Tuesday 18 April 2023
Tune of the Day: Behind the Haystack
Traditional Irish jig
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).