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MY LOVE IS FAIR AND HANDSOME [1] (Ta Mo Grad Go Alain's Go Boideac). AKA and see "Coming Home from the Bog," "Donegal Boys," "Eileen Curran's," "The Gardener's Daughter," "The Groves of Mt. Talbot," "I Wish I Never Saw You," "Magic Slipper (1)," "Maude Millar (2)," "Montua (The)," "Morrison's Reel (2)," "Mrs. Smullen's," "Paddy McFadden's (1)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Flaherty): AA'B (O'Neill). "My Love is Fair and Handsome" was the favorite reel of a Mr. Broderick, the school director with whom the future collector Francis O'Neill boarded at Edina, Missouri, in the 1870's. Broderick was a native of Galway and, like O'Neill, a fine performer on the flute (O'Neill, Irish Folk Music, 1910). See also the related American Old-time tune "Katy Hill (1)."

Source for notated version: conical ("Clarke's") whistle player Jim Donoghue, 1910-1990 (Drimacoo, Monasteraden, County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 179. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 99. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1220, p. 230. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 497, p. 94.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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-'''MY LOVE IS FAIR AND HANDSOME [1]''' (Ta Mo Grad Go Alain's Go Boideac). AKA and see "Coming Home from the Bog," "Donegal Boys," "The Gardener's Daughter," "The Groves of Mt. Talbot," "I Wish I Never Saw You," "Magic Slipper [1]," "Maud(e) Millar [2]," "The Montua," "Morrison's (Reel) [2]," "Mrs. Smullen's," "Paddy McFadden's [1]."  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Flaherty): AA'B (O'Neill). "My Love is Fair and Handsome" was the favorite reel of a Mr. Broderick, the school director with whom the future collector Francis O'Neill boarded at Edina, Missouri, in the 1870's. Broderick was a native of Galway and, like O'Neill, a fine performer on the flute (O'Neill, '''Irish Folk Music''', 1910). Piper Brian McNamara has recorded a tune under this title taken from the County Leitrim 19th century Grier manuscript.  He says another setting of the tune can be found from a transcription of the County Westmeath piper Joe Kilmurray of Ballinacarrigy. See also the related American Old-time tune "[[Katy Hill (1)]]."
+'''MY LOVE IS FAIR AND HANDSOME [1]''' (Ta Mo Grad Go Alain's Go Boideac). AKA and see "Coming Home from the Bog," "[[Donegal Boys]]," "[[Eileen Curran's]]," "The Gardener's Daughter," "The Groves of Mt. Talbot," "[[I Wish I Never Saw You]]," "[[Magic Slipper (1)]]," "[[Maude Millar (2)]]," "[[Montua (The)]]," "[[Morrison's Reel (2)]]," "[[Mrs. Smullen's]]," "[[Paddy McFadden's (1)]]."  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Flaherty): AA'B (O'Neill). "My Love is Fair and Handsome" was the favorite reel of a Mr. Broderick, the school director with whom the future collector Francis O'Neill boarded at Edina, Missouri, in the 1870's. Broderick was a native of Galway and, like O'Neill, a fine performer on the flute (O'Neill, '''Irish Folk Music''', 1910). See also the related American Old-time tune "[[Katy Hill (1)]]."
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