X: 1
T: Boy in the Boat (G 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: | G  -  | C  -  | G  -  | D  -   |
N:         | G  -  | C  -  | G  C  | D  G  :|
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | D  -  | D  G   |
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | Bm A  | D  G  :|
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=180
M: 4/4
K: G major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: ABc | d3 B GBdB | cBAB cABc | dG~G2 dG~G2    | dBcA GABc |
N:       d2dB GBdB | cBAB cABc | d2 dg e2 eg    | fdcA G   :|
N: zzg | fgag fdde | fdge fdde | fg ag fd e/f/g | fdcA G3 g |
N:       fgag fdde | fdge fdda | b2 bg a2 ag    | fdcA G   :|
N:
N: P: Variations:
N: ABc | d3  B GBdB | cBAB cA Bc    | dG~G2 dG A/B/c | dBcA GABc |
N:       d^cdB GBdB | cBAB cA Bc    | dB dg ec eg    | fdcA G   :|
N: zzg | fgag  fdde | fdge fd de    | fg ag fd e/f/g | fdcA G3 g |
N:       fgag  fdde | fdge fd e/f/g | ab gb a3  g    | fdcA G   :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
ABc | "G" d3 B GBdB | "C" cBAB cABc | "G"  dG~G2     dG~G2    | "D" dBcA     GABc |
      "G" d2dB GBdB | "C" cBAB cABc | "G"  d2 dg "C" e2 eg    | "D" fdcA "G" G   :|
zzg | "D" fgag fdde | "D" fdge fdde | "D"  fg ag     fd e/f/g | "D" fdcA "G" G3 g |
      "D" fgag fdde | "D" fdge fdda | "Bm" b2 bg "A" a2 ag    | "D" fdcA "G" G   :|
N:
P: Variations:
ABc | "G" d3  B GBdB | "C" cBAB cA Bc    | "G"  dG~G2     dG A/B/c | "D" dBcA     GABc |
      "G" d^cdB GBdB | "C" cBAB cA Bc    | "G"  dB dg "C" ec eg    | "D" fdcA "G" G   :|
zzg | "D" fgag  fdde | "D" fdge fd de    | "D"  fg ag     fd e/f/g | "D" fdcA "G" G3 g |
      "D" fgag  fdde | "D" fdge fd e/f/g | "Bm" ab gb "A" a3  g    | "D" fdcA "G" G   :|
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