Annotation:I am a widow and a maid

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I AM A WIDOW AND A MAID (Is Baintreabhach agus Maighdean Me). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This widow and maid was the bride of O'Reilly, who was drowned when crossing the Shannon on his wedding day: see "Lamentation of O'Reilly's Bride."

Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846 [Joyce].

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 630, p. 321.

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