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'''RED HAIRED GIRL [4], THE''' (An Cailín Ruad). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. | '''RED HAIRED GIRL [4], THE''' (An Cailín Ruad). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air was printed in 1855 by collector George Petrie as "[[Cailín Ruadh (2) (An)]]," whose title comes from the song set to it: | ||
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<br> | ''I'd roam through Asia, likewise Arabia,''<br> | ||
''Or Pennyslvania looking for you;''<br> | |||
''Through the burning regions, like famed Orpheus,''<br> | |||
''For one embrace of you, Colleen rue.''<br> | |||
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RED HAIRED GIRL [4], THE (An Cailín Ruad). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air was printed in 1855 by collector George Petrie as "Cailín Ruadh (2) (An)," whose title comes from the song set to it:
I'd roam through Asia, likewise Arabia,
Or Pennyslvania looking for you;
Through the burning regions, like famed Orpheus,
For one embrace of you, Colleen rue.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2), 1858; No. 150, p. 69. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 13, p. 3.
Recorded sources: