I'll Buy Boots For Maggie

polka

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on April 27th 2008 by fynnjamin.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as Boots For Maggie, Corcomroe Abbey.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Crabs In The Skillet by Old Bay Ceili Band
• Cruinn by Academy Of Irish Music Chicago
• Cuts From The Turf by Hooley
• Footprints by No I.D.
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Nine Fine Irishmen's Sin E Ri-Ra by Sin E Ri-Ra
• Regrouped by Boys Of The Lough
• Saint Bushmill's Choir by Saint Bushmill's Choir
• Sea Changes Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• Three Colours Ginger by Brongaene Griffin With Gerry O'Beirne And Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: I'll Buy Boots For Maggie
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Ador
|: A,>B, CD | EG GA | EG/E/ DB, | A,B, G,B, | A,>B, CD | EG GA | EG/E/ DB, | B,A, A,2 :|
|: E2 AB | cB AB | =F2 AB | cB AB | ^F2 AB | cB AB | EG/E/ DB, | B,A, A,2 :|

Also sounds great played as a jig.

# Posted on April 27th 2008 by fynnjamin

Corcomroe Abbey

Corcomroe would be the correct spelling

# Posted on April 28th 2008 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski

ah my mistake, now corrected!

I learnt this from a box-playing friend of mine; it works really well on cello too

# Posted on May 1st 2008 by fynnjamin

I've just realised that this is quite similar to "I'll Buy Boots for Maggie", only shorter.

# Posted on June 11th 2008 by fynnjamin

"I'll Buy Boots For Maggie" ~"Corcomroe Abbey"

Submitted on November 30th 2002 by SPeak.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1169

"Polca Aine" ~ "Anne's Polka"
Submitted on October 5th 2008 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8981

# Posted on July 11th 2010 by ceolachan