Humours of Boulton Street
Also known as
The Humors Of Bolton Street
Key
E Dorian
Type
Reel
Level
BIA
Instrument
Tin Whistle
About this tune
This reel survives in the manuscripts of Stephen Grier (c.1824–1894), an uilleann piper and fiddle player from north Longford who settled in south Leitrim in 1852 and, mainly through the 1880s, wrote down more than a thousand tunes from the district. The McNamara family drew on that collection for their 1998 album Leitrim's Hidden Treasure, where it runs in a set of Grier reels alongside Miss Simple's, Bring Her to the Shelter, and Miss Gunning's.
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Lesson segments
- 0:50
- 0:49
- 6:00
- 5:35
- 0:50
Heard on these recordings
Carlos Sweeney McCartinThe One After It
McNamara FamilyLeitrim's Hidden Treasure
The Two Tap TrioA Night At The Fair
Tommy Mellett and Neansaí Ní ChoisdealbhaAn Tower
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Part of a set·Tune 2 of 3