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FILL THE BUMPER FAIR (Lion suas an glucaid). AKA and see "Bob and Joan," "Keep Your Wife at Home," "Love and Whiskey," "Stoneybatter (1)." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "lively"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title comes from a song by Thomas Moore, who set his lyric to the air for "Bob and Joan."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 440, p. 77. Surenne (Songs of Ireland without Words), 1854; p. 38.
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