X: 1
T: Biddy the Bold Wife (A major) / Biddy the Bowl Wife
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: Double Jig
N: played in G or A major
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from the Abbey Céilí Band's album
D: 1974: Joe Hutton: Wild Hills o' Wannie - The Small Pipes of Northumbria (Compilation, named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 1987: Fergie MacDonald: There's Irish on the Islands (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 1990: Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra: In Concert (named 'Biddy the Bowl Wife')
D: 1991: Buttons & Bows (Jackie Daly, Seamus McGuire, Manus McGuire & Garry Ó Briain): Grace Notes (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 1994: Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra: The Celtic Connections (named 'Biddy the Bowl Wife')
D: 1996: Eamonn Cotter: Traditional Irish Music from County Clare (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 1998: Fred Hanna Céilí Band: Celtic Mystic - Original Irish Tap Dance (named 'Biddy the Boul Wife')
D: 2000: Connie O'Connell: Ceil Cill na Martra - Music from Cill Na Marra (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2004: Iontach: The Half Gate (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2004: Bun' Ber E: Unplugged (named 'Biddy the Bowl Wife')
D: 2005: Providence: Providence III (named 'Biddy the Bold')
D: 2006: Shelta: Shelta (last tune in the 'Seanamhac Tube Station' set)
D: 2008: Jimmy Shand: Parlophone Sessions, Vol. 1 (named 'Biddy the Bowl Wife')
D: 2011: Abbey Céilí Band: Bóthar na Réidhe (named 'Biddy the Bould Wife')
D: 2011: The Friday Night Sessions - Traditional Music from Glasgow (named 'Biddy the Bold')
D: 2012: Johnny Henry (1922-1996): One of the Fort (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2012: Séamus Begley & Oisín MacDiarmada: An Irish Christmas Soundscape (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2014: McCusker Brothers Céilí Band: The Flax in Bloom (Compilation, named 'Biddy the Bowl Wife')
D: 2016: Ian Lawther: Pipers' Gathering 2015, Vol. 2 (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2016: Michelle O'Brien, Aogan Lynch & Gavin Ralston: The Album (last tune in the 'You Can't Have One' set)
D: 2018: Brightbird: In the Woods (named 'Biddy the Bold')
D: 2019: Inis Fáil Céilí Band: The Green Flag (named 'Biddy the Bold Wife')
D: 2022: Diarmuid Ó Meachair: Siúl na Slí (named 'Finbarr Dwyer's')
N: Chords: | A  -  | A  D  | A  -  | D  E   |
N:         | A  -  | A  D  | A  -  | E  A  :|
N:         | A  -  | E  D  | A  -  | D  E   |
N:         | A  -  | E  D  | A  -  | E  A   |
N:         | A  -  | E  D  | A  -  | D  E   |
N:         | A  -  | A  D  | A  -  | E  A   |]
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
K: A major % 3 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: c | EAc e2f | ecA a2f | ecA EAc | dcd B2c  |
N:     EAc e2f | ecA a2f | ecA EAc | BAG A2  :|
N: c | efg aga | bag fga | ecA EAc | dcd B2c  |
N:     efg aga | bag fga | ecA EAc | BAG A2c  |
N:     efg aga | bag fga | ecA EAc | dcd B2c  |
N:     EAc e2f | ecA a2f | ecA EAc | BAG A2   |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
c | "A" EAc e2f | "A" ecA "D" a2f | "A" ecA EAc | "D" dcd "E" B2c  |
    "A" EAc e2f | "A" ecA "D" a2f | "A" ecA EAc | "E" BAG "A" A2  :|
c | "A" efg aga | "E" bag "D" fga | "A" ecA EAc | "D" dcd "E" B2c  |
    "A" efg aga | "E" bag "D" fga | "A" ecA EAc | "E" BAG "A" A2c  |
    "A" efg aga | "E" bag "D" fga | "A" ecA EAc | "D" dcd "E" B2c  |
    "A" EAc e2f | "A" ecA "D" a2f | "A" ecA EAc | "E" BAG "A" A2   |]