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MAID OF CASTLE CREAGH, THE. Irish, Air. E Flat Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The lyric, printed in The Dublin Magazine (December, 1842) begins:

Three times the flow'rs have faded since I left my native home,
Through hopeless love enlisting, in foreign lads to roam;
But wheresoever I wander'd, near or far away,
No maiden fair could e'er compare with the Maid of Castle Craigh.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: The Dublin Magazine, December, 1942; No. 42. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 709, p. 178.

Recorded sources:

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-'''MAID OF CASTLE CREAGH, THE.''' Irish, Air. E Flat Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
+'''MAID OF CASTLE CREAGH, THE.''' Irish, Air. E Flat Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The lyric, printed in '''The Dublin Magazine''' (December, 1842) begins:
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+''Three times the flow'rs have faded since I left my native home,''<br>
+''Through hopeless love enlisting, in foreign lads to roam;''<br>
+''But wheresoever I wander'd, near or far away,''<br>
+''No maiden fair could e'er compare with the Maid of Castle Craigh.''<br>
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-''Printed sources'': Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 709, p. 178.
+''Printed sources'': '''The Dublin Magazine''', December, 1942; No. 42. Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 709, p. 178.
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