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DOWNHILL OF LIFE [1], THE (Claonad Na M-beata). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major (O'Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "From Mr. Pigot's MS" [Stanford/Petrie].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 490, p. 86. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 557, p. 141.

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