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WHEN ERIN FIRST ROSE (Air eirig dop Eirinn an ceaduair). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "boldly"). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "When Erin First Rose" is the name of a song by Dr. William Drennan [1] (1754-1820), a hysician, poet and political thinker who was a founder of the United Irishmen. The song contains the first refernce in print to Ireland as "the Emerald Isle" and is generally credited to Drennan, although he himself is quoted as having heard it first used in a 1795 party song called "Erin, to her own Tune."

See also the jig setting, "Miss Casey (1)," contributed to the O'Neill collections by uilleann piper John Ennis.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 25, p. 21. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 535, p. 93.

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