Priest and His Boots (#238-A), The

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O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 1907

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Jig One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major D 6/8 Has source text No chords explore more...

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X:244
T:Priest and His Boots (#238-A), The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 1907
R:Jig
K:D
c/2d/2|e2 e e2 e|efd cBA|dcd fed|cAc e2 c/2d/2|
efe efe|efd cBA|dcd fga|gec d2:|
|:f/2g/2|afa geg|fdf ecA|dcd fed|cAc e2 f/2g/2|
"tr"a2 f "tr"g2 e|"tr"f2 d ecA|dcd fga|gec d2:||
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% As "The Priest in His Boots" and "The Parson in his Boots", this=20
% tune was printed in six different Collections of Music between the
% years 1765 and 1809 at Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. The dullest
% ear can discern the Similarity of strain in the second parts of "The=20
% Priest and his Boots" and "The Arkansas Traveler".=20
% [SEE NOTES TO ARKANSAS TRAVELER, # 238.]=20

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