The Priest In His Boots

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 6th 2002 by Alancorsini.

This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.

Also known as Bounce On Bess, The Moorhen, Moorhens And Coots, Priest And His Boots, The Priest And His Boots, Sagart Na MBuataisi.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• For The Sake Of Old Decency by Various Artists
• Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
• Heartstring Sessions by Arty McGlynn, Chris Newman, Nollaig Casey & Máire Ní Chathasaigh
• In Ireland by The Great Danes - Anders Trabjerg And Jonas Fromseier
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Patrick Kelly From Cree : Fiddle Music by Patrick Kelly
• Setting Free by Tola Custy And Cyril O'Donoghue
• Stay Another While by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Frankie Lane
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
• The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• The Pleasures Of Hope by Harry Bradley And Michael Clarkson
• Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb

X: 1
T: Priest In His Boots, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
efe e2 g|fdf ecA|d3 fdd|eAA Bcd|
efe e2 g|fdf ecA|d3 faf|1 gec d3:|2 gec d2||
|:f|a2 f g2 e|{a}f2 d ecA|d3 fdd|eAA Bcd|
a2 f g2 e|{a}f2 d ecA|d3 faf|gec d2:|

The Priest in his Boots

This is the version in Breandan Breathnac's Ceol Rince na hEirreann cd2
Michael Tubridy publishes Dan Fury's setting in his book on Traditional step dancing (Piper's Club, Dublin)
I have seen it mentioned as a Wexford Mummers dance

# Posted on August 6th 2002 by Alancorsini

On Music at Matt Molloy's, Arty McGlynn plays a jig on guitar called Rocking the Cradle, which appears to be a version of this tune.

# Posted on August 7th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

This version

This is the version collected by Brendan Breathnac from Micho Russell of Doolin

# Posted on August 7th 2002 by Alancorsini

Key Signature wrong

Something seems to have gone wrong between ABC & Sheetmusic as ABC is correctly in Dmaj whereas key signature on Sheetmusic is erroneously G major.

Chris

# Posted on August 13th 2002 by milesnagopaleen

"The Priest in his Boots"

Submitted on September 17th 2003 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1991

# Posted on December 2nd 2005 by ceolachan

The Priest in his Boots

My wife insists that "Boots" is a reference to prophylactic devices. I feel compelled to pass on this outré observation on her behalf.

# Posted on February 19th 2007 by David Levine

Can be found in the Gunn Book (1865) and still popular in Fermanagh. Big John McManus plays in G and then in A. Very effective. There is also a specific dance for this tune

# Posted on November 12th 2009 by The Archivist

Oops. Big John McManus and others in Fermanagh play this tune in G then D (not A)

# Posted on January 21st 2010 by The Archivist