 (Am) - ROCHE 1 #154 p61 (Em) "The Windy Gap" - SHASKEEN 2 #2 p5 (G) "Killaghbeg House" alt: "Killybegs House" & "Windy Gap" - TAYLOR 1 p13 (G) "Ah Surely" -- John MAGUIRE Senr (whistle) of Co Cavan rec by PK, Belfast 7/7/52: RPL 18377 talk bef/ FTX-376 talk bef - Mick O BRIEN (U-pipes in Bb): LOUGH-CD-007 1999 aft "Bonny Blue-eyed Lassie" & bef "Strokestown"

BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE - "In comes the Captain's daughter the captain of the yeomen" - ROUD#315 - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp96-7

BOYS OF WEXFORD, THE - March/ Hornpipe - BRODY p55 (G) - ROCHE 3 #42 p12 (G) 4/4 -- Leo ROWSOME (U-pipes) rec Dublin 1937-8: TOPIC 12-T-259 1975 - Arthur GAFFNEY (fid): FONTANA FJL-506 1965

BOYS ON THE HILLTOP, THE - Reel - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #84 p42 (Am)

BOYS WILL BE BOYS - comp by LR inspired by Children's Reading Books -- Leon ROSSELSON Radio 2 12/11/87: CASS-0425