| Title | The Butchers' March | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | The Butcher's Jig | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | A major | |||
| Range | G♮4–A5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 100 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:50 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (47 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (401 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2023-01-12 | |||
| Last updated | 2023-01-12 | |||
| Download popularity index |    0.2 (not so popular) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Marches, Traditional/Folk | |||
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The earliest known appearance of this tune is in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, published in London in 1806. Collector Francis O'Neill recorded in 1913 that the tune was associated with a tradition of butchers performing a long dance on May Eve (April 30), an ancient festival which used to mark the beginning of summer.
