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'''PENNY CANDLE, THE.''' Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Taylor (1922) notes this melody is a composition of influential Co. Tipperary button accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991, son of noted fiddler Dinny O'Brien), who named it after Maeve Binchy's novel Light a Penny Candle. Binchy was herself an admirer of Irish music.  
'''PENNY CANDLE, THE.''' Irish, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Taylor (1922) notes this melody is a composition of influential Co. Tipperary button accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991, son of noted fiddler Dinny O'Brien), who named it after Maeve Binchy's novel '''Light a Penny Candle.''' Binchy was herself an admirer of Irish music.  
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''Printed sources'': Taylor ('''Crossroads Dance'''), 1992; No. 16, p. 14.  
''Printed sources'': O'Brien ('''The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien'''), 1992; p. 38. Taylor ('''Crossroads Dance'''), 1992; No. 16, p. 14.  
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PENNY CANDLE, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Taylor (1922) notes this melody is a composition of influential Co. Tipperary button accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991, son of noted fiddler Dinny O'Brien), who named it after Maeve Binchy's novel Light a Penny Candle. Binchy was herself an admirer of Irish music.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Brien (The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien), 1992; p. 38. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 16, p. 14.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies – “One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies” (1998). Shaskeen - "Mouse Behind the Dresser."

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




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