Annotation:Lamentation of O'Reilly's Bride
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LAMENTATION OF O'REILLY'S BRIDE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Joyce (1909) notes that the unfortunate O’Reilly was drowned when crossing the Shannon on the very day of his marriage.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 474, p. 263.
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