Boil The Breakfast Early reel

We play this in Canada as a two-part tune, corresponding to the A and C parts listed here.

I think that version is not the best you can find ;)

I’m with you msikio.

Try this instead:

G2 BG ADDA l GBBA c2 BA l GABG ADDA l GE E2 c2 BA l
G2 BG ADD2 l DBB2 c2 Bc l dBcA BGAF l GE E2 c2 Bc

d2 fd eA A2 l d2 fg a2 gf l d2 fd eA A2 l GE E2 c2 bc l
d2 fd eA A2 l d2 fg a2 fg l afge fded l BE E2 c2 bc l

dA A2 dAFA l dA A2 defe l dA A2 dAFA l GE E2 c2 bc
dA A2 dAFA l dA A2 defe l gefd ecdB l GE E2 c2 BA

This is very bare bones - add rolls, crans, triplets, & melodic variations at your discretion. Hint: I cran the living sh*t out of most of those (lower octave) D2s and E2s.

X: 1
T: Boil The Breakfast Early
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:G2 BG AD D2| GB B2 c2BA|G2 BG AD D2| GE E2 c2BA|
G2 BG AD D2| GB B2 c2 Bc|dBcA BGAF| GE E2 c2 Bc||
|:d2 fd edB^c|d2 ef g2 fe|d2 fd edBA| GE E2 c2 Bc|
d2 fd edB^c|d2 ef g2 fg|afge fded| dcAB c2 Bc||
|:dA A2 dAFA|dA A2 defe|dA A2 dAFA|GE E2 c2 Bc|
dA A2 dAFA| d2 d^c defe| dBcA BGAF|GE E2 c2 BA ||

"Boil The Breakfast Early" is related to an old Highland reel found in Captain Fraser’s 1816 collection:

X: 1
T: Fashion Which the Lasses Have, The
T: Am fasan th’aig na Caileagan
S: Airs & Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland…
N:Transposed from A major for comparison
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
B | GE E/E/E GDDB | GE E/E/E B2 AB | GE E/E/E GDDG | EFGA B3 :|
e | dGeG BAAe | dGed B2 dg | dGeG BGAB | GEGA B2 Be |
dGeG BAAe | dGed B2 Ba | gfeg dgBG | EFGA BGAB |]

Other versions of this tune can be found here:
https://thesession.org/tunes/4652

The air was used apparently for a Gaelic song, "giving a ludicrous account of all the eccentricities of female dress."

On the west coast of Scotland, might this be known as "Boil The Buckfast Early" ? 🙂

Great on a set by Dympna O’Sullivan , Anglo Concertina 2007

X:4 Piping setting in 2 parts from Leo Rowsome.