Annotation:Forlorn Stranger

Tune properties and standard notation

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FORLORN STRANGER, THE (An Coigreac Treigte). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Cazden (et al, 1982) points out the similarity of this tune with his Catskill Mountain (New York) collected "Wild Irish Boy (The)." See also the similar "I'm a Poor Stranger and Far from My Own" from Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 326, p. 56.

Recorded sources:

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Tune properties and standard notation