Annotation:Peach Blossoms (The)

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PEACH BLOSSOMS, THE. AKA and see "Donegal Barn Dance (The)," "Flowers of Love." Irish, Barndance (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was recorded in New York in 1935 by the famous fiddler James Morrison (1893–1947), known as “The Professor” because of his concentration on teaching, although he also recorded many times in the years between 1921 and 1936. Morrison was born in Lackagh, Drumfin, County Sligo.

Source for notated version: Paddy Ryan [Treoir].

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Hornpipes & Breakdowns, Clog & Step Dances), 1998; No. 137 p. 38. Treoir, vol. 32, No. 1, 2000, p. 22.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1150, “The Moving Cloud. Regal Zonophone MR 1803, James Morrison (1935).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
See/hear Marcas Ó Murchú (flute) and Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle) play the tune on youtube.com [2]
Hear James Morrison Band's 1935 recording on youtube.com [3] and Juneberry 78's [4] (last tune in set, preceded by "Humors of Bandon" and "Curlew Hills Polka (The)").