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''Printed sources'': Hughes ('''Gems from the Emerald Isle'''), c. 1860's; No. 93, p. 22. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 154, p. 27.
''Printed sources'': Clinton ('''Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs'''), 1841; No. 38, p. 19. Hughes ('''Gems from the Emerald Isle'''), c. 1860's; No. 93, p. 22. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 154, p. 27.
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BROWN MAID, THE (Cailín Donn (An)). AKA and see "Oh! Touch Dear Maid that String," "Oh! Breathe Not His Name." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. There is a setting of "The Brown Maid" arranged for 'Temperance Band' in The Dublin Magazine (November, 1842, No. 3); instruments included flute, three clarinets (separate parts for each), a horn in F, trumpet in F, and trombone or bass.

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 38, p. 19. Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), c. 1860's; No. 93, p. 22. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 154, p. 27.

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