X: 1
T: Billy O'Rourke is the Boy / The Feakle Jig (E minor / G major) / Billy O'Rourke is the Buachaill
R: Slide
C: traditional
O: Ireland
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from Martin Hayes's album
N: the first part is quite similar to the one of  'Beidh Ríl againn, aka. Tá mo Mhadadh, aka. The Old Stage'
N: played in B minor / D major or in E minor / G major
N: Chords: | Em -  D  -  | Em -  D  -   |
N:         | Em -  D  -  | C  D  G  G  :|
N:         | G  -  G  -  | G  -  D  -   |
N:         | G  -  G  -  | D  -  C  D  :| 𝄌 G |]
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=200
M: 12/8
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
B2E EGE DED DB,D | B2E EDE c3 B2A  |
B2E EGE DED DB,D | EFG AFD G3 G2A  |
B2E EGE DED DB,D | B2E EDE c3 B2A  |
B2E EGE DED DB,D | EFG AFD G3 G2D  |]
~G3 BGG dGG BGG  | DGG BAG c3 B2A  |
~G3 BGG dGG BGG  | d2d ded c3 B2A :| O G6 |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
"Em" B2E EGE "D" DED DB,D | "Em" B2E     EDE "D" c3     B2A  |
"Em" B2E EGE "D" DED DB,D | "C"  EFG "D" AFD "G" G3 "G" G2A  |
"Em" B2E EGE "D" DED DB,D | "Em" B2E     EDE "D" c3     B2A  |
"Em" B2E EGE "D" DED DB,D | "C"  EFG "D" AFD "G" G3 "G" G2D  |]
"G"  ~G3 BGG "G" dGG BGG  | "G"  DGG     BAG "D" c3     B2A  |
"G"  ~G3 BGG "G" dGG BGG  | "D"  d2d     ded "C" c3 "D" B2A :| O "G" G6 |]
N:
D: 2010: The Two Tap Trio / Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Norah Rendell (flute) & Brian Miller (bouzouki): A Night at the Fair (titled 'Paddy Canny's')
D: 2011: Martin Hayes (fiddle) & P.J. Hayes (fiddle): The Shores of Lough Graney (titled 'Billy O'Rourke is the Buachaill')
D: 2013: Cormac Begley & Clíodhna Begley: Tunes in the Church (titled 'P. Joe's')
D: 2014: Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Iarla Ó Lionáird & Thomas Bartlett: The Gloaming (third of seven tunes in the 'Opening Set', titled 'Billy O'Rourke is the Boy')
D: 2017: Dante Faulk (cello) & Eros Faulk (fiddle): Beirt (titled 'Billy ORourke is the Boy')
D: 2019: Harmundi: 2019 - A Breeze Odyssey (second of three tunes in the 'O Velho Pássaro Calliope' set)
D: 2020: Lesia Minaieva (whistle): https://youtu.be/gTUPBLqRnBU (titled 'The Feakle Jig')
D: 2020: Falmer Flannellers: https://youtu.be/4VmRswsGmuU  (titled 'Feakle Jig')
D: 2021: Felipe Monteiro (mandolin): https://youtu.be/2nDZXIYt29Y (titled 'Old Stage')
D: 2022: Benoît Volant: https://youtu.be/dz2ehUzxcuc (titled 'Billy O'Rourke is the Buachaill')
D: 2023: Bluejay (Silas Bitterli & Damaris Rose, Switzerland): Here Today (titled 'The Feakle Jig')
N:
N: Title Statistics:
N:  4  Billy O'Rourke is the Boy / Billy O'Rourke is the Buachaill
N:  3  The Feakle Jig
N:  1  P. Joe's
N:  1  Paddy Canny's
N:  1  Old Stage