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'''CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR'''. AKA and see "[[Greensleeves (4)]]," "[[I'm a Silly Old Man]]." English, Air (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was entered into one of the music copybooks (c. 1850) of Lake District musician William Irwin.  
'''CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR'''. AKA and see "[[Greensleeves (4)]]," "[[I'm a Silly Old Man]]." English, Air (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was entered into one of the music copybooks (c. 1850) of Lake District musician William Irwin.  

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CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR. AKA and see "Greensleeves (4)," "I'm a Silly Old Man." English, Air (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was entered into one of the music copybooks (c. 1850) of Lake District musician William Irwin.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 161. Westrop (120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc. for the Violin), c. 1923; No. 118.

Recorded sources: -



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