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Fr. John Quinn finds the same tune printed by Boston music publisher Elias Howe (under his name and also the pseudonym 'Patrick Flanagan') under the title "[[Love and Friendship]]."  He also finds a cognate version in the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]].   
Fr. John Quinn finds the same tune printed by Boston music publisher Elias Howe (under his name and also the pseudonym 'Patrick Flanagan') under the title "[[Love and Friendship]]."  He also finds a cognate version in the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]] (1824-1894, Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim).   
|f_printed_sources=Aird ('''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II'''), 1785; No. 24, p. 9.
|f_printed_sources=Aird ('''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II'''), 1785; No. 24, p. 9.
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STEWARD’S LODGE SONG, THE. AKA and see "Love and Friendship." Scottish, Air (cut-time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Steward's Lodge is the name of a Freemason's lodge constituted in 1735, which met at Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen Street, London, on Wednesday evenings. Steward's Lodge is a also the name of house which was originally part of the Farmleigh estate, alongside the Phoenix Park in Dublin, sometimes used as a residence by the Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland. It was, in the 18th century, owned by the Guinness family. Whether or not either of these are associated with Aird's melody is unknown.

Fr. John Quinn finds the same tune printed by Boston music publisher Elias Howe (under his name and also the pseudonym 'Patrick Flanagan') under the title "Love and Friendship." He also finds a cognate version in the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (1824-1894, Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim).


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Printed sources : - Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 24, p. 9.






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