Black Eyed Susan (1)

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BLACK EYED SUSAN [1] (Suban na sul dub). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 or 3/4 time). G Minor (O'Neill, 1st Setting): C Minor/Dorian (O'Neill, 2nd Setting): D Dorian (Darley & McCall). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Darley & McCall): AB (O'Neill). The collector William Forde says:--"O'Beirne swears that this is Irish."

Sources for notated versions: piper Hugh O'Beirne, 1846 (Mohill, Co. Leitrim) [Darley & McCall]; Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Darley & McCall (Feis Ceol Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 52, p. 23. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 53, p. 10 and No. 54, p. 10.

X:2 T:Black Eyed Susan [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Slow" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 54 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmin G|c2d edc|=B2c G2G|_B2A AGF|E2F G2G|c2d e2B|e2f g3|fdB B2 d/e/|f2d e2||B| G2e f2d|edc =B2c|(G3 G2)F|E>FG/A/ BG z/G/|c2d egf|e>dc Gc=B|(c3 c2)||

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