The Boys of the Lough – double reel in two parts – 32 bars in all. D major is the key.
When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life. So, bowings are shown below with slurs in the standard notation and, in the abc notation, down bows are in bold, up bows are not in bold.
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The Boys of the Lough
D major (f F c and C played sharp)
Double reel – 2 parts – 32 bars
|: dB|AF(3FFF A2AB|def(d ef)dB|AF(3FFF (AB)AF|EDE(F E2)FG|
AF(3FFF A2AB|def(d ef)dB|AF(3FFF (AB)AF|EDE(F D2) 😐
|: de|faa(g fg)fe|* dBBA GBdB *|AF(3FFF (AB)de|fdg(f e2)f(g|
a2)a(g fg)fe|dBBA GBdB|AF(3FFF (AB)AF|EDEF D2 😐
alternative bar
* d(B{d}BA) GBdB| *