Annotation:Molly from Longford (1)

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MOLLY FROM LONGFORD [1] (Mailí ón Longfort). AKA - "Patsy Touhey's Reel (1)." Irish, Reel. The tune was played and recorded by the famous piper Patsy Tuohey (1865-1923), who spent most of his life in America (and who was one of O'Neill's sources). It shows up in O'Neill's Waifs and Strays (1922), taken from a manuscript of the piper's. It is a variant of "Pay/Give the Girl Her Fourpence."


Additional notes



Printed sources : - O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 291.

Recorded sources : - Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - "Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers" (1997).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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