| Title | Behind the Haystack | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | The Munster Buttermilk Box the Monkey | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | D major | |||
| Range | D4–G5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 108 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:55 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (48 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (444 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2023-04-18 | |||
| Last updated | 2023-04-18 | |||
| Download popularity index |    0.7 (average) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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One of the earliest appearances of this tune is in R.M. Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (London, 1858), under the title “The Munster Buttermilk”. As a four-part melody called “Box the Monkey”, it also appears in the music manuscript collection of piper James Goodman (1828–1896).
