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ON THE SLY (Faoi yoin meise). AKA and see "Lochiel's Rant," "Mountain Rose (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The first strain is cognate with that of "Gossan that Beat His Father (The)" family of Irish tunes, along with Glasgow publisher James Aird's "Lochiel's Awa' to France (but he'll come again)" (in Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1, 1782).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 639, p. 115.

Recorded sources:




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