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LASSES OF LIMERICK, THE. Irish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (O'Malley): AABBCC (Kennedy): AABBCCDD (O'Farrell, O'Neill). Related to "Gold Ring (1) (The)."

Sources for notated versions: copied from O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (c. 1806) [O'Neill]; students of New York fiddler John McGrath (d. 1955) [O'Malley].

Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 103, p. 25. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 139. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 99, p. 50 (appears as "Lassies of Limerick"). O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 167.

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