the Butterfly

X: 1
T: the Butterfly
O: attr. Tommy Potts
R: slipjig
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Commonly ends with the first bar as a coda.
N: Although this tune is often attributed to Tommy Potts, he wrote at most the first part.
N: The other parts are variants of the old tunes Barney's Goat and Skin (or Kick) the Peeler.
N: The tune has many other names, such as The Bug, Eitil Im, Fiona, Im Ag Eitit, The Red Monarch Butterfly, etc..
D: Bothy Band: 1975
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Em
|: "Em"B2E G2E "D"F3 | "Em"B2E G2E "D"FED | "Em"B2E G2E "D"F3 | "G"B2d d2B "D"AFD :|
|: "Em"B2c e2f g3 | B2c g2e "D"dBA | "Em"B2c e2f g2a | "G"b2a g2e "D"dBA :|
|: "Em"B>cB B2A G2A | B>cB BAB "D"dBA | "Em"B>cB B2A G2A | "G"B2d g2e "D"dBA :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• terrytraub.org/abc/ButterflyJ/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/session/Butterfly_1_JC/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/slipjig/Butterfly/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terrytraub.org/ButterflyJ/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/Slow_Scottish/slipjigs/0000