The Booley House

slip jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 30th 2008 by Ger the Rigger.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Cuir Barr Air, Rouse It, Top It Off.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bonaparte's Retreat by The Chieftains
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• Hidden Ground by Paddy Glackin, Jolyon Jackson
• Like A Wild Thing by Céide
• The Dawn by Baal Tinne
• The Drones And The Chanters by Various Artists
• The Liffey Banks by Tommy Potts
• The Road Less Traveled by Danu
• Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill

X: 1
T: Booley House, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
A2GF2A dcA |B2 c d2 e fdB|A2GF2A dcA|BdB AFA D3|
f2 d d2 f agf|e2 d c2 e gfe|f2 d d2 f agf|efd cdB A3|
f2 d d2 f agf|e2 d c2 e gfe|d2 c B2 c dcB|efd cdB A3||

I know Top it Off is already posted (http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2608), but the version Martin Hayes plays is sufficiently different that you have to work at it to see them as the same tune. Note the A part only gets a single airing.

# Posted on April 30th 2008 by Ger the Rigger

Top It Off, In Fine Clothes?

I know it's not an exact match, but this one resembles "Dress Her Out In Fine Clothes"

X: 1
T: Dress Her Out in Fine Clothes.
C:McFadden.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1165
Z:Transcribed by Stephen Foy (shf@access.digex.net)
Z:abc 1.6
M:9/8
R:slipjig
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/1850/F/1136-1175_sf.abc 2008-04-30 11:42:46 UT
K:D
A2 G F2 A d z A | B2 c d z e fdB | A2 G F2 A d z A | Bcd AFD D3 :|
f2 d d2 f a2 f | e2 d c z e gfe | f2 d d2 f a2 f | ecA ABc d2 g |
f2 d d2 f agf | e2 c c2 e gfe | fdf efg agf | edc ABc dcB ||

# Posted on April 30th 2008 by pbassnote