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GIRLS, HAVE YOU SEEN GEORGE? AKA - "A chailíní an bhfaca tú Seóirse?," "Conchubhar Mhac Coireibhe," "Conor Macareavy." Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor (Mulholland): E Minor (Clinton). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Clinton): AABBCCDDEEFF (Mulholland). A comic song in which the elderly protagonist keeps getting younger, enjoying the company of women, good brew, and tobacco.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 102, p. 50. Mulholland (Ancient Irish Airs), 1810; pp. 36-39.

Recorded sources: Dorian Records DOR-90021, Baltimore Consort - "The Road from Erin: Ireland's Musical Legacy" (2011). Dorian Records DOR-90279, Baltimore Consort - "The Mad Buckgoat: Music of Ireland" (2011).



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