X: 1
T: Boy in the Boat (D major) / An Buachaill sa Mbád
R: Reel
C: traditional
O: Ireland
N: played in D or G major
N: sometimes confused with 'The Boy in the Gap'
N: Chords: | D  -  | G  -  | D   -  | A  -   |
N:         | D  -  | G  -  | D   G  | A  D  :|
N:         | A  -  | A  -  | A   -  | A  D   |
N:         | A  -  | A  -  | F#m E  | A  D  :|
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=180
M: 4/4
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: EFG | A3 F DFAF | GFEF GEFG | AD D/D/D AD D/D/D | AFGE DEFG |
N:       A2AF DFAF | GFEF GEFG | A2 Ad    B2 Bd    | cAGE D   :|
N: zzd | cded cAAB | cAdB cAAB | cd ed    cA B/c/d | cAGE D3 d |
N:       cded cAAB | cAdB cAAe | f2 fd    e2 ed    | cAGE D   :|
N:
N: P: Variations:
N: EFG | A3  F DFAF | GFEF GE FG    | AD D/D/D AD E/F/G | AFGE DEFG |
N:       A^GAF DFAF | GFEF GE FG    | AF Ad    BG Bd    | cAGE D   :|
N: zzd | cded  cAAB | cAdB cA AB    | cd ed    cA B/c/d | cAGE D3 d |
N:       cded  cAAB | cAdB cA B/c/d | ef df    e3  d    | cAGE D   :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
EFG | "D" A3 F DFAF | "G" GFEF GEFG | "D"   AD D/D/D  AD D/D/D | "A" AFGE     DEFG |
      "D" A2AF DFAF | "G" GFEF GEFG | "D"   A2 Ad "G" B2 Bd    | "A" cAGE "D" D   :|
zzd | "A" cded cAAB | "A" cAdB cAAB | "A"   cd ed     cA B/c/d | "A" cAGE "D" D3 d |
      "A" cded cAAB | "A" cAdB cAAe | "F#m" f2 fd "E" e2 ed    | "A" cAGE "D" D   :|
N:
P: Variations:
EFG | "D" A3  F DFAF | "G" GFEF GE FG    | "D"   AD D/D/D  AD E/F/G | "A" AFGE     DEFG |
      "D" A^GAF DFAF | "G" GFEF GE FG    | "D"   AF Ad "G" BG Bd    | "A" cAGE "D" D   :|
zzd | "A" cded  cAAB | "A" cAdB cA AB    | "A"   cd ed     cA B/c/d | "A" cAGE "D" D3 d |
      "A" cded  cAAB | "A" cAdB cA B/c/d | "F#m" ef df "E" e3  d    | "A" cAGE "D" D   :|
N:
D: 1973: Paddy Moloney (1938-2021) & Seán Potts: Tin Whistles
D: 1980: Joe Shannon (uilleann pipes) & Johnny McGreevy (fiddle): The Noonday Feast (recorded 1977-1978 in Chicago)
D: 1987: The Battlefield Band: Celtic Hotel (mistakenly titled 'Floating Crowbar')
D: 1994: Shaskeen: Music for Set Dancing & Listening
D: 1998: Turner Collins, Bob Newton & Daithi Wolfe: Tri
D: 1999: Paul O' Shaughnessy: Stay Another While
D: 2001: Hooley: Cuts From the Turf
D: 2002: Zoë Conway: Zoë Conway
D: 2005: Moving Cloud (DK): Sweet Nyaa
D: 2005: Tony O'Connell (concertina) & Andy Morrow (fiddle): Tony O'Connell and Andy Morrow with Arty McGlynn
D: 2006: Lúnasa: Sé
D: 2006: Téada: Inné Amárach - Yesterday Tomorrow
D: 2006: Marcas Ó Murchú (flute) & with Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle): Turas Ceoil
D: 2006: Donal Clancy: Masters of the Irish Guitar (Compilation)
D: 2008: Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond & Daithie Sproule: Seanchairde - Old Friends
D: 2008: Josh Dukes: The Long Trip Home
D: 2010: Liz Knowles & Pat Broaders: Making Time
D: 2010: Michael Cooney: Just Piping
D: 2011: Floating Crowbar: Two Nights in December
D: 2011: Shantalla: Turas
D: 2011: Burning Bridget Cleary: Totes for Goats (second tune in 'The Unfortunate Rake Set')
D: 2013: Pádraig McGovern (B pipes): Forgotten Gems
D: 2015: The Elderberries: Jam
D: 2017: Anders Lillebo: Departure
D: 2017: Fergal Scahill, Brendan Browne, Fabian Joyce: A Tune a Day for Pieta House
D: 2017: Fergal Scahill: A Fiddle Tune a Day 2017 (Tune #46)
D: 2018: Jimmy Power (1918-1985, fiddle): Go Home and Have Your Dinner (recorded 1965)
D: 2020-....: Matt & Shannon Heaton: Virtual Guided Sessions
D: 2022: Tommy Byrne: Traditional Music and Songs from Ireland
D: 2023: Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin: Beo