Annotation:Comely Jane Downing
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COMELY JANE DOWNING ("Sineid Alain Ni Dounaig" or "Sineid Datamail m Duibnaig"). AKA and see "Larry Bourn," "Lord Summer's Reel," "Seymour's Fancy," "Tady's Wattle," "Tory Burn Lasses," "Torry Burn Lasses." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Tady's Wattle" is a related tune. See also the North West England version "Haul Away the Hawser (2)" and Petrie's "Goroum (The)." See also a related first strain in the "Western Gem" family of tunes.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 143. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1461, p. 271. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 692, p. 122.
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