An Buachaillin Dreoite

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 22nd 2003 by kiwi.

This tune has been added to 36 tunebooks.

Also known as An Buachaill Dreoíte, An Buachaill Dreoite, An Buachaillín Dreoite, An Buchaill Dreoite, June Mccormack's, The Knackered Lad, The Spent Boy, The Worn-out Boy, The Worn-out Lad, The Worn-out Laddie.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• All Things Considered by Danu
• An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
• Bavan by Méabh O'Hare And Conor Byrne
• Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
• Deireadh An Fhómhair - End Of The Harvest by Declan Masterson
• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
• Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
• Just As The Sun Was Setting by John Drury
• May Morning Dew by Mick O' Brien
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Piper's Rock by Various Artists
• Potsticks by Sean Moloney
• Rolling Harbour by Elandir
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
• The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Uilleann Pipes And Whistles - Traditional Music From Co. Monaghan by Martin McCormack
• Up Against The Flatirons by Eliot Grasso
• Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

X: 1
T: An Buachaillin Dreoite
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
DGG AAG|A (3BAG G2A|DGG AAG|cAG =FDC|
DGG AAG|A (3BAG GBd|eef gfd|1cAF G2F:|2cAF G2A||
BAB cBc|ded G2A|BAB GBd|cAG FGA|
BAB cBc|dcd efg|a2f gfd|cAF G2A:|

An Buachaillin Dreoite

Not exactly but very similar to a "gan ainm" tune taught at a workshop by Dezi Donnelly in Philadelphia last year. He learned it from someone who didn't know its name.

# Posted on June 28th 2003 by maderinerue

Surely this can't mean "The Rotting Boy"?! Can anyone translate the title?

# Posted on April 22nd 2004 by Dow

An Buachaill Dreoite

I learned this tune from Irish master fiddler, Maeve Donnelly last year. It's a fling as well as a jig. Maeve taught me both tunes. The fling is played by Joe Ryan on his cd of the same name. She said the name "An Buachaill Dreoite" means "the Spent Boy"...

# Posted on May 19th 2004 by Fiddledee

An Buachaillin Dreoite (jig)

I have been told, that it means worn-out or exhausted boy. Ivan Goff and Patrick Ourceau played this at the 2005 East Coast Tionol in the Catskills with a few minor changes. Lovely tune!

# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by RogueFiddler

It's played as a hornpipe/fling on the Brock Maguire album.

# Posted on September 28th 2006 by PaddyCmusic

Fling Version

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7929

# Posted on November 6th 2007 by slainte

An Buachaillin Dreoite Source

Hello all, does anyone have any more information about the source of the jig 'An Buachaillin Dreoite' ? I am learning it now, and can't find it in any of the books I have access to... Anyone know where to look?

Thanks..

# Posted on June 5th 2008 by jardineromi

An Buachaillin Dreoite

Forgot to mention, I am also looking for alternate versions of the tune...

# Posted on June 5th 2008 by jardineromi

I wrote to Maeve Donnelly about the tune and she said the following:

"The tune an Buachaill Dreoite is one that has been played a lot in sessions in Co. Clare. It's played as a fling in 4/4 time and is often followed by the jig version. The version I play is from the music book "The Dance Music of Willie Clancy by Pat Mitchell". It's a good book. All the piping variations are listed in the tune but it's possible to ignore them and play the tune. Willie Clancy played the tune on the pipes."

# Posted on June 14th 2008 by jardineromi