I'm the Boy for Bewitching Them
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"I'm the Boy for Bewitching Them", in Gaelic "Is Misi An Buacaill Do Meallfad Iad" or<br> "Is Misi an Buacaill Le na Meallad", also known as "I was the Boy for bewitching Them",<br> "Blithsome Bridal", "Come to the Bridal", "The Kirk", "Let Us Waa to the Wedding" or<br> "The Jolly Pedlar's" is an Irish air and slip jig in 9/8 time and G Major (O'Neill, Robbins),<br> F Major (Howe) or E Flat Major (O'Flannagan). The parts are played AB (Robbins),<br> AAB (O'Neill) or AABA (O'Flannagan).<br> The tune appeared in John Clinton's volume for the flute, Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841),<br> P.H. Hughes' London publication Gems of the Emerald Isle (c. 1860's) and<br> Elias Howe's 1,000 Jigs and Reels.<br> It was printed in <br> Crosby's The Irish Musical Repository (c. 1808),<br> P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 1 (1858),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody and<br> Robbins Music's The Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances (1933).<br>
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