Annotation:Maid of the Golden Tresses (The)

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MAID OF THE GOLDEN TRESSES, THE (Cailin na n-Oir Folt). AKA and see "Little Fair Child (1)," "Little Fair Child (2)," "Paísdín Fionn (1) (An)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Better-known today as "Paísdín Fionn (1) (An)" and as the air for the song "Lone Shanakyle" (by which title Mícheál Ó Raghallagh plays I under as an air on his CD entitled "The Nervous Man").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 505, p. 88.

Recorded sources:

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