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BARD'S LEGACY, THE. AKA and see "Legacy (1) (The)." Irish, Air and March (6/8 time). C Major (Howe): G Major (Holden, O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was printed by Dublin publisher Smollet Holden in his Collection of Quick and Slow Marches, Troops, &c. (c. 1805), as "The Bard's Legacy," a title that suggests a lyric (now lost) was set to it. Holden, however, categorized it as a march. Thomas Moore set words to the tune and called his song "The Legacy," by which title the tune has appeared in numerous collections.

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Printed sources : - Smollet Holden (Collection of favourite Irish Airs), London, c. 1841; p. 39. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; p. 32. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 34.

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-'''BARD'S LEGACY, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Legacy (1) (The)]]." Irish, Air and March (6/8 time). C Major (Howe): G Major (O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was printed by Dublin publisher Smollet Holden in his '''Collection of Quick and Slow Marches, Troops, &c.''' (c. 1805), as "The Bard's Legacy," a title that suggests a lyric (now lost) was set to it. Holden, however, categorized it as a march. Thomas Moore set words to the tune and called his song "The Legacy," by which title the tune has appeared in numerous collections.
+'''BARD'S LEGACY, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Legacy (1) (The)]]." Irish, Air and March (6/8 time). C Major (Howe): G Major (Holden, O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was printed by Dublin publisher Smollet Holden in his '''Collection of Quick and Slow Marches, Troops, &c.''' (c. 1805), as "The Bard's Legacy," a title that suggests a lyric (now lost) was set to it. Holden, however, categorized it as a march. Thomas Moore set words to the tune and called his song "The Legacy," by which title the tune has appeared in numerous collections.
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